Hurricanes near Oakdale, LA

Hurricanes

1 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 9 hurricanes and 9 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Oakdale. 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 132 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 1	92	8
2020	Laura Aug	Category 4	132	39
2019	Barry Jul	Tropical storm	69	22
2017	Harvey Aug	Tropical storm	46	15
2012	Isaac Aug	Tropical storm	58	55
2008	Gustav Sep	Category 1	81	10
2007	Humberto Sep	Tropical storm	69	19
2002	Lili Oct	Category 1	75	19
1985	Juan Oct	Tropical storm	69	53
1985	Danny Aug	Category 1	81	12
1982	Chris Sep	Tropical storm	52	43
1978	Debra Aug	Tropical storm	40	36
1974	Carmen Sep	Category 2	98	23
1973	Unnamed Sep	Tropical storm	40	27
1971	Edith Sep	Category 1	86	58
1965	Betsy Sep	Category 1	75	52
1957	Audrey Jun	Category 2	98	40
1955	Unnamed Aug	Tropical storm	46	24

By decade

Decade	Hurricanes	Tropical storms
1950s	1	1
1960s	1	0
1970s	2	2
1980s	1	2
1990s	0	0
2000s	2	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 Oakdale 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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