NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Clinton, LA
Every tropical system within 75 miles since 1851 and every tornado within 25 miles since 1950.
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
52 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of Clinton, Louisiana since 1851, 9 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Francine in 2024. Since 1950, 110 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 4 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 9
- Tropical storms
- 43
- Tornadoes
- 110
- EF3 or stronger
- 4
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
2 deaths in all
What the records show for Clinton
The strongest storm to pass near Clinton was Zeta in 2020, a Category 2 hurricane with 98 mph winds when its centre passed 74 miles away. The closest pass by a hurricane was an unnamed storm in 1888, whose centre came within 5 miles. The record near Clinton begins with an unnamed storm in 1856; the most recent system was Francine in 2024, a tropical storm 39 miles away. Of the 52 systems, 12 have come since 2000. Of the 245 Louisiana cities on this site, 58% have more hurricanes within 75 miles than Clinton. The highest rating among the 110 tornadoes within 25 miles is F3, reached 4 times; the most recent, on October 14, 1984, came within 7 miles. The deadliest, an F2 on November 15, 2006, killed 1 person. Of the 110, 6 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 62 have come since 2000. April has had the most tornadoes, 19. The most recent tornado was on December 28, 2024. Of the 245 Louisiana cities, 67% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Clinton. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 18 times since 1962, with stones up to 3 inches (tea cup size). Of the 245 Louisiana cities, 85% have more hail reports within 10 miles than Clinton.
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Tropical storms and hurricanes near Clinton
| Year | Storm | Closest | Strength when closest | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | FrancineSep 12 | 39 mi | Tropical storm (48 mph) | Category 2 |
| 2021 | IdaAug 30 | 6 mi | Tropical storm (68 mph) | Category 4 |
| 2021 | ClaudetteJun 19 | 58 mi | Tropical storm (41 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2020 | ZetaOct 29 | 74 mi | Category 2 (98 mph) | Category 3 |
| 2020 | CristobalJun 8 | 7 mi | Tropical storm (39 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2019 | OlgaOct 26 | 31 mi | Tropical storm (52 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2012 | IsaacAug 30 | 37 mi | Tropical storm (63 mph) | Category 1 |
| 2011 | LeeSep 5 | 24 mi | Tropical storm (43 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2008 | GustavSep 1 | 68 mi | Category 1 (85 mph) | Category 4 |
| 2003 | BillJul 1 | 47 mi | Tropical storm (52 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2002 | IsidoreSep 26 | 63 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Category 3 |
| 2001 | AllisonJun 11 | 61 mi | Tropical storm (41 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1992 | AndrewAug 26 | 36 mi | Tropical storm (51 mph) | Category 5 |
| 1988 | BerylAug 9 | 47 mi | Tropical storm (41 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1985 | JuanOct 29 | 68 mi | Tropical storm (69 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1985 | ElenaSep 2 | 28 mi | Tropical storm (66 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1979 | BobJul 11 | 40 mi | Tropical storm (51 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1971 | EdithSep 16 | 12 mi | Tropical storm (66 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1965 | BetsySep 10 | 41 mi | Category 1 (83 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1964 | HildaOct 4 | 23 mi | Tropical storm (70 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1959 | ArleneMay 31 | 41 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1957 | EstherSep 18 | 13 mi | Tropical storm (51 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1956 | Unnamed 1956 stormJun 13 | 19 mi | Tropical storm (43 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1955 | Unnamed 1955 stormAug 27 | 39 mi | Tropical storm (47 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1955 | BrendaAug 2 | overhead | Tropical storm (41 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1949 | Unnamed 1949 stormSep 4 | 13 mi | Tropical storm (44 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1947 | Unnamed 1947 stormSep 19 | 38 mi | Category 1 (84 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1936 | Unnamed 1936 stormJul 28 | 52 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1934 | Unnamed 1934 stormJun 17 | 23 mi | Tropical storm (69 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1932 | Unnamed 1932 stormOct 16 | 71 mi | Tropical storm (55 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1932 | Unnamed 1932 stormSep 19 | 36 mi | Tropical storm (47 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1931 | Unnamed 1931 stormJul 15 | 34 mi | Tropical storm (45 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1926 | Unnamed 1926 stormSep 22 | 20 mi | Tropical storm (41 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1926 | Unnamed 1926 stormAug 26 | 37 mi | Tropical storm (63 