Hurricanes near Brookhaven, MS

Hurricanes

1 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 3 hurricanes and 11 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Brookhaven. That's a hurricane about once every 25 years. The most recent hurricane was Katrina in 2005. The strongest was Camille in 1969, with winds near 115 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
2024	Francine Sep	Tropical storm	46	18
2021	Ida Aug	Tropical storm	63	22
2020	Cristobal Jun	Tropical storm	40	47
2018	Gordon Sep	Tropical storm	40	43
2005	Katrina Aug	Category 1	92	57
2003	Bill Jul	Tropical storm	46	55
2002	Isidore Sep	Tropical storm	58	37
1992	Andrew Aug	Tropical storm	52	26
1985	Elena Sep	Category 1	86	32
1979	Bob Jul	Tropical storm	46	21
1971	Edith Sep	Tropical storm	63	9
1969	Camille Aug	Category 3	115	38
1957	Esther Sep	Tropical storm	52	16
1956	Unnamed Jun	Tropical storm	46	19

By decade

Decade	Hurricanes	Tropical storms
1950s	0	2
1960s	1	0
1970s	0	2
1980s	1	0
1990s	0	1
2000s	1	2
2010s	0	1
2020s	0	3

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 Brookhaven 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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Florence, MS 2 hurricanes
Mendenhall, MS 2 hurricanes
Columbia, MS 4 hurricanes