List of Mississippi hurricanes

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Hurricane Katrina making landfall in Mississippi

A Mississippi hurricane is a North Atlantic tropical cyclone that affected the U.S. state of Mississippi. From 1851 to the present, 108 tropical cyclones have passed through Mississippi. The costliest and deadliest hurricane in this period was Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Six hurricanes have made landfall as major hurricanes, [nb 1] the strongest of them being Hurricane Camille in 1969.

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Storms

Pre-1900

1900s

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Infrared image of Hurricane Georges making landfall in Mississippi in 1998

2000s

Listed by month

Mississippi hurricanes by month
MonthNumber of storms
May
1
June
12
July
13
August
26
September
44
October
14

Major Hurricanes

Major Hurricanes in Mississippi
StormDate of LandallIntensityLandfall Location
"Great Mobile"August 26, 1852100 ktsPascagoula
"Middle Gulf Shore"September 16, 1855100 ktsWaveland
Hurricane FourAugust 11, 1860100 ktsGulfport
Hurricane TwoJuly 5, 1916105 ktsGrand Bay, Alabama
CamilleAugust 26, 1969150 ktsWaveland
FredericSeptember 13, 1979115 ktsBayou la Batre, Alabama
ElenaSeptember 2, 1985100 ktsGulfport
KatrinaAugust 29, 2005105 ktsJackson Landing
Best track data for storms between 1971 and 1979 does not currently include
non-synoptic points to indicate the storm's strength at landfall. The last synoptic
point before landfall is used in this case instead.
‡Storm did not make landfall in Mississippi, but brought major hurricane winds to the state.

Deadly Storms

The following is a list of tropical cyclones with known deaths in the state.

NameYearNumber of DeathsNotes
Katrina2005238+ [28]
Camille1969137 [38]
"Cheniere Caminada"1893130 [7]
"1906 Mississippi"190678 [39]
Unnamed182135 [2]
"Fort Lauderdale"194722 [12]
"Great Mobile"18524+ [3]
"1934 Central America"19344 [11]
Isidore20023 [40]
Isaac20122 [41]
Ida20212 [36]
Audrey19571 [42]
Betsy19651 [17]
Debra19781 [20]
Allison20011 [13]
Lee20111 [43]
Zeta20201 [34]

See also

Notes

  1. A major hurricane is a tropical cyclone that ranks as a Category 3 or higher on the Saffir–Simpson scale.
  2. All damage totals are in the value of the USD during the storm's year of existence.

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