Hurricanes near Eunice, LA

Hurricanes

2 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 10 hurricanes and 9 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Eunice. That's a hurricane about once every 8 years. The most recent hurricane was Delta in 2020. The strongest was Laura in 2020, with winds near 132 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 2	98	15
2020	Laura Aug	Category 4	132	52
2019	Barry Jul	Category 1	75	22
2017	Harvey Aug	Tropical storm	46	39
2012	Isaac Aug	Tropical storm	63	52
2011	Lee Sep	Tropical storm	40	39
2008	Gustav Sep	Category 1	86	16
2007	Humberto Sep	Tropical storm	63	45
2002	Lili Oct	Category 1	86	1
1992	Andrew Aug	Category 2	98	46
1985	Juan Oct	Tropical storm	69	27
1985	Danny Aug	Category 1	92	8
1978	Debra Aug	Tropical storm	40	54
1974	Carmen Sep	Category 3	121	15
1973	Unnamed Sep	Tropical storm	40	1
1971	Edith Sep	Category 1	92	32
1965	Betsy Sep	Category 1	81	45
1955	Unnamed Aug	Tropical storm	46	5
1954	Barbara Jul	Tropical storm	58	54

By decade

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