Hurricanes near Lake Charles, LA

Hurricanes

3 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 9 hurricanes and 13 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Lake Charles. That's a hurricane about once every 8 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	20
2020	Laura Aug	Category 4	150	7
2019	Barry Jul	Tropical storm	69	28
2017	Harvey Aug	Tropical storm	46	7
2017	Cindy Jun	Tropical storm	52	32
2007	Humberto Sep	Category 1	86	22
2005	Rita Sep	Category 3	115	41
2004	Ivan Sep	Tropical storm	40	36
2002	Lili Oct	Category 1	81	51
1985	Juan Oct	Tropical storm	69	55
1985	Danny Aug	Category 1	92	34
1982	Chris Sep	Tropical storm	63	24
1980	Danielle Sep	Tropical storm	58	56
1979	Claudette Jul	Tropical storm	52	41
1978	Debra Aug	Tropical storm	58	15
1974	Carmen Sep	Category 2	98	29
1973	Unnamed Sep	Tropical storm	40	7
1971	Edith Sep	Category 1	92	48
1957	Bertha Aug	Tropical storm	63	45
1957	Audrey Jun	Category 3	127	23
1955	Unnamed Aug	Tropical storm	40	21
1954	Barbara Jul	Tropical storm	58	9

By decade

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