Hurricanes near Biloxi, MS

Hurricanes

4 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 10 hurricanes and 12 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Biloxi. That's a hurricane about once every 8 years. The most recent hurricane was Zeta in 2020. The strongest was Camille in 1969, with winds near 173 mph as it went by. Most came in September.

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Every storm since 1950

Year	Storm	Strength nearby	Winds, mph	Closest, mi
2021	Claudette Jun	Tropical storm	40	48
2020	Zeta Oct	Category 2	98	36
2018	Gordon Sep	Tropical storm	69	20
2017	Nate Oct	Category 1	81	2
2009	Ida Nov	Tropical storm	58	44
2005	Katrina Aug	Category 3	127	40
2005	Cindy Jul	Tropical storm	52	15
2002	Hanna Sep	Tropical storm	58	25
2002	Isidore Sep	Tropical storm	63	57
2001	Allison Jun	Tropical storm	46	27
1998	Georges Sep	Category 2	104	2
1997	Danny Jul	Category 1	81	49
1988	Beryl Aug	Tropical storm	40	57
1985	Juan Oct	Tropical storm	69	54
1985	Elena Sep	Category 3	115	10
1979	Frederic Sep	Category 3	127	34
1969	Camille Aug	Category 5	173	29
1964	Hilda Oct	Tropical storm	63	17
1960	Ethel Sep	Category 1	86	4
1955	Brenda Aug	Tropical storm	63	50
1955	Unnamed Aug	Tropical storm	52	33
1950	Baker Aug	Category 1	86	58

By decade

Decade	Hurricanes	Tropical storms
1950s	1	2
1960s	2	1
1970s	1	0
1980s	1	2
1990s	2	0
2000s	1	5
2010s	1	1
2020s	1	1

From the National Hurricane Center's best-track archive (HURDAT2), Atlantic and eastern Pacific, through 2025. A storm counts when its center came within 60 miles of the middle of Biloxi at tropical-storm strength or more. "Winds" is the strongest it was while that close, over open water; inland it is usually less.

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