Hurricanes and tropical storms in Louisiana
157 tropical storms and hurricanes have passed within 50 miles of Louisiana since 1851, 76 of them at hurricane strength.
- 157tropical cyclones within 50 miles since 1851
- 76at hurricane strength
- 26as major hurricanes
- 29since 2000
2025
- Hurricanes and tropical storms on record, by year
Over time
The strongest storms
| Camille | 1969 | Category 5, St. Tammany |
| Ida | 2021 | Category 4, Lafourche |
| Laura | 2020 | Category 4, Cameron |
| Unnamed | 1856 | Category 4, Terrebonne |
| Andrew | 1992 | Category 4, Jefferson |
| Frederic | 1979 | Category 4, Plaquemines |
| Betsy | 1965 | Category 4, Lafourche |
| Unnamed | 1893 | Category 4, Jefferson |
| Katrina | 2005 | Category 3, Plaquemines |
| Unnamed | 1879 | Category 3, Terrebonne |
| Unnamed | 1860 | Category 3, Lafourche |
| Unnamed | 1855 | Category 3, Plaquemines |
| Ivan | 2004 | Category 3, Plaquemines |
| Audrey | 1957 | Category 3, Cameron |
| Carmen | 1974 | Category 3, Vermilion |
| Unnamed | 1918 | Category 3, Cameron |
| Unnamed | 1917 | Category 3, Plaquemines |
| Unnamed | 1916 | Category 3, St. Bernard |
| Unnamed | 1886 | Category 3, Cameron |
| Rita | 2005 | Category 3, Iberia |
| Zeta | 2020 | Category 3, Terrebonne |
| Elena | 1985 | Category 3, St. Bernard |
| Unnamed | 1926 | Category 3, Terrebonne |
| Unnamed | 1909 | Category 3, St. Mary |
| Unnamed | 1852 | Category 3, St. Bernard |
| Unnamed | 1915 | Category 3, Lafourche |
| Gustav | 2008 | Category 2, Plaquemines |
| Georges | 1998 | Category 2, Plaquemines |
| Unnamed | 1947 | Category 2, St. Bernard |
| Unnamed | 1906 | Category 2, St. Bernard |
Every county
Counties with any recorded events, highest first.