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Hurricane history · Louisiana

Hurricanes near Gretna, LA

Hurricanes

12

5 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

16

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

4

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 12 hurricanes and 16 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Gretna. That's a hurricane about once every 6 years. The most recent hurricane was Francine in 2024. 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

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2024Francine SepCategory 18133
2021Ida AugCategory 415032
2021Claudette JunTropical storm4620
2020Zeta OctCategory 31156
2020Cristobal JunTropical storm523
2017Nate OctCategory 18158
2012Isaac AugCategory 18143
2005Katrina AugCategory 312727
2005Cindy JulCategory 17515
2003Bill JunTropical storm5830
2002Isidore SepTropical storm637
2002Bertha AugTropical storm4013
2001Allison JunTropical storm4621
1998Hermine SepTropical storm4036
1997Danny JulCategory 18146
1988Florence SepCategory 1759
1988Beryl AugTropical storm523
1985Juan OctTropical storm6960
1985Elena SepCategory 210955
1979Bob JulTropical storm6923
1969Camille AugCategory 517346
1965Betsy SepCategory 413238
1965Debbie SepTropical storm4045
1964Hilda OctTropical storm6950
1957Esther SepTropical storm6343
1956Unnamed JunTropical storm5833
1955Brenda AugTropical storm6922
1955Unnamed AugTropical storm5216

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s04
1960s22
1970s01
1980s22
1990s11
2000s24
2010s20
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 Gretna 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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