Hurricanes near Jackson, LA

Hurricanes

None major

Tropical storms

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 7 hurricanes and 14 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Jackson. That's a hurricane about once every 11 years. The most recent hurricane was Ida in 2021. The strongest was Ida in 2021, with winds near 104 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	58	57
2021	Ida Aug	Category 2	104	23
2020	Cristobal Jun	Tropical storm	40	20
2012	Isaac Aug	Tropical storm	63	23
2011	Lee Sep	Tropical storm	40	28
2008	Gustav Sep	Category 1	86	56
1992	Andrew Aug	Category 1	92	22
1988	Florence Sep	Tropical storm	46	22
1988	Beryl Aug	Tropical storm	46	43
1985	Juan Oct	Tropical storm	69	55
1985	Elena Sep	Category 1	75	38
1979	Bob Jul	Tropical storm	52	57
1977	Babe Sep	Tropical storm	46	31
1971	Edith Sep	Category 1	81	3
1965	Betsy Sep	Category 1	92	29
1964	Hilda Oct	Category 1	86	34
1959	Arlene May	Tropical storm	58	2
1957	Esther Sep	Tropical storm	58	31
1956	Unnamed Jun	Tropical storm	52	37
1955	Brenda Aug	Tropical storm	46	7
1955	Unnamed Aug	Tropical storm	46	37

By decade

Decade	Hurricanes	Tropical storms
1950s	0	5
1960s	2	0
1970s	1	2
1980s	1	3
1990s	1	0
2000s	1	0
2010s	0	2
2020s	1	2

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 Jackson 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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