Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Robert, LA

The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Hammond 5 E, LA, 4 miles west of Robert at 35 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 92°F and low of 72°F; January is the coolest, at 62°F and 38°F. July is the wettest at 6.8 inches of precipitation on average and October the driest at 4.1 inches; the year adds up to 64.4 inches over 78 days with at least a tenth of an inch. June to November, the hurricane season months, bring 49% of the year's precipitation (31.8 of 64.4 inches); the other six months are wetter. September has brought the most of the 62 tropical systems that passed within 75 miles (23); a normal September there has highs of 88°F and 4.4 inches of precipitation. Highs reach 90°F on about 86 days a year, almost all from May to October. Lows fall below freezing on about 31 nights a year. That 64.4 inches is more than at 66 of the 81 Louisiana stations used on this site (81%). Folsom, 10 miles northeast, has its own station (Covington 4 NNW, LA): 62.4 inches a year, 2.0 less than here, and a July average high of 90°F against 92°F.

Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 138 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Robert: 109 thunderstorm wind reports, 14 flash floods, 6 lightning strikes, 5 heavy rain events and 4 floods. They killed 0 people and injured 4, and the NWS estimated $7.2 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 90 mph, on April 28, 2020. March has had the most flash floods, 5 of 14. Of the 239 Louisiana cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 112 have had fewer than Robert.

Flood insurance policyholders in Robert's ZIP code 70455 have filed 336 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1978, and were paid $17.8 million for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Mid-summer severe storms in 2016: 158 claims (47% of all) and $12.7 million, then Late winter severe storms in 2016 with 69 and Flooding in 1983 with 28. 93% 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, 127 have fewer than Robert.