Hurricanes near Franklinton, LA

Hurricanes

2 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 6 hurricanes and 15 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Franklinton. That's a hurricane about once every 13 years. The most recent hurricane was Ida in 2021. The strongest was Camille in 1969, with winds near 173 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
2024	Francine Sep	Tropical storm	63	8
2021	Ida Aug	Category 2	104	40
2021	Claudette Jun	Tropical storm	46	23
2020	Zeta Oct	Category 2	104	41
2020	Cristobal Jun	Tropical storm	46	32
2005	Katrina Aug	Category 3	121	33
2005	Cindy Jul	Tropical storm	52	58
2003	Bill Jul	Tropical storm	52	11
2002	Isidore Sep	Tropical storm	63	18
2001	Allison Jun	Tropical storm	46	35
1988	Florence Sep	Tropical storm	58	32
1988	Beryl Aug	Tropical storm	52	32
1985	Elena Sep	Category 2	109	5
1979	Bob Jul	Tropical storm	63	11
1971	Edith Sep	Tropical storm	63	44
1969	Camille Aug	Category 5	173	30
1964	Hilda Oct	Category 1	75	15
1957	Esther Sep	Tropical storm	58	33
1956	Unnamed Jun	Tropical storm	52	28
1955	Brenda Aug	Tropical storm	58	23
1955	Unnamed Aug	Tropical storm	52	47

By decade

Decade	Hurricanes	Tropical storms
1950s	0	4
1960s	2	0
1970s	0	2
1980s	1	2
1990s	0	0
2000s	1	4
2010s	0	0
2020s	2	3

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 Franklinton 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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