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1923 | Unnamed 1923 stormOct 16 | 5 mi | Tropical storm (64 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1920 | Unnamed 1920 stormSep 22 | 46 mi | Tropical storm (69 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1915 | Unnamed 1915 stormSep 30 | 50 mi | Category 1 (74 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1912 | Unnamed 1912 stormJun 13 | 21 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1911 | Unnamed 1911 stormAug 13 | 12 mi | Tropical storm (39 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1909 | Unnamed 1909 stormSep 21 | 38 mi | Category 2 (97 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1905 | Unnamed 1905 stormOct 9 | 26 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1905 | Unnamed 1905 stormSep 29 | 34 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1893 | Unnamed 1893 stormSep 7 | 53 mi | Tropical storm (67 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1890 | Unnamed 1890 stormAug 27 | 19 mi | Tropical storm (43 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1888 | Unnamed 1888 stormAug 20 | 5 mi | Category 1 (79 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1886 | Unnamed 1886 stormJun 15 | 21 mi | Tropical storm (45 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1879 | Unnamed 1879 stormOct 7 | 60 mi | Tropical storm (47 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1879 | Unnamed 1879 stormSep 1 | 14 mi | Category 1 (81 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1869 | Unnamed 1869 stormSep 6 | 47 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1863 | Unnamed 1863 stormOct 1 | 31 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1860 | Unnamed 1860 stormOct 2 | 6 mi | Category 1 (77 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1856 | Unnamed 1856 stormAug 12 | 29 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Category 4 |
Strength is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, which is not the wind felt in Clinton: a hurricane's worst winds sit within a few dozen miles of its centre, and inland cities are usually past that.
Tornadoes within 25 miles of Clinton
By decade
- 2020s15
- 2010s33
- 2000s14
- 1990s7
- 1980s18(1 EF3+)
- 1970s12(3 EF3+)
- 1960s6
- 1950s5
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 14, 1984 | F3 | 7 mi | 16 mi | 0 / 3 |
| Dec 13, 1977 | F3 | 21 mi | 20.4 mi | 0 / 2 |
| Apr 26, 1973 | F3 | 24 mi | 0.3 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Sep 16, 1971 | F3 | 21 mi | 7.3 mi | 0 / 3 |
| Nov 15, 2006 | F2 | 22 mi | 6.02 mi | 1 / 2 |
| Apr 10, 2024 | EF2 | 23 mi | 14.64 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Feb 8, 2023 | EF2 | 23 mi | 3.54 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Feb 7, 2017 | EF2 | 14 mi | 19 mi | 0 / 3 |
| Feb 23, 2016 | EF2 | 23 mi | 4.33 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Nov 21, 1992 | F2 | 9 mi | 13 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 8, 1989 | F2 | 13 mi | 4 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 8, 1989 | F2 | 22 mi | 9.5 mi | 0 / 60 |
The strongest 12 of 110, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Clinton
The Storm Prediction Center has 18 hail reports within 10 miles of Clinton since 1962, made on 15 separate days. Of these, 15 were 1 inch across or larger, and one reached 2 inches. The largest, 3 inches (tea cup size), fell on March 29, 2011. The most recent report is from May 1, 2025. March has the most reports, 8.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Clinton
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Clinton 5 SE, LA, 3 miles west of Clinton at 200 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 90°F and low of 70°F; January is the coolest, at 60°F and 38°F. June is the wettest at 6.0 inches of precipitation on average and November the driest at 3.7 inches; the year adds up to 59.9 inches over 73 days with at least a tenth of an inch. June to November, the hurricane season months, bring 47% of the year's precipitation (28.1 of 59.9 inches); the other six months are wetter. September has brought the most of the 52 tropical systems that passed within 75 miles (19); a normal September there has highs of 87°F and 4.3 inches of precipitation. Highs reach 90°F on about 73 days a year, almost all from May to October. Lows fall below freezing on about 29 nights a year. That 59.9 inches is more than at 36 of the 81 Louisiana stations used on this site (44%). Pride, 13 miles south, has its own station (Baton Rouge Ryan Airport, LA): 62.0 inches a year, 2.1 more than here, and a July average high of 92°F against 90°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 60 | 38 | 5.9 | 7 |
| Feb | 65 | 41 | 5.5 | 6 |
| Mar | 71 | 47 | 4.9 | 6 |
| Apr | 77 | 53 | 5.5 | 5 |
| May | 83 | 61 | 4.9 | 6 |
| Jun | 89 | 68 | 6.0 | 8 |
| Jul | 90 | 70 | 4.7 | 9 |
| Aug | 90 | 70 | 5.1 | 7 |
| Sep | 87 | 66 | 4.3 | 5 |
| Oct | 79 | 55 | 4.3 | 4 |
| Nov | 69 | 45 | 3.7 | 5 |
| Dec | 62 | 40 | 5.1 | 6 |
| Year | 77 | 55 | 59.9 | 73 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Clinton 5 SE, LA (200 ft), from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals. Normals describe the station; the farther a place is from it, and the bigger the difference in height, the more its weather can differ.
