Hurricanes near Kentwood, LA

Hurricanes

1 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 5 hurricanes and 16 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Kentwood. That's a hurricane about once every 15 years. The most recent hurricane was Ida in 2021. The strongest was Camille in 1969, with winds near 132 mph as it went by. Most came in August.

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Every storm since 1950

Year	Storm	Strength nearby	Winds, mph	Closest, mi
2024	Francine Sep	Tropical storm	63	17
2021	Ida Aug	Category 2	104	19
2021	Claudette Jun	Tropical storm	40	43
2020	Cristobal Jun	Tropical storm	46	17
2005	Katrina Aug	Category 2	109	54
2003	Bill Jul	Tropical storm	52	32
2002	Isidore Sep	Tropical storm	63	41
2001	Allison Jun	Tropical storm	46	52
1992	Andrew Aug	Tropical storm	58	51
1988	Florence Sep	Tropical storm	52	19
1988	Beryl Aug	Tropical storm	52	39
1985	Elena Sep	Category 2	98	8
1979	Bob Jul	Tropical storm	58	19
1971	Edith Sep	Tropical storm	69	24
1969	Camille Aug	Category 4	132	50
1964	Hilda Oct	Category 1	75	23
1959	Arlene May	Tropical storm	46	36
1957	Esther Sep	Tropical storm	58	11
1956	Unnamed Jun	Tropical storm	52	7
1955	Brenda Aug	Tropical storm	58	18
1955	Unnamed Aug	Tropical storm	52	51

By decade

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

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 Kentwood 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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