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Hurricane history · Louisiana

Hurricanes near Des Allemands, LA

Hurricanes

14

4 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

14

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

7

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 14 hurricanes and 14 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Des Allemands. That's a hurricane about once every 5 years. The most recent hurricane was Francine in 2024. The strongest was Ida in 2021, with winds near 150 mph as it went by. Most came in September.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2024Francine SepCategory 29815
2021Ida AugCategory 41506
2021Claudette JunTropical storm464
2020Zeta OctCategory 311515
2020Cristobal JunTropical storm5227
2012Isaac AugCategory 18120
2008Gustav SepCategory 210940
2005Katrina AugCategory 312752
2005Cindy JulCategory 17532
2004Matthew OctTropical storm4026
2003Bill JunTropical storm5811
2002Isidore SepTropical storm6327
2002Bertha AugTropical storm4038
2001Allison JunTropical storm4613
1998Hermine SepTropical storm4614
1997Danny JulCategory 17555
1988Florence SepCategory 17530
1988Beryl AugTropical storm5219
1985Juan OctCategory 17552
1979Bob JulCategory 1756
1977Babe SepCategory 17549
1965Betsy SepCategory 413217
1965Debbie SepTropical storm4037
1964Hilda OctCategory 29850
1957Esther SepTropical storm6320
1956Unnamed JunTropical storm5811
1955Brenda AugTropical storm6343
1955Unnamed AugTropical storm5227

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s04
1960s21
1970s20
1980s21
1990s11
2000s35
2010s10
2020s32

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 Des Allemands 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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