Hurricane Ida
Nov 4, 2009 to Nov 11, 2009Peak 104 mph975 mb
Hurricane Ida passed within 50 miles of 3 counties in 2 states. It was strongest near Plaquemines Parish, LA, as a tropical storm on November 10, 2009.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Hurricane Ida · 2009
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
From space
Hurricane Ida on November 9, 2009, about 11 hours before its closest pass to St. Bernard Parish, LA.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Category 2
- 104 mph, 90 kt
- Lowest pressure
- 975 mb
- Over the whole track
- Counties within 50 miles
- 3
- LA, MS
- Counties within 100 miles
- 13
- LA, MS
- Landfalls recorded
- 1
- Anywhere on the track
Every county it passed
Closest approach to each county boundary, with the storm’s strength at that moment.
| St. Bernard Parish | LA | 14.0 | Tropical storm |
| Plaquemines Parish | LA | 20.4 | Tropical storm |
| Harrison County | MS | 32.8 | Tropical storm |
| Hancock County | MS | 56.0 | Tropical storm |
| St. Tammany Parish | LA | 61.7 | Tropical storm |
| Orleans Parish | LA | 66.1 | Tropical storm |
| Pearl River County | MS | 71.8 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson Parish | LA | 75.0 | Tropical storm |
| Lafourche Parish | LA | 81.4 | Tropical storm |
| St. Charles Parish | LA | 93.8 | Tropical storm |
| Washington Parish | LA | 95.2 | Tropical storm |
| St. John the Baptist Parish | LA | 96.9 | Tropical storm |
| Tangipahoa Parish | LA | 98.1 | 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.