Hurricanes near Walker, LA

Hurricanes

1 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 10 hurricanes and 16 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Walker. 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	75	29
2021	Ida Aug	Category 3	127	6
2021	Claudette Jun	Tropical storm	46	43
2020	Zeta Oct	Category 2	104	60
2020	Cristobal Jun	Tropical storm	46	18
2012	Isaac Aug	Tropical storm	69	27
2011	Lee Sep	Tropical storm	40	6
2008	Gustav Sep	Category 2	98	55
2003	Bill Jun	Tropical storm	58	33
2002	Isidore Sep	Tropical storm	63	59
2001	Allison Jun	Tropical storm	46	40
1992	Andrew Aug	Category 2	98	47
1988	Florence Sep	Tropical storm	58	18
1988	Beryl Aug	Tropical storm	52	26
1985	Juan Oct	Category 1	75	57
1985	Elena Sep	Category 1	86	45
1979	Bob Jul	Tropical storm	63	33
1977	Babe Sep	Tropical storm	52	2
1971	Edith Sep	Category 1	81	32
1965	Betsy Sep	Category 2	104	29
1964	Hilda Oct	Category 2	98	2
1959	Arlene May	Tropical storm	63	28
1957	Esther Sep	Tropical storm	63	12
1956	Unnamed Jun	Tropical storm	58	16
1955	Brenda Aug	Tropical storm	58	20
1955	Unnamed Aug	Tropical storm	52	18

By decade

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