Hurricane (Typhoon) in Louisiana
Every hurricane (typhoon) event the National Weather Service has filed in Louisiana, year by year, with the most significant episodes. A tropical cyclone with sustained winds of 64 knots (74 mph) or more, filed per forecast zone for its wind, and with separate events for its flooding, surge and tornadoes.
The most significant on the map
The most significant hurricane (typhoon) episodes in Louisiana.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The record
- Events
- 335
- Deaths
- 877
- Injuries
- 7
- Damage
- $45 billion
Every year
The most significant
Ranked by deaths, injuries, damage and size together.
- Hurricane in Louisiana, August 28 to 29, 2005Hurricane Katrina was one of the strongest and most destructive hurricanes on record to impact the coast of the United States.
- Hurricane and Tornadoes in Louisiana, August 28 to 31, 2021The ninth named storm, fourth hurricane, and second major hurricane of the 2021 Atlantic hurricane season, Ida originated from a tropical wave in the Caribbean Sea on August 23rd.
- Hurricane and Tropical Storm in Louisiana, August 26 to 27, 2020A tropical wave emerged off of Africa during August 16 and then developed into a depression by the 20th. The system gradually became better organized as it passed across the Greater Antilles. It entered the Gulf of Mexico and became a hurricane on the 25th.
- Hurricane and Tornadoes in Louisiana, September 1 to 3, 2008Hurricane Gustav caused wind damage, flash flooding, and several tornadoes across southwest Louisiana. Hustav made landfall in Terrebonne Parish in the morning of September 2nd as a category 2 hurricane with sustained winds of 110 mph.
- Hurricane and Tropical Storm in Louisiana, October 9 to 10, 2020A tropical wave moved into the Caribbean in early October and became a tropical depression by the 5th. The system quickly gained strength and obtained category 4 status before shear weakened it back to a category 2.
- Hurricane and Storm Surge in Louisiana, August 28 to 31, 2012Isaac entered the Gulf of Mexico as a tropical storm on August 26, moving northwest after crossing Haiti, Cuba and the Florida Straits. Isaac strengthened into a hurricane on the morning of the 28th when it was 75 miles south-southeast of the mouth of the Mississippi River.
- Hurricane and Tornadoes in Louisiana, September 1 to 2, 2008Hurricane Gustav emerged into the southeast Gulf of Mexico as a major category 3 hurricane on August 31st after developing in the Caribbean Sea and moving across western Cuba.
- Hurricane in Louisiana, September 23 to 24, 2005Hurricane Rita made landfall around 230 am on September 24th in Cameron Parish near Johnson Bayou as a category 3 hurricane with sustained winds of 120 mph. Wind gusts over 110 mph were recorded in Cameron and Calcasieu Parishes.
- Hurricane and Tropical Storm in Louisiana, October 28, 2020A tropical depression formed in the northwestern Caribbean on the afternoon of October 24th. 9 hours later, it became the twenty-seventh named storm and eleventh hurricane of the exceptionally active 2020 Atlantic hurricane season.
- Hurricane and Tornadoes in Louisiana, September 12 to 15, 2008Hurricane Ike caused wind damage, storm surge flooding, and tornadoes across southwest Louisiana. Ike made landfall near Galveston, TX early in the morning on September 13th as a strong category 2 hurricane.
- Hurricane and Tropical Storm in Louisiana, September 11 to 12, 2024Hurricane Francine formed as a tropical storm in the Gulf of Mexico on September 9, 2024, and intensified into a Category 2 hurricane before making landfall near Houma, Louisiana, on the morning of September 11.
- Hurricane in Louisiana, October 3, 2002Hurricane Lili made landfall the morning of October 3rd near Intracoastal City in Vermilion Parish as a category one hurricane. Over 48,000 claims were filed with FEMA by homeowners who received damage. along the path of Lili, from southwest Louisiana into central Louisiana.
- Hurricane and Tornadoes in Louisiana, October 2 to 3, 2002Hurricane Lili, a major hurricane over the Gulf of Mexico, during the daylight hours of October 2, 2002 moved steadily northwest around 15 mph toward the Louisiana coast during the evening hour.
- Hurricane and Tropical Storm in Louisiana, July 13 to 15, 2019A mesoscale convective vortex interacted with a weak cold front over the the southeast states and northeast Gulf of Mexico. The surface low that developed moved southwest across the gulf then northwest into the south central Louisiana coast.
- Hurricane in Louisiana, July 5 to 6, 2005Hurricane Cindy developed from a tropical depression that formed over the extreme western Caribbean Sea on July 3. This depression moved northwest over the Yucatan Peninsula and emerged over the south central Gulf of Mexico on July 4.
- Hurricane in Louisiana, August 29, 2005See detailed narrative in Central Mississippi section.
- Hurricane and Tropical Storm in Louisiana, August 27, 2020Major Hurricane Laura tracked north northwest across the Central and Northern Gulf of Mexico from the Central Carribean Sea near Cuba, making landfall in Southwest Louisiana near Cameron around 1 am on August 27th as a strong Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds…
- Hurricane in Louisiana, September 27 to 28, 1998Hurricane Georges, a strong Category 2, hurricane moved slowly northwest across the Gulf of Mexico toward southeast Louisiana on the September 26.
- Hurricane and Storm Surge in Louisiana, September 15 to 16, 2004Hurricane Ivan moved steadily northward across the north central Gulf of Mexico on September 15th before turning north-northeast and making landfall near Gulf Shores, Alabama as a Category 3 hurricane during the early morning of September 16th.
- Hurricane and Tropical Storm in Louisiana, September 11 to 12, 2024Francine originated from a tropical wave that emerged off the West coast of Africa on August 28th. The wave traversed the tropical Atlantic Ocean with minimal organization, reaching the Leeward Islands by September 1st.
- Hurricane in Louisiana, September 24 to 25, 2005See narrative for Mississippi.
- Hurricane in Louisiana, July 17 to 18, 1997A tropical depression in the northwest Gulf of Mexico was classified as Tropical Storm Danny during the morning of July 17th. Danny drifted slowly north during the day and northeast during the evening hours.
- Hurricane and Tornado in Louisiana, September 13, 2007Hurricane Humberto made landfall in southeast Texas, and moved into southwest Louisiana the morning of 9/13/07. Humberto was weakening to a tropical storm as it moved northeast across southwest Louisiana.
- Hurricane in Louisiana, October 3 to 4, 2002Hurricane Lili made landfall along the South-Central Louisiana coast during the morning hours of October third as a category 2 storm.
- Hurricane in Louisiana, September 1 to 2, 1998Hurricane Earl was the second tropical system to affect southwest Louisiana in two weeks. Minimal damage was reported along the coast from Cameron to Morgan City.
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24.