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Hurricane Hilda 1964

Category 4 hurricane · Atlantic · September 28 to October 4, 1964

Hilda made landfall in Louisiana as a Category 2 hurricane on October 3, 1964, with 105 mph winds. With a peak of 140 mph, it ranked the second-strongest of the 13 storms of the 1964 season. It produced 11% of the season's accumulated cyclone energy. The name Hilda is on the National Hurricane Center's list of retired Atlantic hurricane names.

Track of Hilda (1964) from the best-track record, coloured by strength20°N25°N30°N90°W85°W80°W75°WBaton RougeCuba, 40 mphLouisiana, 105 mphPeak 140 mphFirst recordNot tropicalDepressionTropical stormCategory 1Category 2Category 3Category 400 and 12 UTCLandfall

Strength over time

Maximum sustained wind of Hilda (1964) over time, in mphTSCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 4Cat 504080120160Sep 29Sep 30Oct 1Oct 2Oct 3Oct 4Oct 5Oct 6Oct 7mph
  1. First record (tropical depression) 60 miles southwest of Sancti Spíritus, Cuba
  2. Tropical storm 40 miles south-southwest of Pinar del Rio, Cuba
  3. Landfall Cuba: tropical storm, 40 mph
  4. Hurricane 155 miles north of Tizimín, Yucatán, Mexico
  5. Major hurricane 210 miles north of Progreso, Yucatán, Mexico
  6. Peak 260 miles north-northwest of Progreso, Yucatán, Mexico; lowest pressure 941 mb
  7. Landfall Louisiana
  8. No longer tropical (extratropical low) 25 miles west-northwest of Pensacola, Florida
  9. Last record 275 miles northeast of Freeport, the Bahamas

Against every Atlantic storm since 1851

Peak sustained wind140 mph · tied 110th of 1,98830 mph190 mph
Lowest central pressure941 mb · tied 123rd of 1,277882 mb1016 mb
Accumulated cyclone energy17.0 · 309th of 1,7520.173.6
Days as a tropical or subtropical cyclone6.2 days · tied 665th of 1,9880.0 days31.8 days

In the 1964 season

04080120160Hilda

Storm 11 of 13 in 1964, hurricane 6 of 7; it formed after Gladys and before Isbell. See the season.

Places the center passed

The center came within 50 miles of at least 8 towns or cities of 10,000 people or more while the system was tropical. Distances are to the interpolated track line, not the storm's edge.

PlaceClosestWind thenDate
Baton Rouge, Louisiana10 mi75 mphOctober 4
Nueva Gerona, Isla de la Juventud, Cuba19 mi35 mphSeptember 29
New Iberia, Louisiana25 mi100 mphOctober 4
Slidell, Louisiana27 mi65 mphOctober 4
Pinar del Rio, Cuba39 mi40 mphSeptember 29
Lafayette, Louisiana41 mi90 mphOctober 4
Hattiesburg, Mississippi43 mi65 mphOctober 4
New Orleans, Louisiana44 mi70 mphOctober 4

Every storm within 50 miles of New Orleans, Louisiana

Similar landfalls in Louisiana

Storms whose strongest landfall record in Louisiana came closest to Hilda's 105 mph:

  • Francine (2024)105 mph, September 11, 2024
  • Gustav (2008)105 mph, September 1, 2008
  • Storm 7 of 1867105 mph, October 4, 1867
  • Storm 4 of 1865105 mph, September 13, 1865

All 98 storms with a landfall record in Louisiana

Also peaked at 140 mph

Of 35 storms from other Atlantic seasons, the nearest in time: