Hurricane Babe
Sep 3, 1977 to Sep 9, 1977Peak 75 mph995 mb
Hurricane Babe passed within 50 miles of 9 counties in LA. It was strongest near Terrebonne Parish, LA, as a Category 1 on September 5, 1977.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Hurricane Babe · 1977
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Category 1
- 75 mph, 65 kt
- Lowest pressure
- 995 mb
- Over the whole track
- Counties within 50 miles
- 9
- LA
- Counties within 100 miles
- 14
- LA
- Landfalls recorded
- 0
- Anywhere on the track
Every county it passed
Closest approach to each county boundary, with the storm’s strength at that moment.
| St. Martin Parish | LA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| St. Mary Parish | LA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Terrebonne Parish | LA | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Iberia Parish | LA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Assumption Parish | LA | 10.0 | Tropical storm |
| Lafourche Parish | LA | 18.9 | Category 1 |
| Vermilion Parish | LA | 22.7 | Tropical storm |
| Lafayette Parish | LA | 27.3 | Tropical storm |
| Acadia Parish | LA | 45.4 | Tropical storm |
| Cameron Parish | LA | 62.8 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson Davis Parish | LA | 64.3 | Tropical storm |
| Allen Parish | LA | 77.4 | Tropical storm |
| Calcasieu Parish | LA | 79.5 | Tropical storm |
| Beauregard Parish | LA | 99.1 | Tropical storm |
Distances are measured from hourly positions interpolated between the National Hurricane Center’s six-hourly fixes to each county boundary. Strength is shown only where the storm was still tropical. Methodology.
National Hurricane Center HURDAT2. Storm totals cover the Atlantic and Northeast and Central Pacific basins.