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Hurricane history · Louisiana

Hurricanes near Ferriday, LA

Hurricanes

1

None major

Tropical storms

10

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

1

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 1 hurricane and 10 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Ferriday. That's a hurricane about once every 76 years. The most recent hurricane was Betsy in 1965. The strongest was Betsy in 1965, with winds near 75 mph as it went by. Most came in August.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2021Ida AugTropical storm6340
2020Delta OctTropical storm6324
2012Isaac AugTropical storm5829
2002Lili OctTropical storm5835
1992Andrew AugTropical storm5827
1985Elena SepTropical storm638
1985Danny AugTropical storm5833
1971Edith SepTropical storm6954
1965Betsy SepCategory 17528
1957Esther SepTropical storm4648
1956Unnamed JunTropical storm4045

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s02
1960s10
1970s01
1980s02
1990s01
2000s01
2010s01
2020s02

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 Ferriday 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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