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Hurricane history · Louisiana

Hurricanes near Iowa, LA

Hurricanes

11

4 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

12

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

6

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 11 hurricanes and 12 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Iowa. That's a hurricane about once every 7 years. The most recent hurricane was Delta in 2020. The strongest was Laura in 2020, with winds near 150 mph as it went by. Most came in September.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2020Delta OctCategory 29812
2020Laura AugCategory 415017
2019Barry JulCategory 17517
2017Harvey AugTropical storm4616
2017Cindy JunTropical storm5245
2011Lee SepTropical storm4660
2008Gustav SepCategory 17553
2007Humberto SepCategory 18629
2005Rita SepCategory 311553
2004Ivan SepTropical storm4044
2002Lili OctCategory 18639
1985Juan OctTropical storm6944
1985Danny AugCategory 19222
1982Chris SepTropical storm6335
1979Claudette JulTropical storm5253
1978Debra AugTropical storm5824
1974Carmen SepCategory 311522
1973Unnamed SepTropical storm409
1971Edith SepCategory 19242
1957Bertha AugTropical storm6351
1957Audrey JunCategory 312734
1955Unnamed AugTropical storm4618
1954Barbara JulTropical storm5818

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s13
1960s00
1970s23
1980s12
1990s00
2000s41
2010s13
2020s20

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 Iowa 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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