Pointe Coupee Parish

Every recorded tornado

1. Injuries and deaths are for the tornado’s whole path, which may extend beyond the county. Deaths recorded within Pointe Coupee Parish: 2.
2. Weak tornadoes were under-recorded before Doppler radar coverage became national in the early 1990s, so earlier decades read low. Ratings use the Fujita scale before February 2007 and the Enhanced Fujita scale after.

Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.

Every storm within 100 miles

1. Tropical storms and hurricanes (34 kt or more, still tropical) at closest approach. Post-tropical remnants with gale-force winds are listed but not counted. Direct: track within 50 miles; near: within 100 miles. Distance is measured to the county boundary for counties and to the city centre for cities, using positions interpolated hourly between HURDAT2 fixes.

National Hurricane Center HURDAT2, 1851 to 2025.

Smoke overhead

1. A smoke day is a date on which a smoke plume traced by NOAA Hazard Mapping System analysts from satellite imagery covered this place's point (the county's population centre or the city centre). Counts here are of medium or heavy smoke. Since 2018 analysts have often drawn light smoke as one area over most of the continent, so light-smoke counts are not comparable from year to year. The plumes show smoke anywhere in the air above, not air quality at the ground, and smoke hidden by cloud is missed.

NOAA Hazard Mapping System smoke analysis, 2011 to 2026, retrieved October 30, 2026.

Claims by ZIP code

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OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims v3, refreshed August 4, 2026. NOAA Storm Events through 2026.

River crests

River gauges

1. Crests are the highest and the recent crests the National Weather Service lists for each river gauge in the county that has a flood stage, not every flood. Flood categories use each gauge's current flood stages; crests from before levees, dams or channel changes may not be comparable. Crests measured on an old datum are left out of the rankings.

NOAA National Water Prediction Service gauge records, retrieved October 30, 2026.

1. The Palmer Drought Severity Index is computed by NOAA each month from the county's average temperature and precipitation, relative to the county's own climate. Zero is normal; -3 or lower is severe drought and -4 or lower extreme drought. It describes the long-term balance of moisture, not water supply or crop losses.

NOAA NCEI nClimDiv county Palmer Drought Severity Index, 1895 to September 2026, issued October 6, 2026.

Every earthquake of magnitude 4 or more within 50 miles

1. Earthquakes of magnitude 2.5 or more in the USGS Comprehensive Catalog since 1900. Within 50 miles means the epicentre lies within 50 miles of the county boundary (or inside the county).
2. Small earthquakes were under-recorded before the modern seismic networks of the 1970s and are still missed in remote areas, so early decades read low. Magnitudes are as the catalogue reports them and mix scales (moment, local and body-wave).

USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog, 1900 to present, retrieved October 30, 2026.

More event types since 1996

Costliest events since 1996

1. Aug 12, 2016Flash Flood$11.3 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Six to 10 inches of rain fell across Pointe Coupee Parish on Friday, leading to to widespread flash flooding. Road closures due to high water were common and a few homes flooded. Additional flooding occurred as water drained into the lower lying areas, details of which are included in the flood report for the parish.

2. Aug 29, 2021Hurricane (Typhoon), Pointe Coupee$10.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   The parish suffered mainly minor wind impacts with a few trees down and some minor structural damage to roofs. At the peak, approximately 50% of the parish was without power.

3. Oct 9, 2020Tropical Storm, Pointe Coupee$10.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Delta produced sustained tropical storm force winds with gusts likely in excess of 70mph across portions of the parish. This resulted in widespread wind damage impacts. The highest recorded gust was 60 mph at the|New Roads AWOS, but higher gusts were likely experienced across portions of the parish to the northwest closer to Delta's center. Trees and power lines were downed throughout the parish, with around 80% of the parish experiencing power outages at the peak. One indirect injury occurred when a driver struck a downed tree in the northern part of the parish.

4. Mar 7, 1996Cold/Wind Chill, Pointe Coupee$7.2 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   A late Spring freeze caused extensive damage to the sugarcane crop in three parishes. Newspaper accounts reported that a sugarcane industry spokesman estimated damage near 7 million dollar. Temperatures remained below freezing for 6 to 8 hours each night. The 23 degree reading at Baton Rouge, the morning to the 9th, set a daily record minimum temperature, breaking the previous record by 7 degrees. Several daily records were set and came within a few degrees of establishing minimum record temperatures for the month.

