Environmental Atlas of the Lake Pontchartrain Basin

Lake Pontchartrain Atlas:

Physical Environments



	Physical Environments: Climate \| Hurricane History \| Circulation \| Wave Climate \| Relative Sea Level \| Relative Sea Level Rise

Contributors: Yamazaki, Penland

Figure 30: Tropical Cyclones 1940 - 1949

Figure 31: Tropical Cyclones 1950 - 1959

Figure 32: Tropical Cyclones 1960 - 1969

Figure 33: Tropical Cyclones 1970 - 1979

Table 2: Specific Storm information (1940 - 1979)
Storm Name	Storm Duration	Max Wind (mph)	Max Wind (km/h)	Pressure Min (mb)	Reported Landfall Date	Reported Landfall / Approach
08/1940	08/02 - 08/11/40	81	130.4	972	08/07/40	SW Louisiana
09/1940	09/19 - 09/25/40	46	74	*
09/1943	09/15 - 09/20/43	98	157.7	*	09/19/43
09/1944	09/09 - 09/11/44	52	83.7	*
09/1945	09/03 - 09/06/45	40	64.4	*
09/1947	09/04 - 09/21/47	161	259.1	947	09/19/47	L. Pontchartrain, LA
09/1948	09/01 - 09/07/48	81	130.4	989	09/04/48	Timbalier Bay, LA
09/1949	09/03 - 09/05/49	46	74	1008
Barbara	07/27 - 07/30/54	46	74	*
Brenda	07/31 - 08/03/55	69	111	*
08/1955	08/23 - 08/30/55	46	74	*
06/1956	06/12 - 06/15/56	58	93.3	1004
Flossy	09/21 - 09/30/56	92	148	980	09/24/56	MS Delta
Audrey	06/25 - 06/29/57	144	231.7	946	06/27/57	TX/LA border
Bertha	08/08 - 08/11/57	69	111	998
Esther	09/16 - 09/19/57	52	83.7	1000
Arlene	05/28 - 06/02/59	58	93.3	1000
Ethel	09/14 - 09/17/60	161	259.1	981	09/15/60	Biloxi, MS
Carla	09/03 - 09/16/61	173	278.4	931	09/11/61	Texas
Hilda	09/28 - 10/05/64	150	241.4	941	10/02/64	Salt Point, LA
Betsy	08/27 - 09/13/65	155	249.4	941	09/09/65	Grand Isle, LA
Debbie	09/24 - 09/30/65	52	83.7	1001
Camille	08/14 - 08/22/69	200+	322+	901	08/17/69	MS Delta / MS
Edith	09/05 - 09/18/71	161	259.1	943	09/16/71	Pecan Island, LA
Carmen	08/29 - 09/10/74	150	241.4	928	09/07/74	Point au Fer, LA
Babe	09/03 - 09/09/77	75	120.7	995	09/05/77
Debra	08/26 - 08/29/78	58	93.3	1000
Bob	07/09 - 07/16/79	75	120.7	986	07/11/79	Terrebonne Bay, LA
Claudette	07/15 - 07/29/79	46	74	997
* = unknown

Source: Hurricane dataset obtained from the National Hurricane Center website.