Hurricanes near Zachary, LA

Hurricanes

1 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 8 hurricanes and 15 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Zachary. That's a hurricane about once every 10 years. The most recent hurricane was Ida in 2021. The strongest was Ida in 2021, with winds near 115 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	Tropical storm	69	50
2021	Ida Aug	Category 3	115	22
2020	Cristobal Jun	Tropical storm	46	26
2012	Isaac Aug	Tropical storm	69	19
2011	Lee Sep	Tropical storm	40	16
2008	Gustav Sep	Category 1	92	50
2003	Bill Jun	Tropical storm	52	54
2001	Allison Jun	Tropical storm	40	58
1992	Andrew Aug	Category 2	98	28
1988	Florence Sep	Tropical storm	46	25
1988	Beryl Aug	Tropical storm	52	32
1985	Juan Oct	Category 1	75	50
1985	Elena Sep	Category 1	75	46
1979	Bob Jul	Tropical storm	58	53
1977	Babe Sep	Tropical storm	52	21
1971	Edith Sep	Category 1	81	13
1965	Betsy Sep	Category 2	98	23
1964	Hilda Oct	Category 2	98	22
1959	Arlene May	Tropical storm	63	8
1957	Esther Sep	Tropical storm	58	28
1956	Unnamed Jun	Tropical storm	52	34
1955	Brenda Aug	Tropical storm	52	16
1955	Unnamed Aug	Tropical storm	52	26

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	1	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 Zachary 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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