NHC AL092012 · Atlantic basin
Hurricane Isaac (2012)
August 20, 2012 – September 1, 2012
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
Hurricane Isaac peaked at Category 1 with 81 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 222 US cities, 16 of them while still at hurricane strength.
Isaac in the record
HURDAT2 tracks Isaac from August 20, 2012 to September 1, 2012; its peak was 81 mph (Category 1). HURDAT2 marks 2 landfalls within 50 miles of a US city on this site, the first on August 29 at 81 mph (Category 1), 32 miles from Buras, LA. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 222 US cities, in 4 states, most in Louisiana (203) and Mississippi (12). The strongest pass was 81 mph (Category 1) 27 miles from Buras, LA; the centre came closest to Montegut, LA, less than a mile away.
- Peak strength
- Category 1
- Cities within 75 mi
- 222
- At hurricane strength
- 16
- States
- 4
81 mph
when closest
Cities Isaac passed near, strongest first
Louisiana (203)
- BurasCategory 1 · 27 mi
- Port SulphurCategory 1 · 32 mi
- Golden MeadowCategory 1 · 3 mi
- Saint BernardCategory 1 · 50 mi
- GallianoCategory 1 · 9 mi
- LafitteCategory 1 · 28 mi
- VioletCategory 1 · 49 mi
- Cut OffCategory 1 · 13 mi
- Belle ChasseCategory 1 · 41 mi
- MontegutCategory 1 · overhead
- ChauvinCategory 1 · 6 mi
- LaroseCategory 1 · 9 mi
- HarveyCategory 1 · 41 mi
- GretnaCategory 1 · 44 mi
- ChalmetteCategory 1 · 49 mi
- MerauxCategory 1 · 50 mi
- LockportTropical storm · 10 mi
- MarreroTropical storm · 39 mi
- New OrleansTropical storm · 46 mi
- ArabiTropical storm · 48 mi
- HoumaTropical storm · overhead
- WestwegoTropical storm · 38 mi
- HarahanTropical storm · 38 mi
- MetairieTropical storm · 42 mi
- SlidellTropical storm · 73 mi
- RacelandTropical storm · 9 mi
- Des AllemandsTropical storm · 21 mi
- BoutteTropical storm · 28 mi
- LulingTropical storm · 30 mi
- Saint RoseTropical storm · 34 mi
- KennerTropical storm · 39 mi
- SchrieverTropical storm · 1 mi
- GrayTropical storm · 1 mi
- HahnvilleTropical storm · 30 mi
- DestrehanTropical storm · 31 mi
- ThibodauxTropical storm · 3 mi
- NorcoTropical storm · 31 mi
- LacombeTropical storm · 67 mi
- VacherieTropical storm · 15 mi
- Morgan CityTropical storm · 19 mi
- BerwickTropical storm · 22 mi
- ReserveTropical storm · 26 mi
- La PlaceTropical storm · 30 mi
- MandevilleTropical storm · 62 mi
- NapoleonvilleTropical storm · 3 mi
- PaulinaTropical storm · 16 mi
- LutcherTropical storm · 18 mi
- GramercyTropical storm · 19 mi
- PattersonTropical storm · 26 mi
- MadisonvilleTropical storm · 58 mi
- Abita SpringsTropical storm · 69 mi
- Belle RoseTropical storm · 1 mi
- Pierre PartTropical storm · 11 mi
- FranklinTropical storm · 34 mi
- CovingtonTropical storm · 65 mi
- PlaquemineTropical storm · overhead
- White CastleTropical storm · overhead
- AddisTropical storm · 2 mi
- BruslyTropical storm · 4 mi
- DonaldsonvilleTropical storm · 5 mi
and 143 more
Mississippi (12)
- MagnoliaTropical storm · 71 mi
- CentrevilleTropical storm · 37 mi
- LibertyTropical storm · 54 mi
- SmithdaleTropical storm · 66 mi
- WoodvilleTropical storm · 24 mi
- GlosterTropical storm · 45 mi
- MeadvilleTropical storm · 58 mi
- RoxieTropical storm · 49 mi
- NatchezTropical storm · 36 mi
- FayetteTropical storm · 57 mi
- LormanTropical storm · 60 mi
- Port GibsonTropical storm · 69 mi
Florida (4)
- Key WestTropical storm · 45 mi
- Summerland KeyTropical storm · 58 mi
- Big Pine KeyTropical storm · 63 mi
- MarathonTropical storm · 74 mi
Arkansas (3)
- Junction CityTropical storm · 70 mi
- StrongTropical storm · 71 mi
- CrossettTropical storm · 75 mi
Other storms of the 2012 season
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.