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Hurricane history · Louisiana

Hurricanes near Port Allen, LA

Hurricanes

8

1 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

16

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

5

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 8 hurricanes and 16 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Port Allen. That's a hurricane about once every 10 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.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2024Francine SepCategory 17545
2021Ida AugCategory 312726
2021Claudette JunTropical storm4658
2020Cristobal JunTropical storm4636
2012Isaac AugTropical storm699
2011Lee SepTropical storm402
2008Gustav SepCategory 29838
2003Bill JunTropical storm5849
2001Allison JunTropical storm4045
1992Andrew AugCategory 210927
1988Florence SepTropical storm4635
1988Beryl AugTropical storm5217
1985Juan OctCategory 17539
1985Elena SepTropical storm6960
1979Bob JulTropical storm6352
1977Babe SepTropical storm6910
1971Edith SepCategory 18120
1965Betsy SepCategory 210411
1964Hilda OctCategory 210411
1959Arlene MayTropical storm6310
1957Esther SepTropical storm6330
1956Unnamed JunTropical storm5236
1955Brenda AugTropical storm5231
1955Unnamed AugTropical storm5211

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s05
1960s20
1970s12
1980s13
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 Port Allen 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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