Hurricane history · Mississippi

Hurricanes near Carthage, MS

Since 1950, 1 hurricane and 6 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Carthage. That's a hurricane about once every 76 years. The most recent hurricane was Camille in 1969. The strongest was Camille in 1969, with winds near 86 mph as it went by. Most came in August.

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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 Carthage at tropical-storm strength or more. "Winds" is the strongest it was while that close, over open water; inland it is usually less.