Hurricanes near Escatawpa, MS

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Hurricanes

4 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 11 hurricanes and 10 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Escatawpa. That's a hurricane about once every 7 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
2020	Zeta Oct	Category 1	92	52
2020	Sally Sep	Category 2	109	51
2018	Gordon Sep	Tropical storm	69	1
2017	Nate Oct	Category 1	81	21
2009	Ida Nov	Tropical storm	58	30
2005	Cindy Jul	Tropical storm	52	30
2004	Ivan Sep	Category 3	121	41
2002	Hanna Sep	Tropical storm	58	11
2001	Allison Jun	Tropical storm	46	30
1998	Georges Sep	Category 2	104	8
1997	Danny Jul	Category 1	81	33
1995	Erin Aug	Tropical storm	69	48
1985	Juan Oct	Tropical storm	69	43
1985	Elena Sep	Category 3	121	25
1979	Frederic Sep	Category 3	127	12
1969	Camille Aug	Category 5	173	53
1964	Hilda Oct	Tropical storm	63	9
1960	Ethel Sep	Category 1	86	27
1959	Irene Oct	Tropical storm	46	56
1955	Unnamed Aug	Tropical storm	52	46
1950	Baker Aug	Category 1	86	35

By decade

Decade	Hurricanes	Tropical storms
1950s	1	2
1960s	2	1
1970s	1	0
1980s	1	1
1990s	2	1
2000s	1	4
2010s	1	1
2020s	2	0

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 Escatawpa 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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