Hurricanes near Lake Arthur, LA

Hurricanes

3 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 12 hurricanes and 9 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Lake Arthur. That's a hurricane about once every 6 years. The most recent hurricane was Delta in 2020. The strongest was Laura in 2020, with winds near 150 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 2	98	13
2020	Laura Aug	Category 4	150	37
2019	Barry Jul	Category 1	75	7
2017	Harvey Aug	Tropical storm	46	39
2011	Lee Sep	Tropical storm	52	41
2008	Gustav Sep	Category 1	86	45
2007	Humberto Sep	Category 1	75	52
2004	Ivan Sep	Tropical storm	46	46
2002	Lili Oct	Category 1	92	21
1992	Andrew Aug	Category 1	92	58
1985	Juan Oct	Category 1	86	23
1985	Danny Aug	Category 1	92	6
1982	Chris Sep	Tropical storm	58	57
1978	Debra Aug	Tropical storm	52	46
1974	Carmen Sep	Category 3	121	16
1973	Unnamed Sep	Tropical storm	40	24
1971	Edith Sep	Category 1	92	21
1957	Bertha Aug	Tropical storm	63	47
1957	Audrey Jun	Category 3	115	56
1955	Unnamed Aug	Tropical storm	46	27
1954	Barbara Jul	Tropical storm	58	23

By decade

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