Hurricanes near DeRidder, LA

Hurricanes

2 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 7 hurricanes and 12 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of DeRidder. That's a hurricane about once every 11 years. The most recent hurricane was Delta in 2020. The strongest was Laura in 2020, with winds near 144 mph as it went by. Most came in August.

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Every storm since 1950

Year	Storm	Strength nearby	Winds, mph	Closest, mi
2020	Delta Oct	Category 1	86	43
2020	Laura Aug	Category 4	144	8
2019	Barry Jul	Tropical storm	63	10
2017	Harvey Aug	Tropical storm	46	19
2017	Cindy Jun	Tropical storm	52	30
2008	Gustav Sep	Tropical storm	69	35
2007	Humberto Sep	Category 1	81	11
2005	Rita Sep	Category 1	86	48
2002	Lili Oct	Tropical storm	69	57
1987	Unnamed Aug	Tropical storm	40	56
1985	Danny Aug	Category 1	75	49
1982	Chris Sep	Tropical storm	58	7
1979	Claudette Jul	Tropical storm	46	52
1978	Debra Aug	Tropical storm	46	6
1974	Carmen Sep	Category 1	86	10
1973	Unnamed Sep	Tropical storm	40	38
1957	Audrey Jun	Category 3	115	5
1955	Unnamed Aug	Tropical storm	40	24
1954	Barbara Jul	Tropical storm	52	39

By decade

Decade	Hurricanes	Tropical storms
1950s	1	2
1960s	0	0
1970s	1	3
1980s	1	2
1990s	0	0
2000s	2	2
2010s	0	3
2020s	2	0

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 DeRidder 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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