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Hurricane history · Louisiana

Hurricanes near Jonesboro, LA

Hurricanes

2

None major

Tropical storms

8

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

2

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 2 hurricanes and 8 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Jonesboro. That's a hurricane about once every 38 years. The most recent hurricane was Laura in 2020. The strongest was Laura in 2020, with winds near 86 mph as it went by. Most came in August.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2020Delta OctTropical storm5856
2020Laura AugCategory 18619
2019Barry JulTropical storm4051
2012Isaac AugTropical storm4613
2008Gustav SepTropical storm4646
2002Lili OctTropical storm5243
1985Elena SepTropical storm527
1985Danny AugTropical storm5245
1965Betsy SepTropical storm6332
1957Audrey JunCategory 17510

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s10
1960s01
1970s00
1980s02
1990s00
2000s02
2010s02
2020s11

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 Jonesboro 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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