Baton Rouge, Louisiana tornadoes

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34confirmed tornadoes have passed within 10 miles of Baton Rouge since NOAA records began in 1950. Most recent: December 28, 2024, EF0.

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Every tornado path within 10 miles

Tornado paths, 1950 to 2025
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The record

At a glance

Total34within 10 miles, 1950 to 2025
Per year0.4average since 1950
Peak monthMay6 of 34
StrongestF3Sep 16, 1971
Deaths0whole paths, see note
Injuries72whole paths, see note

Deaths and injuries are NOAA's totals for each tornado's whole path, which can run well beyond Baton Rouge.

Seasons

When tornadoes hit here

By month

60 Jan: 2Feb: 1Mar: 3Apr: 5May: 6Jun: 5Jul: 2Aug: 1Sep: 1Oct: 3Nov: 2Dec: 3JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

May is the peak month, with 6 of 34 tornadoes.

By time of day

50 12 AM: 1: 2: 13 AM: 0: 3: 16 AM: 3: 1: 49 AM: 2: 0: 012 PM: 0: 1: 43 PM: 1: 0: 16 PM: 5: 1: 29 PM: 0: 0: 112 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

Most often around 6:00 PM. Times as recorded by NOAA, mostly Central Standard Time.

By year, 1950 to 2025

30 1950: 0: 0: 0: 0: 0: 0: 1: 0: 1: 01960: 0: 0: 0: 0: 0: 1: 0: 0: 0: 01970: 0: 1: 0: 2: 1: 2: 0: 1: 0: 11980: 0: 0: 0: 3: 1: 0: 0: 0: 1: 21990: 0: 3: 0: 0: 0: 3: 1: 0: 0: 12000: 0: 0: 1: 0: 0: 0: 0: 0: 0: 02010: 0: 0: 1: 1: 0: 0: 0: 1: 1: 12020: 1: 0: 0: 0: 1: 019501960197019801990200020102020

The line is the five-year average. Tornadoes before about 1953 were under-reported, and better radar since the 1990s finds more weak ones.

By rating

EF0
8
EF1
17
EF2
7
EF3
2

Ratings before February 2007 use the original F scale; the numbers line up with today's EF scale. Unknown means NOAA could not assign a rating.

The record

Notable tornadoes

Strongest

F3, September 16, 1971

7.3 mile path Longest path

42.7 miles, F2

December 4, 1973, whole path Widest

200 yards, F1

October 22, 1991
Every tornado

All 34 tornadoes, newest first

DateRatingPath lengthWidthDeathsInjuries
Dec 28, 2024EF02.75 mi50 yd00
Jun 24, 2020EF13.54 mi100 yd00
Jun 6, 2019EF10.82 mi20 yd00
Apr 14, 2018EF02.8 mi50 yd00
May 12, 2017EF10.6 mi30 yd01
Apr 24, 2013EF00.38 mi75 yd00
Dec 10, 2012EF15.42 mi100 yd00
Oct 29, 2002F17 mi100 yd00
Jul 27, 1999F00.1 mi10 yd00
Nov 24, 1996F11.5 mi30 yd00
Aug 18, 1995F12 mi30 yd00
May 18, 1995F10.3 mi20 yd00
Jan 18, 1995F15 mi30 yd01
Oct 22, 1991F00.5 mi100 yd00
Oct 22, 1991F10.7 mi200 yd00
Mar 1, 1991F14 mi100 yd02
Jun 8, 1989F18 mi77 yd01
Jun 8, 1989F29.5 mi60 yd060
May 21, 1988F10.8 mi73 yd00
May 3, 1984F00.1 mi10 yd00
May 22, 1983F13 mi50 yd00
Feb 5, 1983F01 mi50 yd00
Jan 31, 1983F20.5 mi33 yd00
Mar 2, 1979F10.1 mi10 yd00
Apr 20, 1977F20.2 mi67 yd01
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Baton Rouge and its county

Baton Rouge is in East Baton Rouge Parish, where NOAA has recorded 47 tornadoes since 1950. A county's record counts every tornado inside its borders, while this page counts every path within 10 miles of the city, so the two overlap without matching.

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Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025. City point and population: US Census Bureau, 2024. Each path is a straight line between NOAA's start and end points.