Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Brusly, LA

The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Brusly 2 W, LA, 1 mile northwest of Brusly at 20 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 91°F and low of 72°F; January is the coolest, at 62°F and 40°F. June is the wettest at 6.7 inches of precipitation on average and November the driest at 4.0 inches; the year adds up to 64.6 inches over 78 days with at least a tenth of an inch. June to November, the hurricane season months, bring 51% of the year's precipitation (32.8 of 64.6 inches); the other six months are drier. September has brought the most of the 57 tropical systems that passed within 75 miles (22); a normal September there has highs of 88°F and 5.3 inches of precipitation. Highs reach 90°F on about 85 days a year, almost all from May to October. Lows fall below freezing on about 26 nights a year. That 64.6 inches is more than at 68 of the 81 Louisiana stations used on this site (84%). Plaquemine, 8 miles south, has its own station (Lsu Ben-Hur Farm, LA): 60.6 inches a year, 4.0 less than here, and the same July average high, 91°F.

Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 208 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Brusly: 123 thunderstorm wind reports, 59 flash floods, 20 lightning strikes, 4 heavy rain events and 2 floods. They killed 2 people and injured 1, and the NWS estimated $15.4 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 104 mph, on April 27, 2015. April has had the most flash floods, 15 of 59. Of the 239 Louisiana cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 207 have had fewer than Brusly.

Flood insurance policyholders in Brusly's ZIP code 70719 have filed 60 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1979, and were paid $1.0 million for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Flooding in 1980: 11 claims (18% of all) and $20,000, then Hurricane Gustav in 2008 with 11. 42% of the claims carry the name of a storm or flood event; the rest have no event name. Of the 219 Louisiana cities on this site with 10 or more claims, 44 have fewer than Brusly.