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Hurricane history · Louisiana

Hurricanes near Denham Springs, 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 Denham Springs. 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 127 mph as it went by. Most came in September.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2024Francine SepCategory 17533
2021Ida AugCategory 312711
2021Claudette JunTropical storm4647
2020Cristobal JunTropical storm4623
2012Isaac AugTropical storm6922
2011Lee SepTropical storm401
2008Gustav SepCategory 29851
2003Bill JunTropical storm5837
2001Allison JunTropical storm4041
1992Andrew AugCategory 210441
1988Florence SepTropical storm5222
1988Beryl AugTropical storm5224
1985Juan OctCategory 17552
1985Elena SepCategory 17549
1979Bob JulTropical storm6338
1977Babe SepTropical storm524
1971Edith SepCategory 18129
1965Betsy SepCategory 210424
1964Hilda OctCategory 2985
1959Arlene MayTropical storm6323
1957Esther SepTropical storm6316
1956Unnamed JunTropical storm5821
1955Brenda AugTropical storm5222
1955Unnamed AugTropical storm5215

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 Denham Springs 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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