Climate in Sulphur
Sulphur's climate is hot and humid, and its hazard profile carries the single most severe, directly documented hurricane history of any market in this four-city Louisiana batch.
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Learn moreA hot, humid subtropical climate
Sulphur shares Louisiana's genuine humid subtropical summer heat, common statewide across this project's Louisiana research.
A real, direct hit from Hurricane Laura (2020)
Hurricane Laura made landfall as a Category 4 hurricane near Cameron, Louisiana on August 27, 2020, directly striking the Lake Charles metro -- including Sulphur -- killing 33 people and causing approximately $17.5 billion in damage within Louisiana.
A real, direct hit from Hurricane Delta, six weeks later
Hurricane Delta made landfall as a Category 2 hurricane near Creole, Louisiana on October 9, 2020 -- just 13 miles from Laura's own landfall point -- dumping more than 15 inches of rain on Lake Charles and cutting power to more than 600,000 customers.
Key takeaways
- Sulphur shares Louisiana's hot, humid subtropical climate.
- Sulphur was directly hit by Hurricane Laura, a Category 4 storm, on August 27, 2020.
- Just six weeks later, Hurricane Delta struck the same region directly, inflicting fresh damage.
- Confirm current, address-specific FEMA flood-zone status directly given this real, documented storm history.
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