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Hurricane history · Louisiana

Hurricanes near Central, LA

Hurricanes

9

1 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

15

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

4

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 9 hurricanes and 15 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Central. That's a hurricane about once every 8 years. The most recent hurricane was Francine in 2024. The strongest was Ida in 2021, with winds near 121 mph as it went by. Most came in September.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2024Francine SepCategory 17540
2021Ida AugCategory 312114
2021Claudette JunTropical storm4654
2020Cristobal JunTropical storm4623
2012Isaac AugTropical storm6921
2011Lee SepTropical storm408
2008Gustav SepCategory 29851
2003Bill JunTropical storm5844
2001Allison JunTropical storm4048
1992Andrew AugCategory 210436
1988Florence SepTropical storm5222
1988Beryl AugTropical storm5228
1985Juan OctCategory 17552
1985Elena SepCategory 17547
1979Bob JulTropical storm6344
1977Babe SepTropical storm5210
1971Edith SepCategory 18122
1965Betsy SepCategory 210424
1964Hilda OctCategory 29812
1959Arlene MayTropical storm6317
1957Esther SepTropical storm6320
1956Unnamed JunTropical storm5227
1955Brenda AugTropical storm5220
1955Unnamed AugTropical storm5220

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s05
1960s20
1970s12
1980s22
1990s10
2000s12
2010s02
2020s22

From the National Hurricane Center's best-track archive (HURDAT2), Atlantic and eastern Pacific, through 2025. A storm counts when its center came within 60 miles of the middle of Central at tropical-storm strength or more. "Winds" is the strongest it was while that close, over open water; inland it is usually less.

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