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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Storm | Date of Landall | Intensity | Landfall Location |
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"Great Mobile" | August 26, 1852 | 100 kts | Pascagoula |
"Middle Gulf Shore" | September 16, 1855 | 100 kts | Waveland |
Hurricane Four | August 11, 1860 | 100 kts | Gulfport |
Hurricane Two | July 5, 1916 | 105 kts | Grand Bay, Alabama‡ |
Camille | August 26, 1969 | 150 kts | Waveland |
Frederic | September 13, 1979 | 115 kts† | Bayou la Batre, Alabama‡ |
Elena | September 2, 1985 | 100 kts | Gulfport |
Katrina | August 29, 2005 | 105 kts | Jackson 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. |
The following is a list of tropical cyclones with known deaths in the state.
Name | Year | Number of Deaths | Notes |
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Katrina | 2005 | 238+ | [28] |
Camille | 1969 | 137 | [38] |
"Cheniere Caminada" | 1893 | 130 | [7] |
"1906 Mississippi" | 1906 | 78 | [39] |
Unnamed | 1821 | 35 | [2] |
"Fort Lauderdale" | 1947 | 22 | [12] |
"Great Mobile" | 1852 | 4+ | [3] |
"1934 Central America" | 1934 | 4 | [11] |
Isidore | 2002 | 3 | [40] |
Isaac | 2012 | 2 | [41] |
Ida | 2021 | 2 | [36] |
Audrey | 1957 | 1 | [42] |
Betsy | 1965 | 1 | [17] |
Debra | 1978 | 1 | [20] |
Allison | 2001 | 1 | [13] |
Lee | 2011 | 1 | [43] |
Zeta | 2020 | 1 | [34] |
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