Hurricanes near New Roads, LA

Hurricanes

None major

Tropical storms

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 8 hurricanes and 14 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of New Roads. That's a hurricane about once every 10 years. The most recent hurricane was Ida in 2021. The strongest was Andrew in 1992, with winds near 104 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
2021	Ida Aug	Category 2	98	38
2020	Cristobal Jun	Tropical storm	40	38
2012	Isaac Aug	Tropical storm	63	7
2011	Lee Sep	Tropical storm	40	20
2008	Gustav Sep	Category 1	92	38
2002	Lili Oct	Category 1	75	53
1992	Andrew Aug	Category 2	104	11
1988	Florence Sep	Tropical storm	40	39
1988	Beryl Aug	Tropical storm	46	27
1985	Juan Oct	Category 1	75	38
1985	Elena Sep	Tropical storm	69	54
1985	Danny Aug	Tropical storm	63	60
1977	Babe Sep	Tropical storm	52	33
1973	Unnamed Sep	Tropical storm	40	28
1971	Edith Sep	Category 1	81	4
1965	Betsy Sep	Category 2	98	13
1964	Hilda Oct	Category 2	98	34
1959	Arlene May	Tropical storm	63	10
1957	Esther Sep	Tropical storm	58	45
1956	Unnamed Jun	Tropical storm	46	51
1955	Brenda Aug	Tropical storm	46	22
1955	Unnamed Aug	Tropical storm	46	26

By decade

Decade	Hurricanes	Tropical storms
1950s	0	5
1960s	2	0
1970s	1	2
1980s	1	4
1990s	1	0
2000s	2	0
2010s	0	2
2020s	1	1

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 Roads 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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