Hurricanes near Lafayette, LA

Hurricanes

2 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 11 hurricanes and 8 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Lafayette. That's a hurricane about once every 7 years. The most recent hurricane was Delta in 2020. The strongest was Andrew in 1992, with winds near 121 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
2020	Delta Oct	Category 1	92	44
2019	Barry Jul	Category 1	75	30
2012	Isaac Aug	Tropical storm	63	41
2011	Lee Sep	Tropical storm	46	12
2008	Gustav Sep	Category 2	98	11
2002	Lili Oct	Category 1	92	18
1992	Andrew Aug	Category 3	121	21
1988	Beryl Aug	Tropical storm	40	21
1985	Juan Oct	Category 1	86	2
1985	Danny Aug	Category 1	92	35
1977	Babe Sep	Tropical storm	69	37
1974	Carmen Sep	Category 3	121	18
1973	Unnamed Sep	Tropical storm	40	30
1971	Edith Sep	Category 1	92	2
1965	Betsy Sep	Category 1	92	37
1964	Hilda Oct	Category 2	104	41
1959	Arlene May	Tropical storm	63	32
1955	Unnamed Aug	Tropical storm	46	14
1954	Barbara Jul	Tropical storm	58	58

By decade

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

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 Lafayette 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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