Landfall

Hurricane history · Louisiana

Hurricanes near Old Jefferson, LA

Hurricanes

10

1 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

14

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

4

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 10 hurricanes and 14 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Old Jefferson. 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 127 mph as it went by. Most came in September.

Check your address for the next storm

Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2024Francine SepCategory 18633
2021Ida AugCategory 312716
2021Claudette JunTropical storm4645
2020Cristobal JunTropical storm4629
2012Isaac AugTropical storm6916
2011Lee SepTropical storm407
2008Gustav SepCategory 29844
2003Bill JunTropical storm5837
2001Allison JunTropical storm4036
1992Andrew AugCategory 210939
1988Florence SepTropical storm5229
1988Beryl AugTropical storm5216
1985Juan OctCategory 17546
1985Elena SepCategory 17556
1979Bob JulTropical storm6340
1977Babe SepCategory 1752
1971Edith SepCategory 18131
1965Betsy SepCategory 210918
1964Hilda OctCategory 21044
1959Arlene MayTropical storm6323
1957Esther SepTropical storm6318
1956Unnamed JunTropical storm5825
1955Brenda AugTropical storm5230
1955Unnamed AugTropical storm528

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s05
1960s20
1970s21
1980s22
1990s10
2000s12
2010s02
2020s22

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 Old Jefferson at tropical-storm strength or more. "Winds" is the strongest it was while that close, over open water; inland it is usually less.

Nearby