It’s November first and even though the season isn’t officially over until the end of the month, State Climatologist Barry Keim said with records as far back as 1851 a storm has never made a November landfall in Louisiana. We’ve had them in late October before…
“But we’ve never ever had an official landfall in Louisiana in the month of November. So, for all intents and purposes when we get to Halloween, the hurricane season is over for Louisiana,” said Keim.
Keim referred to three storms that made landfall in Louisiana in late October; 2020’s Hurricane Zeta on the 28th, Tropical Storm Olga on October 26, 2019, and 1985 Hurricane Juan on Halloween.
Keim said as we get later into the Atlantic Hurricane Season, tracking swifts toward the east.
“So, if there’s going to be any activity in the Gulf it’s likely to be more of a Florida problem and then on up the east coast. But again, chances are not zero here but it’s damn near close,” said Keim.
And after back-to-back devastating hurricane seasons in 2020 and 21, Keim said Louisiana got a second reprieve this year.
“You never know what you’re going to get in any given year. This year was heat, lots of humidity, but unfortunately no rainfall and no hurricanes,” said Keim.
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