Storm Statistics
Dates Active: September 9 - 12, 2024
Saffir--Simpson Scale: Category 2
Highest Maximum Sustained Wind: 100 mph
Lowest Pressure: 972 mb
Landfall Location: 30 mi south of Morgan City, Louisiana
Impacts: Although Hurricane Francine was a low-end Category 2 hurricane, very few official hurricane force wind gusts were reported. In fact, there were only 5 - 96 mph in Dulac, 93 mph in the village of Cocodrie, 78 mph at the NOLA airport, 78 mph in Bayou Bienvenue, and a wind gust to 102 mph was reported on Eugene Island, Louisiana. All other site reported winds less than hurricane force.
The main impact from Francine was the heavy flooding especially in New Orleans metro. The highest rainfall total from Francine was actually in the panhandle town of Apalachicola, Florida, several hundred miles east of landfall. The town received 12.75 inches of rain. In Louisiana, Covington picked up the highest rainfall total with 9.69 inches.
