NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Dequincy, 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
43 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of Dequincy, Louisiana since 1851, 13 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Delta in 2020. Since 1950, 142 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 3 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 13
- Tropical storms
- 30
- Tornadoes
- 142
- EF3 or stronger
- 3
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
1 deaths in all
What the records show for Dequincy
The strongest storm to pass near Dequincy was Laura in 2020, a Category 3 hurricane with 125 mph winds when its centre passed 7 miles away. The closest pass by a hurricane was an unnamed storm in 1865, whose centre came within 5 miles. The record near Dequincy begins with an unnamed storm in 1863; the most recent system was Delta in 2020, a Category 1 hurricane 38 miles away. The busiest decade was the 1980s, with 6 systems, one of them at hurricane strength. Of the 43 systems, 10 have come since 2000. Dequincy has more hurricanes within 75 miles than 49% of the 245 Louisiana cities on this site. The highest rating among the 142 tornadoes within 25 miles is F3, reached 3 times; the most recent, on April 17, 1973, came within 24 miles. The deadliest, an F2 on January 2, 1999, killed 1 person. Of the 142, 12 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 65 have come since 2000. October has had the most tornadoes, 25. The most recent tornado was on October 25, 2025. Dequincy has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 73% of the 245 Louisiana cities. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 23 times since 1976, with stones up to 1.75 inches (golf ball size). Of the 245 Louisiana cities, 79% have more hail reports within 10 miles than Dequincy.
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Tropical storms and hurricanes near Dequincy
| Year | Storm | Closest | Strength when closest | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | DeltaOct 10 | 38 mi | Category 1 (84 mph) | Category 4 |
| 2020 | LauraAug 27 | 7 mi | Category 3 (125 mph) | Category 4 |
| 2019 | BarryJul 14 | 30 mi | Tropical storm (53 mph) | Category 1 |
| 2017 | HarveyAug 30 | 12 mi | Tropical storm (43 mph) | Category 4 |
| 2017 | CindyJun 22 | 22 mi | Tropical storm (47 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2008 | GustavSep 2 | 60 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Category 4 |
| 2008 | EdouardAug 5 | 74 mi | Tropical storm (63 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2007 | HumbertoSep 13 | 2 mi | Tropical storm (67 mph) | Category 1 |
| 2005 | RitaSep 24 | 36 mi | Category 1 (87 mph) | Category 5 |
| 2002 | LiliOct 3 | 60 mi | Tropical storm (69 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1987 | Unnamed 1987 stormAug 10 | 61 mi | Tropical storm (41 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1986 | BonnieJun 26 | 62 mi | Tropical storm (66 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1985 | JuanOct 30 | 70 mi | Tropical storm (69 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1985 | DannyAug 15 | 49 mi | Category 1 (75 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1982 | ChrisSep 11 | 7 mi | Tropical storm (52 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1980 | DanielleSep 5 | 72 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1979 | ClaudetteJul 25 | 31 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1978 | DebraAug 29 | 3 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1974 | CarmenSep 8 | 18 mi | Tropical storm (61 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1973 | Unnamed 1973 stormSep 12 | 12 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1971 | EdithSep 16 | 68 mi | Category 1 (90 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1957 | BerthaAug 10 | 57 mi | Tropical storm (63 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1957 | AudreyJun 27 | 7 mi | Category 2 (98 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1955 | Unnamed 1955 stormAug 27 | 31 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1954 | BarbaraJul 29 | 13 mi | Tropical storm (48 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1947 | Unnamed 1947 stormSep 20 | 59 mi | Tropical storm (59 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1940 | Unnamed 1940 stormSep 24 | 33 mi | Tropical storm (41 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1940 | Unnamed 1940 stormAug 7 | 63 mi | Category 2 (98 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1938 | Unnamed 1938 stormAug 15 | 6 mi | Tropical storm (56 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1926 | Unnamed 1926 stormAug 27 | 44 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1918 | Unnamed 1918 stormAug 6 | 11 mi | Category 2 (97 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1908 | Unnamed 1908 stormAug 1 | 25 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1905 | Unnamed 1905 stormSep 29 | 70 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1898 | Unnamed 1898 stormSep 28 | 62 mi | Tropical storm (39 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1898 | Unnamed 1898 stormSep 20 | 50 mi | Tropical storm (48 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1897 | Unnamed 1897 stormSep 13 | 56 mi | Category 1 (86 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1886 | Unnamed 1886 stormOct 13 | 13 mi | Category 1 (83 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1886 | Unnamed 1886 stormJun 14 | 7 mi | Category 1 (78 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1882 | Unnamed 1882 stormSep 15 | 44 mi | Tropical storm (56 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1879 | Unnamed 1879 stormAug 23 | 50 mi | Category 1 (85 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1875 | Unnamed 1875 stormSep 18 | 12 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1865 | Unnamed 1865 stormSep 14 | 5 mi | Category 1 (79 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1863 | Unnamed 1863 stormSep 30 | 35 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Tropical storm |
