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Hurricane history · Louisiana

Hurricanes near Jena, LA

Hurricanes

2

None major

Tropical storms

7

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

1

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 2 hurricanes and 7 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Jena. That's a hurricane about once every 38 years. The most recent hurricane was Betsy in 1965. The strongest was Betsy in 1965, with winds near 75 mph as it went by. Most came in August.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2020Delta OctTropical storm698
2012Isaac AugTropical storm581
2008Gustav SepTropical storm6355
2002Lili OctTropical storm632
1992Andrew AugTropical storm5857
1985Elena SepTropical storm5822
1985Danny AugTropical storm582
1965Betsy SepCategory 1756
1957Audrey JunCategory 17543

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s10
1960s10
1970s00
1980s02
1990s01
2000s02
2010s01
2020s01

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 Jena 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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