5. Sep 23, 2005Tropical Storm, Pointe Coupee$5.8 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   A tropical depression moving west through the Turks and Caicos Islands developed into Tropical Storm Rita on the afternoon of September 18th. Rita moved west through the central Bahamas on the 19th and strengthened into a category 2 hurricane on the 20th while moving across the Florida Straits. After entering the Gulf of Mexico on the 21st, Rita rapidly intensified as it moved west northwest. Rita strengthened to a category 5 storm on the afternoon of the 21st and reached its peak intensity the next day 570 miles east southeast of Galveston, Texas with maximum sustained winds of 175 mph and a minimum central pressure of 897 mb. Rita turned northwest and weakened to a category 3…

6. Oct 2, 2002Hurricane (Typhoon), Pointe Coupee$5.5 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Hurricane 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. The hurricane weakened rapidly to a Saffir Simpson Scale Category 1 Hurricane by the time it made landfall during the morning of October 3rd along the south central Louisiana coast. The hurricane continued to moved north northwest across south central Louisiana before turning northeast across the northern portion of the state. Due to the rapid weakening, no sustained hurricane force winds were measured in southeast Louisiana. However, storm surge was significant across the southeast…

7. Aug 13, 2016Flood$4.8 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Ten to fourteen inches of rain fell over a two day period across Pointe Coupee Parish. This rain led to flash flooding across the parish, details of which are included in the flash flood entry for the parish. As the water drained into lower lying areas, flooding began on the north side of New Roads, prompting evacuations. By Sunday, water began rising in the False River area, and numerous homes started flooding. In all, approximately 300 homes suffered varying degrees of flood damage due to the flooding and flash flooding across the parish. The majority of the flooded homes were in the False River area as record water levels were recorded. The others were spread throughout the…

8. Aug 28, 2005Hurricane (Typhoon), Pointe Coupee$1.7 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Hurricane Katrina was one of the strongest and most destructive hurricanes on record to impact the coast of the United States. It will likely be recorded as one the worst natural disaster in the history of the United States to date resulting in catastrophic damage and numerous casualties in southeast Louisiana and along the Mississippi coast. Damage and casualties resulting from Hurricane Katrina extended as far east as Alabama and the panhandle of Florida. Katrina developed from a tropical depression southeast of the Bahamas on August 24th. After moving through the Bahamas as a tropical storm, Katrina strengthened to a category 1 hurricane prior to landfall in south Florida…

9. Jan 10, 2008Tornado$1.5 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   A tornado briefly touched down damaging several industrial buildings of a farm equipment dealer near the intersection of Louisiana Highway 3131 and Louisiana Highway 1. Several large doors were blown in and a large portion of a roof was torn off. In addition, several windows were broken. Pieces of debris were scattered about one quarter mile into an open field and trees. Also, a nearby railroad safety cross arm was broken or sheared off from its mount.

10. Sep 1, 2008Hurricane (Typhoon), Pointe Coupee$1.4 million
    National Weather Service narrative

    Hurricane Gustav affected nearly 200 homes with 4 homes being destroyed, 13 receiving major damage, and 27 minor damage. A number of businesses also received damage and numerous trees and utility poles were knocked down. The damage was caused by the high winds associated with Gustav.

1. Storm Events records before 1996 cover only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail. Damage figures are as reported by the National Weather Service at the time, not adjusted for inflation.

NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, 1950 to 2026, issued October 26, 2026.

All-time high

107°FJun 2, 2011

All-time low

8°F3 times, most recently Dec 24, 1989

Warmest night

84°FAug 12, 2019

Coldest day

17°FDec 23, 1989

Wettest day

9.85 inOct 4, 1964

Snowiest day

3.2 inJan 23, 1948

Hottest year

2023mean 70.9°F

Coldest year

1976mean 64.7°F

Wettest year

198886.05 in

Driest year

200031.75 in

Station New Roads 5 Ne (USC00166686), 45 ft elevation, 8.7 miles from the population centre. Daily records from 1942 to October 19, 2026; 95.7% of days in the last 30 years are complete. Records at a single station can differ from a city’s official threaded record, which may combine several stations.

NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network Daily.

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OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries, retrieved October 30, 2026. Statewide declarations are not listed.

Neighbouring counties

• Tornadoes NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, through 2025.
• Tropical cyclones NOAA National Hurricane Center HURDAT2 (Atlantic; Northeast and Central Pacific), through 2025.
• Wildfire USGS/USFS Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity, through 2026.
• Storm events NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, through 2026.
• Flood insurance OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims v3, refreshed August 4, 2026.
• Declarations OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries v2, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Weather records NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network Daily, station USC00166686.
• River crests NOAA National Weather Service, National Water Prediction Service river gauges, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Drought NOAA NCEI nClimDiv county Palmer Drought Severity Index, through September 2026.
• Smoke NOAA NESDIS Hazard Mapping System smoke analysis, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Earthquakes USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog (ComCat), retrieved October 30, 2026.

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