NHC AL061977 · Atlantic basin
Hurricane Babe (1977)
September 3, 1977 – September 9, 1977
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
Hurricane Babe peaked at Category 1 with 75 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 101 US cities, 33 of them while still at hurricane strength.
Babe in the record
HURDAT2 tracks Babe from September 3, 1977 to September 9, 1977; its peak was 75 mph (Category 1). Its centre passed within 75 miles of 101 US cities, all in Louisiana. The strongest pass was 75 mph (Category 1) 27 miles from Schriever, LA; the centre came closest to Franklin, LA, 1 mile away.
- Peak strength
- Category 1
- Cities within 75 mi
- 101
- At hurricane strength
- 33
- States
- 1
75 mph
when closest
Cities Babe passed near, strongest first
Louisiana (101)
- SchrieverCategory 1 · 27 mi
- GrayCategory 1 · 29 mi
- HoumaCategory 1 · 30 mi
- ThibodauxCategory 1 · 31 mi
- ChauvinCategory 1 · 36 mi
- RacelandCategory 1 · 38 mi
- MontegutCategory 1 · 41 mi
- LockportCategory 1 · 43 mi
- VacherieCategory 1 · 44 mi
- LaroseCategory 1 · 45 mi
- Des AllemandsCategory 1 · 50 mi
- Cut OffCategory 1 · 52 mi
- GallianoCategory 1 · 54 mi
- ReserveCategory 1 · 54 mi
- BoutteCategory 1 · 56 mi
- HahnvilleCategory 1 · 57 mi
- LulingCategory 1 · 58 mi
- La PlaceCategory 1 · 58 mi
- NorcoCategory 1 · 59 mi
- DestrehanCategory 1 · 59 mi
- Golden MeadowCategory 1 · 60 mi
- Saint RoseCategory 1 · 62 mi
- LafitteCategory 1 · 67 mi
- KennerCategory 1 · 67 mi
- HarahanCategory 1 · 67 mi
- WestwegoCategory 1 · 68 mi
- MarreroCategory 1 · 70 mi
- MetairieCategory 1 · 70 mi
- HarveyCategory 1 · 73 mi
- GretnaCategory 1 · 75 mi
- Belle ChasseCategory 1 · 75 mi
- LutcherCategory 1 · 48 mi
- GramercyCategory 1 · 49 mi
- PaulinaTropical storm · 46 mi
- Morgan CityTropical storm · 11 mi
- BerwickTropical storm · 9 mi
- MaurepasTropical storm · 59 mi
- SpringfieldTropical storm · 71 mi
- PattersonTropical storm · 6 mi
- SorrentoTropical storm · 49 mi
- Saint AmantTropical storm · 52 mi
- Belle RoseTropical storm · 33 mi
- DonaldsonvilleTropical storm · 39 mi
- GonzalesTropical storm · 49 mi
- GeismarTropical storm · 45 mi
- LivingstonTropical storm · 67 mi
- HoldenTropical storm · 74 mi
- PrairievilleTropical storm · 52 mi
- FranklinTropical storm · overhead
- White CastleTropical storm · 36 mi
- Saint GabrielTropical storm · 44 mi
- WalkerTropical storm · 67 mi
- DelcambreTropical storm · 25 mi
- ErathTropical storm · 28 mi
- AbbevilleTropical storm · 34 mi
- MauriceTropical storm · 38 mi
- PlaquemineTropical storm · 39 mi
- AddisTropical storm · 43 mi
- KaplanTropical storm · 45 mi
- BruslyTropical storm · 45 mi
and 41 more
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About this record
The track is the National Hurricane Center's best-track record, revised after the season with every observation available. Strength at a city is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, not the wind that city measured.