Strength is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, which is not the wind felt in Dequincy: 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 Dequincy
By decade
- 2020s21
- 2010s36
- 2000s8
- 1990s28
- 1980s18
- 1970s17(3 EF3+)
- 1960s9
- 1950s5
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 17, 1973 | F3 | 20 mi | 0.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 17, 1973 | F3 | 24 mi | 0.5 mi | 0 / 1 |
| Feb 12, 1971 | F3 | 20 mi | 3.6 mi | 0 / 1 |
| Jan 2, 1999 | F2 | 22 mi | 4.5 mi | 1 / 10 |
| May 13, 2024 | EF2 | 14 mi | 3.44 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 10, 2024 | EF2 | 22 mi | 1.05 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jan 24, 2023 | EF2 | 7 mi | 12.43 mi | 0 / 3 |
| Jan 24, 2023 | EF2 | 14 mi | 25.21 mi | 0 / 2 |
| Oct 27, 2021 | EF2 | 22 mi | 2.2 mi | 0 / 2 |
| Oct 27, 2021 | EF2 | 24 mi | 6.89 mi | 0 / 1 |
| Dec 23, 2020 | EF2 | 22 mi | 1.23 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Nov 26, 2003 | F2 | 22 mi | 18 mi | 0 / 5 |
The strongest 12 of 142, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Dequincy
The Storm Prediction Center has 23 hail reports within 10 miles of Dequincy since 1976, made on 21 separate days. Of these, 11 were 1 inch across or larger, and none reached 2 inches. The largest size, 1.75 inches (golf ball size), was reported on 4 days, most recently May 1, 2004. The most recent report is from May 6, 2025. April has the most reports, 8.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Dequincy
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Moss Bluff 2 NNW, LA, 14 miles southeast of Dequincy at 25 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 92°F and low of 73°F; January is the coolest, at 63°F and 40°F. August is the wettest at 7.5 inches of precipitation on average and March the driest at 4.1 inches; the year adds up to 69.3 inches over 74 days with at least a tenth of an inch. June to November, the hurricane season months, bring 54% of the year's precipitation (37.5 of 69.3 inches); the other six months are drier. September has brought the most of the 43 tropical systems that passed within 75 miles (18); a normal September there has highs of 88°F and 6.3 inches of precipitation. Highs reach 90°F on about 93 days a year, almost all from May to October. Lows fall below freezing on about 25 nights a year. That 69.3 inches is more than at 79 of the 81 Louisiana stations used on this site (98%). Longville, 14 miles northeast, has its own station (De Ridder, LA): 64.2 inches a year, 5.1 less than here, and the same July average high, 92°F.
Water temperature at the NOAA tide station Bulk Terminal, LA, 19 miles south, averaged 93°F in August and 62°F in January over 2021–2025. It averaged 80°F or warmer from May to October.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Water °F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 63 | 40 | 6.6 | 6 | 62 |
| Feb | 66 | 45 | 4.3 | 6 | 64 |
| Mar | 72 | 50 | 4.1 | 5 | 72 |
| Apr | 78 | 56 | 5.3 | 6 | 78 |
| May | 85 | 65 | 5.9 | 6 | 83 |
| Jun | 90 | 71 | 7.4 | 8 | 90 |
| Jul | 92 | 73 | 5.9 | 8 | 92 |
| Aug | 92 | 72 | 7.5 | 8 | 93 |
| Sep | 88 | 68 | 6.3 | 6 | 89 |
| Oct | 81 | 57 | 5.3 | 4 | 83 |
| Nov | 71 | 48 | 5.1 | 5 | 75 |
| Dec | 64 | 42 | 5.6 | 7 | 68 |
| Year | 79 | 57 | 69.3 | 74 | 79 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Moss Bluff 2 NNW, LA (25 ft), from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals; water temperature: average of hourly readings 2021–2025 at the NOAA tide station Bulk Terminal, LA, from NOAA Tides & Currents. 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 Dequincy
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 61 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Dequincy: 52 thunderstorm wind reports, 8 flash floods and 1 heavy rain event. None is recorded as killing or injuring anyone; the NWS estimated $27.1 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 81 mph, on March 25, 2009. May has had the most flash floods, 3 of 8. Of the 239 Louisiana cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 47 have had fewer than Dequincy.
July 14, 2019: flash flood 3 miles from the centre of Dequincy — $25.0 million damage.
NWS: “Heavy rain in a stalled feeder band from the remnants of Hurricane Barry produced flooding north of Interstate 10 and affected Starks, Sulphur, Moss Bluff, Dequincy, and Gillis.”
September 20, 2013: flash flood 10 miles from the centre of Dequincy — $1.7 million damage.
March 25, 2009: thunderstorm wind 3 miles from the centre of Dequincy — $100,000 damage.
NWS: “NWS Storm Survey found significant wind damage from a microburst across Dequincy. One downtown building had its roof blown off and windows were blown out of another downtown building.”
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 Dequincy's ZIP code 70633 have filed 46 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1980, and were paid $865,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. 41% 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, 39 have fewer than Dequincy.
Calcasieu Parish, which includes Dequincy, has been named in 42 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1971, 23 of them major disasters (by incident: 23 hurricanes, 7 floods, 3 coastal storms, 2 biological emergencies). The latest major disaster declaration was Hurricane Ida, on August 29, 2021. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Calcasieu Parish a Relatively High rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Very High for hurricanes and lightning; Relatively High for tornadoes, inland flooding, coastal flooding and strong wind; Relatively Moderate for hail and heat waves. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $163.6 million a year, the 7th highest of 64 Louisiana counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $71.0 million (43%), is from hurricanes.
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 Dequincy
- Longville, LA14 mi
- Westlake, LA16 mi
- Sulphur, LA16 mi
- Ragley, LA16 mi
- Merryville, LA19 mi
- Lake Charles, LA20 mi
- Vinton, LA21 mi
- Iowa, LA28 mi
- Deridder, LA28 mi
- Orange, TX31 mi
- Kinder, LA33 mi
- Buna, TX33 mi
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