Hurricanes near Fort Polk South, LA

Hurricanes

1 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 5 hurricanes and 12 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Fort Polk South. That's a hurricane about once every 15 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 September.

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Every storm since 1950

Year	Storm	Strength nearby	Winds, mph	Closest, mi
2020	Delta Oct	Category 1	81	45
2020	Laura Aug	Category 4	132	8
2019	Barry Jul	Tropical storm	58	4
2017	Harvey Aug	Tropical storm	46	23
2017	Cindy Jun	Tropical storm	46	35
2008	Gustav Sep	Tropical storm	69	22
2007	Humberto Sep	Category 1	75	17
2005	Rita Sep	Tropical storm	69	52
2002	Lili Oct	Tropical storm	63	55
1985	Danny Aug	Tropical storm	69	48
1982	Chris Sep	Tropical storm	58	9
1978	Debra Aug	Tropical storm	40	6
1974	Carmen Sep	Category 1	81	25
1973	Unnamed Sep	Tropical storm	40	50
1957	Audrey Jun	Category 2	104	3
1955	Unnamed Aug	Tropical storm	40	38
1954	Barbara Jul	Tropical storm	52	54

By decade

Decade	Hurricanes	Tropical storms
1950s	1	2
1960s	0	0
1970s	1	2
1980s	0	2
1990s	0	0
2000s	1	3
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 Fort Polk South 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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