NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Montgomery, 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
27 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of Montgomery, Louisiana since 1851, 2 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Delta in 2020. Since 1950, 89 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 8 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 2
- Tropical storms
- 25
- Tornadoes
- 89
- EF3 or stronger
- 8
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
16 deaths in all
What the records show for Montgomery
The strongest storm to pass near Montgomery was Laura in 2020, a Category 1 hurricane with 86 mph winds when its centre passed 19 miles away. The record near Montgomery begins with an unnamed storm in 1865; the most recent system was Delta in 2020, a tropical storm 43 miles away. The busiest decade was the 2000s, with 4 systems. Of the 27 systems, 9 have come since 2000. Of the 245 Louisiana cities on this site, 73% have more hurricanes within 75 miles than Montgomery. The highest rating among the 89 tornadoes within 25 miles is F4 or EF4, reached 2 times; the most recent, on November 29, 2010, came within 9 miles. The deadliest, an F4 on December 3, 1953, killed 9 people. Of the 89, 6 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 55 have come since 2000. The most recent tornado was on May 26, 2025. Of the 245 Louisiana cities, 85% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Montgomery. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 42 times since 1983, with stones up to 2.75 inches (baseball size). Montgomery has more hail reports within 10 miles than 49% of the 245 Louisiana cities.
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Tropical storms and hurricanes near Montgomery
| Year | Storm | Closest | Strength when closest | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | DeltaOct 10 | 43 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Category 4 |
| 2020 | LauraAug 27 | 19 mi | Category 1 (86 mph) | Category 4 |
| 2019 | BarryJul 14 | 37 mi | Tropical storm (41 mph) | Category 1 |
| 2017 | CindyJun 22 | 54 mi | Tropical storm (39 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2012 | IsaacAug 30 | 38 mi | Tropical storm (43 mph) | Category 1 |
| 2008 | GustavSep 2 | 21 mi | Tropical storm (44 mph) | Category 4 |
| 2007 | HumbertoSep 13 | 46 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Category 1 |
| 2005 | RitaSep 24 | 72 mi | Tropical storm (51 mph) | Category 5 |
| 2002 | LiliOct 3 | 41 mi | Tropical storm (52 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1985 | ElenaSep 3 | 45 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1985 | DannyAug 16 | 41 mi | Tropical storm (52 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1982 | ChrisSep 11 | 68 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1974 | CarmenSep 8 | 73 mi | Tropical storm (59 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1965 | BetsySep 10 | 44 mi | Tropical storm (60 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1957 | AudreyJun 27 | 6 mi | Tropical storm (69 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1947 | Unnamed 1947 stormSep 20 | 30 mi | Tropical storm (55 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1938 | Unnamed 1938 stormAug 15 | 64 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1926 | Unnamed 1926 stormAug 27 | 58 mi | Tropical storm (39 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1920 | Unnamed 1920 stormSep 22 | 30 mi | Tropical storm (51 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1909 | Unnamed 1909 stormSep 21 | 70 mi | Category 1 (84 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1908 | Unnamed 1908 stormAug 1 | 55 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1898 | Unnamed 1898 stormSep 21 | 40 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1886 | Unnamed 1886 stormOct 13 | 43 mi | Tropical storm (66 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1886 | Unnamed 1886 stormJun 15 | 66 mi | Tropical storm (61 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1879 | Unnamed 1879 stormAug 23 | 64 mi | Tropical storm (64 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1875 | Unnamed 1875 stormSep 18 | 61 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1865 | Unnamed 1865 stormSep 14 | 37 mi | Tropical storm (56 mph) | Category 2 |
Strength is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, which is not the wind felt in Montgomery: 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 Montgomery
By decade
- 2020s10
- 2010s28(1 EF3+)
- 2000s17(1 EF3+)
- 1990s7
- 1980s7(2 EF3+)
- 1970s8(1 EF3+)
- 1960s2(1 EF3+)
- 1950s10(2 EF3+)
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 3, 1953 | F4 | 18 mi | 85.5 mi | 9 / 50 |
| Nov 29, 2010 | EF4 | 9 mi | 13.96 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Nov 7, 1957 | F3 | 23 mi | 13.3 mi | 3 / 16 |
