Hurricanes near North Vacherie, LA

Hurricanes

4 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 10 hurricanes and 17 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of North Vacherie. That's a hurricane about once every 8 years. The most recent hurricane was Francine in 2024. The strongest was Ida in 2021, with winds near 144 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
2024	Francine Sep	Category 2	98	7
2021	Ida Aug	Category 4	144	5
2021	Claudette Jun	Tropical storm	46	16
2020	Zeta Oct	Category 3	115	35
2020	Cristobal Jun	Tropical storm	52	31
2012	Isaac Aug	Category 1	81	16
2011	Lee Sep	Tropical storm	40	34
2008	Gustav Sep	Category 2	104	39
2005	Cindy Jul	Tropical storm	69	51
2004	Matthew Oct	Tropical storm	40	12
2003	Bill Jun	Tropical storm	58	11
2002	Isidore Sep	Tropical storm	63	46
2001	Allison Jun	Tropical storm	46	5
1998	Hermine Sep	Tropical storm	40	6
1992	Andrew Aug	Category 3	127	54
1988	Florence Sep	Tropical storm	63	32
1988	Beryl Aug	Tropical storm	52	7
1985	Juan Oct	Category 1	75	45
1979	Bob Jul	Tropical storm	69	19
1977	Babe Sep	Category 1	75	32
1965	Betsy Sep	Category 3	127	16
1964	Hilda Oct	Category 2	104	31
1959	Arlene May	Tropical storm	63	47
1957	Esther Sep	Tropical storm	63	3
1956	Unnamed Jun	Tropical storm	58	8
1955	Brenda Aug	Tropical storm	58	43
1955	Unnamed Aug	Tropical storm	52	16

By decade

Decade	Hurricanes	Tropical storms
1950s	0	5
1960s	2	0
1970s	1	1
1980s	1	2
1990s	1	1
2000s	1	5
2010s	1	1
2020s	3	2

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 North Vacherie 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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