Hurricanes near Jackson, AL

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Hurricanes

None major

Tropical storms

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 6 hurricanes and 8 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Jackson. That's a hurricane about once every 13 years. The most recent hurricane was Zeta in 2020. The strongest was Ivan in 2004, with winds near 104 mph as it went by. Most came in October.

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Every storm since 1950

Year	Storm	Strength nearby	Winds, mph	Closest, mi
2020	Zeta Oct	Category 1	86	37
2020	Sally Sep	Category 1	86	51
2017	Nate Oct	Tropical storm	58	25
2005	Cindy Jul	Tropical storm	40	13
2005	Dennis Jul	Category 1	86	11
2005	Arlene Jun	Tropical storm	46	17
2004	Ivan Sep	Category 2	104	15
2001	Allison Jun	Tropical storm	40	25
1998	Georges Sep	Tropical storm	40	38
1995	Erin Aug	Tropical storm	69	32
1985	Juan Oct	Tropical storm	58	42
1979	Frederic Sep	Category 2	104	42
1959	Irene Oct	Tropical storm	46	43
1950	Baker Aug	Category 1	86	5

By decade

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