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Hurricane history · Louisiana

Hurricanes near New Orleans Station, LA

Hurricanes

13

5 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

16

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

4

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 13 hurricanes and 16 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of New Orleans Station. That's a hurricane about once every 6 years. The most recent hurricane was Francine in 2024. The strongest was Camille in 1969, with winds near 173 mph as it went by. Most came in September.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2024Francine SepCategory 18638
2021Ida AugCategory 415032
2021Claudette JunTropical storm4625
2020Zeta OctCategory 31157
2020Cristobal JunTropical storm527
2017Nate OctCategory 18156
2012Isaac AugCategory 18141
2008Gustav SepCategory 210459
2005Katrina AugCategory 413226
2005Cindy JulCategory 17511
2003Bill JunTropical storm5834
2002Isidore SepTropical storm634
2002Bertha AugTropical storm4013
2001Allison JunTropical storm4627
1998Hermine SepTropical storm4040
1997Danny JulCategory 18141
1988Florence SepCategory 18110
1988Beryl AugTropical storm525
1985Juan OctTropical storm6954
1985Elena SepCategory 210959
1979Bob JulTropical storm6927
1969Camille AugCategory 517347
1965Betsy SepCategory 413235
1965Debbie SepTropical storm4040
1964Hilda OctTropical storm6956
1957Esther SepTropical storm6346
1956Unnamed JunTropical storm5835
1955Brenda AugTropical storm6925
1955Unnamed AugTropical storm5221

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s04
1960s22
1970s01
1980s22
1990s11
2000s34
2010s20
2020s32

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 New Orleans Station 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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