Hurricanes near Columbia, MS

Hurricanes

1 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 4 hurricanes and 13 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Columbia. That's a hurricane about once every 19 years. The most recent hurricane was Zeta in 2020. The strongest was Camille in 1969, with winds near 155 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	52	22
2021	Claudette Jun	Tropical storm	40	30
2020	Zeta Oct	Category 1	92	45
2018	Gordon Sep	Tropical storm	52	29
2005	Katrina Aug	Category 2	109	17
2003	Bill Jul	Tropical storm	52	12
2002	Isidore Sep	Tropical storm	58	11
2001	Allison Jun	Tropical storm	46	46
1985	Elena Sep	Category 2	109	33
1979	Bob Jul	Tropical storm	52	19
1971	Edith Sep	Tropical storm	58	35
1969	Camille Aug	Category 4	155	8
1964	Hilda Oct	Tropical storm	69	41
1960	Ethel Sep	Tropical storm	63	49
1957	Esther Sep	Tropical storm	52	52
1956	Unnamed Jun	Tropical storm	46	49
1955	Brenda Aug	Tropical storm	52	57

By decade

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

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 Columbia 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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