Hurricanes near Shenandoah, LA

Hurricanes

1 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 9 hurricanes and 15 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Shenandoah. 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.

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Every storm since 1950

Year	Storm	Strength nearby	Winds, mph	Closest, mi
2024	Francine Sep	Category 1	86	33
2021	Ida Aug	Category 3	127	15
2021	Claudette Jun	Tropical storm	46	46
2020	Cristobal Jun	Tropical storm	46	28
2012	Isaac Aug	Tropical storm	69	17
2011	Lee Sep	Tropical storm	40	5
2008	Gustav Sep	Category 2	98	45
2003	Bill Jun	Tropical storm	58	37
2001	Allison Jun	Tropical storm	40	38
1992	Andrew Aug	Category 2	109	39
1988	Florence Sep	Tropical storm	52	27
1988	Beryl Aug	Tropical storm	52	18
1985	Juan Oct	Category 1	75	47
1985	Elena Sep	Category 1	75	55
1979	Bob Jul	Tropical storm	63	40
1977	Babe Sep	Tropical storm	69	0
1971	Edith Sep	Category 1	81	30
1965	Betsy Sep	Category 2	104	20
1964	Hilda Oct	Category 2	104	3
1959	Arlene May	Tropical storm	63	22
1957	Esther Sep	Tropical storm	63	18
1956	Unnamed Jun	Tropical storm	58	24
1955	Brenda Aug	Tropical storm	52	28
1955	Unnamed Aug	Tropical storm	52	10

By decade

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