Hurricane Ida
Aug 26, 2021 to Sep 4, 2021Peak 150 mph929 mb
Hurricane Ida passed within 50 miles of 49 counties in 2 states. It was strongest near Lafourche Parish, LA, as a Category 4 on August 29, 2021.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Hurricane Ida · 2021
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
From space
Hurricane Ida on August 28, 2021, about 22 hours before landfall in Lafourche Parish, LA.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Category 4
- 150 mph, 130 kt
- Lowest pressure
- 929 mb
- Over the whole track
- Counties within 50 miles
- 49
- LA, MS
- Counties within 100 miles
- 74
- LA, MS
- Landfalls recorded
- 3
- Anywhere on the track
Every county it passed
Closest approach to each county boundary, with the storm’s strength at that moment.
| Lafourche Parish | LA | 0.0 | Category 4 |
| Hinds County | MS | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Livingston Parish | LA | 0.0 | Category 2 |
| St. Helena Parish | LA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Amite County | MS | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Franklin County | MS | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Copiah County | MS | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson County | MS | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| St. John the Baptist Parish | LA | 0.0 | Category 3 |
| Terrebonne Parish | LA | 0.0 | Category 4 |
| St. James Parish | LA | 0.0 | Category 2 |
| Claiborne County | MS | 1.1 | Tropical storm |
| East Feliciana Parish | LA | 1.1 | Tropical storm |
| Ascension Parish | LA | 2.7 | Category 2 |
| East Baton Rouge Parish | LA | 2.8 | Tropical storm |
| Lincoln County | MS | 3.0 | Tropical storm |
| St. Charles Parish | LA | 4.3 | Category 3 |
| Jefferson Parish | LA | 8.7 | Category 4 |
| Wilkinson County | MS | 11.4 | Tropical storm |
| Tangipahoa Parish | LA | 11.9 | Category 1 |
| Warren County | MS | 12.2 | Tropical storm |
| Rankin County | MS | 13.6 | Tropical storm |
| Assumption Parish | LA | 16.1 | Category 3 |
| Adams County | MS | 16.2 | Tropical storm |
| Iberville Parish | LA | 17.4 | Category 1 |
| Pike County | MS | 18.2 | Tropical storm |
| Simpson County | MS | 18.8 | Tropical storm |
| West Feliciana Parish | LA | 19.6 | Tropical storm |
| Plaquemines Parish | LA | 23.8 | Category 4 |
| West Baton Rouge Parish | LA | 24.5 | Category 1 |
| Tensas Parish | LA | 24.9 | Tropical storm |
| Madison Parish | LA | 25.0 | Tropical storm |
| Orleans Parish | LA | 27.7 | Category 3 |
| Lawrence County | MS | 28.2 | Tropical storm |
| St. Tammany Parish | LA | 28.3 | Category 2 |
| Washington Parish | LA | 28.8 | Tropical storm |
| Pointe Coupee Parish | LA | 30.1 | Tropical storm |
| Concordia Parish | LA | 30.3 | Tropical storm |
| St. Martin Parish | LA | 30.5 | Category 3 |
| St. Mary Parish | LA | 32.3 | Category 3 |
| Iberia Parish | LA | 33.8 | Category 2 |
| Walthall County | MS | 34.7 | Tropical storm |
| St. Bernard Parish | LA | 35.1 | Category 3 |
| East Carroll Parish | LA | 39.3 | Tropical storm |
| Catahoula Parish | LA | 40.8 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson Davis County | MS | 41.2 | Tropical storm |
| Franklin Parish | LA | 45.6 | Tropical storm |
| Avoyelles Parish | LA | 47.9 | Tropical storm |
| Marion County | MS | 48.7 | Tropical storm |
| Covington County | MS | 52.2 | Tropical storm |
| St. Landry Parish | LA | 54.2 | Category 1 |
| Pearl River County | MS | 55.8 | Category 1 |
| Richland Parish | LA | 57.6 | Tropical storm |
| West Carroll Parish | LA | 59.5 | Tropical storm |
| Hancock County | MS | 61.6 | Category 2 |
| Caldwell Parish | LA | 66.0 | Tropical storm |
| LaSalle Parish | LA | 66.4 | Tropical storm |
| Lamar County | MS | 67.9 | Tropical storm |
| Rapides Parish | LA | 70.0 | Tropical storm |
| Jones County | MS | 70.1 | Tropical storm |
| Lafayette Parish | LA | 70.7 | Category 1 |
| Morehouse Parish | LA | 73.3 | Tropical storm |
| Grant Parish | LA | 76.4 | Tropical storm |
| Vermilion Parish | LA | 77.1 | Category 1 |
| Forrest County | MS | 78.6 | Tropical storm |
| Evangeline Parish | LA | 80.0 | Tropical storm |
| Harrison County | MS | 80.8 | Category 2 |
| Acadia Parish | LA | 82.2 | Category 1 |
| Ouachita Parish | LA | 83.2 | Tropical storm |
| Stone County | MS | 85.1 | Category 1 |
| Winn Parish | LA | 87.4 | Tropical storm |
| Jackson Parish | LA | 94.1 | Tropical storm |
| Perry County | MS | 94.7 | Tropical storm |
| Union Parish | LA | 97.7 | 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.