Hurricanes that hit East Carroll Parish, Louisiana: hurricane history

24 storms have passed within 50 km of East Carroll Parish from 1856 to 2020, coloured by intensity on the map.

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Years1842 to 2026
Ocean basin

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Key
  • Tropical depression Winds below 34 knots (39 mph)
  • Tropical storm 34 to 63 knots (39 to 73 mph)
  • Category 1 64 to 82 knots (74 to 95 mph)
  • Category 2 83 to 95 knots (96 to 110 mph)
  • Category 3 96 to 112 knots (111 to 129 mph), major
  • Category 4 113 to 136 knots (130 to 156 mph), major
  • Category 5 137 knots (157 mph) or more, major
  • Unknown intensity No wind speed in the record
  • Post-tropical Storm has become post-tropical (dashed line)

How to read the lines. Each line is the track of one storm, drawn through its six-hourly positions and coloured by its intensity at each point (the Saffir-Simpson scale), so a line changes colour as the storm strengthens or weakens. Tap a line for its details, or tap anywhere else to see which storms have passed nearby. Weaker storms appear as you zoom in. Hurricanes, typhoons and cyclones are the same kind of storm with different names in different oceans.

Storms near East Carroll Parish

The record holds 24 tropical cyclones whose tracks passed within 50 km of East Carroll Parish, Louisiana between 1856 and 2020. The busiest month is August, with 8 of them. The strongest, measured where each came closest to the place, reached category 1 strength. 2 of the storms have no wind speed in the record.

  • 24storms within 50 km
  • 0major (category 3 to 5) near here
  • 2at category 1 strength or more

A storm counts once, however many times it came close. The category is the storm's strongest point within 50 km, which can be weaker than its peak elsewhere.

How strong were the storms near East Carroll Parish?

Category near hereStormsShare
Tropical depression833%
Tropical storm1250%
Category 128%
Category 200%
Category 300%
Category 400%
Category 500%
Unknown intensity28%

The agency behind most of the intensity figures here is the NOAA National Hurricane Center (HURDAT2, Atlantic).

East Carroll Parish storms over time

Storms by decade
Bar chart of storms by period. The most is 3 in 1900s.1850s11860s21880s11890s11900s31920s11930s31950s31970s11980s22000s22010s22020s2

The 2020s only run to 2020, so that bar is for a shorter period. This place's record starts in 1856, and records before the satellite era (about the 1960s) are far less complete.

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PeriodCount
1850s1
1860s2
1880s1
1890s1
1900s3
1920s1
1930s3
1950s3
1970s1
1980s2
2000s2
2010s2
2020s2

Earlier decades hold fewer storms partly because they were harder to see. Before weather satellites (about the 1960s) many storms that stayed at sea went unrecorded, so compare decades with care.

Storms by month
Bar chart of storms by period. The most is 8 in Aug.Jan0Feb0Mar0Apr0May0Jun4Jul1Aug8Sep6Oct5Nov0Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May0
Jun4
Jul1
Aug8
Sep6
Oct5
Nov0
Dec0

Strongest storms near East Carroll Parish

  • Unnamed storm of September 1909 (North Atlantic)13 September 1909 to 22 September 1909, Category 1 (75 kt) near here, peak Category 3 (105 kt), 952 hPa
  • Unnamed storm of August 1888 (North Atlantic)14 August 1888 to 24 August 1888, Category 1 (65 kt) near here, peak Category 3 (110 kt)
  • Audrey (1957)24 June 1957 to 29 June 1957, Tropical storm (55 kt) near here, peak Category 3 (110 kt), 946 hPa
  • Unnamed storm of September 1860 (North Atlantic)24 September 1860 to 3 October 1860, Tropical storm (50 kt) near here, peak Category 2 (90 kt)
  • Unnamed storm of October 1923 (Eastern and central Pacific)12 October 1923 to 17 October 1923, Tropical storm (50 kt) near here, peak Category 1 (70 kt), 983 hPa

Most recent storms near East Carroll Parish

  • Delta (2020)4 October 2020 to 11 October 2020, Tropical storm (50 kt) near here, peak Category 4 (120 kt), 953 hPa
  • Cristobal (2020)1 June 2020 to 12 June 2020, Tropical depression (30 kt) near here, peak Tropical storm (50 kt), 988 hPa
  • Gordon (2018)2 September 2018 to 7 September 2018, Tropical depression (25 kt) near here, peak Tropical storm (60 kt), 999 hPa

Many of these storms killed people and destroyed homes. The figures are the official record's, and this page says nothing about their human cost.

A storm that came near several counties counts in each one, so county counts add up to more than the state's.

Notable storms near East Carroll Parish

  • Lili (2002)21 September 2002 to 4 October 2002, peak Category 4 (125 kt), 940 hPa
  • Delta (2020)4 October 2020 to 11 October 2020, peak Category 4 (120 kt), 953 hPa
  • Audrey (1957)24 June 1957 to 29 June 1957, peak Category 3 (110 kt), 946 hPa

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