Floods, thunderstorm wind and lightning near Clinton
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 41 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Clinton: 33 thunderstorm wind reports and 8 flash floods. They killed 1 person and injured 1, and the NWS estimated $722.1 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 70 mph, on November 1, 2018. Of the 239 Louisiana cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 47 have had fewer than Clinton.
August 12, 2016: flash flood 8 miles from the centre of Clinton — 1 killed, $722.0 million damage.
NWS: “Twenty to thirty inches of rainfall over a 2 day period led to widespread flash flooding in East Baton Rouge Parish. As water drained into the local rivers, record levels were recorded.”
April 3, 2017: thunderstorm wind 10 miles from the centre of Clinton — 1 injured.
April 10, 2024: thunderstorm wind 6 miles from the centre of Clinton — $100,000 damage.
NWS: “The East Feliciana Parish emergency manager reported widespread tree damage and minor structural damage across the entire parish. This is due to straight line wind damage associated with a bow echo and a line of severe storms that moved west to east across the parish.”
Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, events whose starting point is on record, 1996 to June 30, 2026. Damage is the NWS estimate in the dollars of the year, not insured losses, and NWS notes that some reports are unverified.
Flood insurance claims, disaster declarations and FEMA risk ratings
Flood insurance policyholders in Clinton's ZIP code 70722 have filed 72 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1979, and were paid $2.2 million for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Flooding in 1983: 13 claims (18% of all) and $117,000, then Mid-summer severe storms in 2016 with 11 and Hurricane Gustav in 2008 with 10. The year with the most claims was 2016, with 11. 60% 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, 54 have fewer than Clinton.
| Event | Claims | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Flooding1983 | 13 | $117,000 |
| Mid-summer severe storms2016 | 11 | $930,000 |
| Hurricane Gustav2008 | 10 | $316,000 |
East Feliciana Parish, which includes Clinton, has been named in 41 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1965, 22 of them major disasters (by incident: 24 hurricanes, 5 coastal storms, 4 floods, 2 biological emergencies). The latest major disaster declaration was Tropical Storm Arthur, on June 30, 2026. FEMA's National Risk Index gives East Feliciana Parish a Relatively Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Moderate for hurricanes and tornadoes; Relatively Low for inland flooding, strong wind, lightning and heat waves; Very Low for hail. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $12.7 million a year, the 42nd highest of 64 Louisiana counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $5.1 million (40%), is from inland flooding.
Claims: FEMA, OpenFEMA Dataset FIMA NFIP Redacted Claims – v3, summed over ZIP codes; payments in the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. Declarations: Disaster Declarations Summaries – v2, by county. Retrieved October 25, 2026. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's OpenFEMA API, but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).
Risk ratings: FEMA, National Risk Index county table, December 2025 (v1.20), retrieved October 26, 2026; ratings compare counties nationwide, are meant for planning and are no substitute for a local risk assessment. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's National Risk Index dataset API or downloadable datasets but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).
What counts as a pass, the distances and the sources: how this storm history is built.
Cities near Clinton
- Greensburg, LA11 mi
- Ethel, LA12 mi
- Slaughter, LA13 mi
- Pride, LA13 mi
- Greenwell Springs, LA17 mi
- Zachary, LA17 mi
- Jackson, LA18 mi
- Centreville, MS20 mi
- Baker, LA21 mi
- Walker, LA21 mi
- Denham Springs, LA22 mi
- Liberty, MS24 mi
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