Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Maurepas, LA

The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Reserve, LA, 17 miles southeast of Maurepas at 15 feet. July and August are the warmest, with an average high of 92°F and low of 75°F; January is the coolest, at 62°F and 43°F. June is the wettest at 8.6 inches of precipitation on average and October the driest at 4.1 inches; the year adds up to 67.2 inches over 80 days with at least a tenth of an inch. June to November, the hurricane season months, bring 53% of the year's precipitation (35.6 of 67.2 inches); the other six months are drier. September has brought the most of the 66 tropical systems that passed within 75 miles (26); a normal September there has highs of 88°F and 5.8 inches of precipitation. Highs reach 90°F on about 79 days a year, almost all from May to October. Lows fall below freezing on about 13 nights a year. That 67.2 inches is more than at 78 of the 81 Louisiana stations used on this site (96%). Saint Amant, 7 miles southwest, has its own station (Donaldsonville 4 SW, LA): 63.5 inches a year, 3.7 less than here, and a July average high of 91°F against 92°F.

Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 46 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Maurepas: 41 thunderstorm wind reports, 3 flash floods, 1 flood and 1 lightning strike. None is recorded as killing or injuring anyone; the NWS estimated $439,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 69 mph, on April 4, 2011.

Flood insurance policyholders in Maurepas's ZIP code 70449 have filed 1,467 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1979, and were paid $27.4 million for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Mid-summer severe storms in 2016: 296 claims (20% of all) and $11.4 million, then Hurricane Isaac in 2012 with 228 and Flooding in 1983 with 158. 82% 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, 175 have fewer than Maurepas.