| Mar 20, 1974 | F3 | 13 mi | 85.2 mi | 1 / 9 |
| Apr 23, 2000 | F3 | 22 mi | 19.3 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 19, 1983 | F3 | 14 mi | 23 mi | 0 / 10 |
| May 19, 1983 | F3 | 15 mi | 2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Mar 11, 1968 | F3 | 16 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Mar 22, 1953 | F2 | 9 mi | 234.7 mi | 2 / 22 |
| Nov 5, 2018 | EF2 | 17 mi | 19.65 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jan 21, 2017 | EF2 | 9 mi | 2.04 mi | 0 / 1 |
| Apr 26, 2011 | EF2 | 3 mi | 25.13 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 89, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Montgomery
The Storm Prediction Center has 42 hail reports within 10 miles of Montgomery since 1983, made on 34 separate days. Of these, 28 were 1 inch across or larger, and 3 reached 2 inches. The largest, 2.75 inches (baseball size), fell on April 19, 2015. The most recent report is from May 9, 2024. March has the most reports, 16.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Montgomery
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Natchitoches, LA, 16 miles northwest of Montgomery at 130 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 95°F and low of 76°F; January is the coolest, at 60°F and 39°F. March is the wettest at 5.8 inches of precipitation on average and August the driest at 3.3 inches; the year adds up to 56.1 inches over 70 days with at least a tenth of an inch. June to November, the hurricane season months, bring 45% of the year's precipitation (25.2 of 56.1 inches); the other six months are wetter. September has brought the most of the 27 tropical systems that passed within 75 miles (13); a normal September there has highs of 90°F and 3.9 inches of precipitation. Highs reach 90°F on about 98 days a year, almost all from April to October. Lows fall below freezing on about 29 nights a year. That 56.1 inches is more than at 12 of the 81 Louisiana stations used on this site (15%). Colfax, 15 miles southeast, has its own station (Boyce 3 WNW, LA): 60.9 inches a year, 4.8 more than here, and a July average high of 89°F against 95°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 60 | 39 | 5.1 | 7 |
| Feb | 65 | 42 | 4.5 | 6 |
| Mar | 72 | 49 | 5.8 | 6 |
| Apr | 79 | 56 | 5.7 | 5 |
| May | 87 | 65 | 4.2 | 6 |
| Jun | 92 | 73 | 5.2 | 7 |
| Jul | 95 | 76 | 3.5 | 6 |
| Aug | 96 | 75 | 3.3 | 5 |
| Sep | 90 | 69 | 3.9 | 5 |
| Oct | 81 | 57 | 4.5 | 5 |
| Nov | 70 | 47 | 4.8 | 6 |
| Dec | 62 | 41 | 5.6 | 7 |
| Year | 79 | 57 | 56.1 | 70 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Natchitoches, LA (130 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 Montgomery
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 77 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Montgomery: 59 thunderstorm wind reports, 13 flash floods, 4 floods and 1 lightning strike. They killed 0 people and injured 5, and the NWS estimated $3.4 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 110 mph, on April 26, 2011. June has had the most flash floods, 4 of 13. Of the 239 Louisiana cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 104 have had fewer than Montgomery.
April 26, 1999: thunderstorm wind 2 miles from the centre of Montgomery — 2 injured, $15,000 damage.
NWS: “Minor injuries were received when a tree fell on a mobile home. One man was inside the mobile home while one was working on an air conditioner outside.”
August 16, 2006: thunderstorm wind 5 miles from the centre of Montgomery — 1 injured.
NWS: “Several trees downed. striking the woman on the head.”
June 1, 2015: flood 9 miles from the centre of Montgomery — 1 injured.
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
Grant Parish, which includes Montgomery, has been named in 37 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1973, 21 of them major disasters (by incident: 17 hurricanes, 6 floods, 4 severe storms, 2 biological emergencies). The latest major disaster declaration was Hurricane Ida, on August 29, 2021. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Grant Parish a Very Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Moderate for strong wind; Relatively Low for hurricanes, tornadoes, inland flooding, lightning and heat waves; Very Low for hail. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $8.3 million a year, the 48th highest of 64 Louisiana counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $4.2 million (51%), 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 Montgomery
- Colfax, LA15 mi
- Natchitoches, LA15 mi
- Dry Prong, LA20 mi
- Winnfield, LA21 mi
- Campti, LA21 mi
- Robeline, LA26 mi
- Boyce, LA26 mi
- Pollock, LA29 mi
- Ball, LA33 mi
- Pineville, LA35 mi
- Alexandria, LA35 mi
- Coushatta, LA38 mi
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