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Hurricane Delta

Oct 4, 2020 to Oct 11, 2020Peak 138 mph953 mb

Hurricane Delta passed within 50 miles of 40 counties in 3 states. It was strongest near Brazoria County, TX, as a Category 2 on October 9, 2020.

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Watch how it happened

Hurricane Delta · 2020

How it happened

Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.

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From space

Hurricane Delta on October 9, 2020, about 3 hours before landfall in Cameron Parish, LA.

Hurricane Delta on October 9, 2020, about 3 hours before landfall in Cameron Parish, LA.
True-colour image from VIIRS, aboard the Suomi NPP satellite, on its early-afternoon pass, around 19:43 UTC. Imagery: NASA Global Imagery Browse Services (GIBS), part of NASA’s Earth Observing System Data and Information System.

The storm

Peak strength
Category 4
138 mph, 120 kt
Lowest pressure
953 mb
Over the whole track
Counties within 50 miles
40
LA, MS, TX
Counties within 100 miles
82
AR, LA, MS, TX
Strongest near the U.S.
Category 2
Brazoria County, TX, 94.6 mi, Oct 9, 2020
Landfalls recorded
2
Anywhere on the track

Every county it passed

Closest approach to each county boundary, with the storm’s strength at that moment.

Counties within 100 miles
Evangeline ParishLA0.0Tropical stormOct 10, 2020
Catahoula ParishLA0.0Tropical stormOct 10, 2020
Jefferson Davis ParishLA0.0Category 1Oct 10, 2020
Rapides ParishLA0.0Tropical stormOct 10, 2020
Franklin ParishLA0.0Tropical stormOct 10, 2020
Madison ParishLA0.0Tropical stormOct 10, 2020
LaSalle ParishLA0.0Tropical stormOct 10, 2020
Cameron ParishLA0.0Category 2Oct 9, 2020
Calcasieu ParishLA0.0Category 1Oct 10, 2020
Allen ParishLA0.0Category 1Oct 10, 2020
Acadia ParishLA4.2Category 1Oct 10, 2020
Richland ParishLA4.7Tropical stormOct 10, 2020
Avoyelles ParishLA4.8Tropical stormOct 10, 2020
Grant ParishLA5.4Tropical stormOct 10, 2020
Caldwell ParishLA5.5Tropical stormOct 10, 2020
West Carroll ParishLA6.2Tropical stormOct 10, 2020
Tensas ParishLA8.2Tropical stormOct 10, 2020
Vermilion ParishLA10.7Category 1Oct 10, 2020
St. Landry ParishLA10.9Category 1Oct 10, 2020
Concordia ParishLA12.0Tropical stormOct 10, 2020
Morehouse ParishLA17.4Tropical stormOct 10, 2020
Vernon ParishLA18.5Tropical stormOct 10, 2020
Beauregard ParishLA19.1Category 1Oct 10, 2020
Winn ParishLA22.7Tropical stormOct 10, 2020
Ouachita ParishLA23.7Tropical stormOct 10, 2020
Adams CountyMS26.3Tropical stormOct 10, 2020
Jefferson CountyMS27.5Tropical stormOct 10, 2020
Claiborne CountyMS27.7Tropical stormOct 10, 2020
Natchitoches ParishLA31.6Tropical stormOct 10, 2020
Lafayette ParishLA32.0Category 1Oct 10, 2020
Jackson ParishLA32.9Tropical stormOct 10, 2020
Pointe Coupee ParishLA33.5Tropical stormOct 10, 2020
West Feliciana ParishLA35.4Tropical stormOct 10, 2020
Wilkinson CountyMS38.3Tropical stormOct 10, 2020
Jefferson CountyTX38.9Category 2Oct 9, 2020
Orange CountyTX40.1Category 2Oct 9, 2020
Union ParishLA41.4Tropical stormOct 10, 2020
St. Martin ParishLA41.7Tropical stormOct 10, 2020
Franklin CountyMS44.6Tropical stormOct 10, 2020
Newton CountyTX47.4Category 2Oct 9, 2020
Lincoln ParishLA50.4Tropical stormOct 10, 2020
Copiah CountyMS50.6Tropical stormOct 10, 2020
Union CountyAR52.4Tropical stormOct 10, 2020
Iberia ParishLA52.5Category 1Oct 10, 2020
Iberville ParishLA53.4Tropical stormOct 10, 2020
Sabine ParishLA54.9Tropical stormOct 10, 2020
Jasper CountyTX56.9Category 2Oct 9, 2020
Bienville ParishLA58.0Tropical stormOct 10, 2020
Amite CountyMS58.2Tropical stormOct 10, 2020
Lincoln CountyMS62.3Tropical stormOct 10, 2020
Chambers CountyTX64.5Category 2Oct 9, 2020
West Baton Rouge ParishLA64.7Tropical stormOct 10, 2020
Galveston CountyTX65.2Category 2Oct 9, 2020
Hardin CountyTX65.4Category 2Oct 9, 2020
East Feliciana ParishLA66.3Tropical stormOct 10, 2020
St. Mary ParishLA66.6Category 1Oct 10, 2020
Red River ParishLA67.1Tropical stormOct 10, 2020
Sabine CountyTX68.8Tropical stormOct 10, 2020
East Baton Rouge ParishLA70.2Tropical stormOct 10, 2020
Claiborne ParishLA75.4Tropical stormOct 10, 2020
Tyler CountyTX75.7Category 1Oct 10, 2020
De Soto ParishLA77.2Tropical stormOct 10, 2020
Liberty CountyTX77.5Category 2Oct 9, 2020
St. Helena ParishLA83.2Tropical stormOct 10, 2020
Pike CountyMS84.5Tropical stormOct 10, 2020
Webster ParishLA85.5Tropical stormOct 10, 2020
Lawrence CountyMS86.1Tropical stormOct 10, 2020
Livingston ParishLA89.1Tropical stormOct 10, 2020
Ouachita CountyAR90.4Tropical stormOct 10, 2020
San Augustine CountyTX91.2Category 1Oct 10, 2020
Bossier ParishLA91.4Tropical stormOct 10, 2020
Assumption ParishLA92.0Category 1Oct 10, 2020
Shelby CountyTX93.2Tropical stormOct 10, 2020
Caddo ParishLA93.9Tropical stormOct 10, 2020
Brazoria CountyTX94.6Category 2Oct 9, 2020
Ascension ParishLA95.1Tropical stormOct 10, 2020
Angelina CountyTX95.2Category 1Oct 10, 2020
Tangipahoa ParishLA96.4Tropical stormOct 10, 2020
Columbia CountyAR97.5Tropical stormOct 10, 2020
Polk CountyTX98.3Category 2Oct 9, 2020
Walthall CountyMS98.8Tropical stormOct 10, 2020
Harris CountyTX99.0Category 2Oct 9, 2020

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.