Hurricanes that hit LaSalle Parish, Louisiana: hurricane history

29 storms have passed within 50 km of LaSalle Parish from 1855 to 2020, coloured by intensity on the map.

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Years1842 to 2026
Ocean basin

Choosing a minimum category hides storms with no wind speed in the record. To see which storms have passed near you, search a town or ZIP code, or tap the map.

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 LaSalle Parish

The record holds 29 tropical cyclones whose tracks passed within 50 km of LaSalle Parish, Louisiana between 1855 and 2020. The busiest month is August, with 10 of them. The strongest, measured where each came closest to the place, reached category 3 strength. 1 of the storms have no wind speed in the record.

  • 29storms within 50 km
  • 1major (category 3 to 5) near here
  • 5at 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 LaSalle Parish?

Category near hereStormsShare
Tropical depression1034%
Tropical storm1345%
Category 1414%
Category 200%
Category 313%
Category 400%
Category 500%
Unknown intensity13%

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

LaSalle Parish storms over time

Storms by decade
Bar chart of storms by period. The most is 5 in 1980s.1850s1880s1900s1920s1940s1960s1980s2010s

The 2020s only run to 2020, so that bar is for a shorter period. This place's record starts in 1855, and records before the satellite era (about the 1960s) are far less complete.

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PeriodCount
1850s2
1870s1
1880s1
1890s2
1900s2
1910s1
1920s1
1930s2
1940s1
1950s2
1960s1
1970s2
1980s5
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 10 in Aug.Jan0Feb0Mar0Apr0May0Jun4Jul2Aug10Sep10Oct3Nov0Dec0
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PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May0
Jun4
Jul2
Aug10
Sep10
Oct3
Nov0
Dec0

Strongest storms near LaSalle Parish

  • Unnamed storm of September 1909 (North Atlantic)13 September 1909 to 22 September 1909, peak Category 3 (105 kt), 952 hPa
  • Audrey (1957)24 June 1957 to 29 June 1957, Category 1 (80 kt) near here, peak Category 3 (110 kt), 946 hPa
  • Delta (2020)4 October 2020 to 11 October 2020, Category 1 (75 kt) near here, peak Category 4 (120 kt), 953 hPa
  • Danny (1985)12 August 1985 to 20 August 1985, peak Category 1 (80 kt), 988 hPa
  • Betsy (1965)27 August 1965 to 13 September 1965, Category 1 (65 kt) near here, peak Category 4 (120 kt), 942 hPa

Most recent storms near LaSalle Parish

  • Delta (2020)4 October 2020 to 11 October 2020, Category 1 (75 kt) near here, peak Category 4 (120 kt), 953 hPa
  • Cristobal (2020)1 June 2020 to 12 June 2020, peak Tropical storm (50 kt), 988 hPa
  • Harvey (2017)16 August 2017 to 2 September 2017, Tropical storm (35 kt) near here, peak Category 4 (115 kt), 941 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 LaSalle Parish

  • Lili (2002)21 September 2002 to 4 October 2002, peak Category 4 (125 kt), 940 hPa
  • Betsy (1965)27 August 1965 to 13 September 1965, peak Category 4 (120 kt), 942 hPa
  • Delta (2020)4 October 2020 to 11 October 2020, peak Category 4 (120 kt), 953 hPa
  • Harvey (2017)16 August 2017 to 2 September 2017, peak Category 4 (115 kt), 941 hPa
  • Audrey (1957)24 June 1957 to 29 June 1957, peak Category 3 (110 kt), 946 hPa
  • Elena (1985)28 August 1985 to 4 September 1985, peak Category 3 (110 kt), 953 hPa
  • Isaac (2012)20 August 2012 to 1 September 2012, peak Category 1 (70 kt), 966 hPa

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