Hurricanes near Leakesville, MS

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Hurricanes

1 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 8 hurricanes and 8 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Leakesville. That's a hurricane about once every 10 years. The most recent hurricane was Zeta in 2020. The strongest was Frederic in 1979, 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
2020	Zeta Oct	Category 1	86	26
2018	Gordon Sep	Tropical storm	69	27
2017	Nate Oct	Category 1	75	6
2005	Katrina Aug	Category 1	86	58
2005	Cindy Jul	Tropical storm	52	5
2005	Dennis Jul	Tropical storm	63	56
2005	Arlene Jun	Tropical storm	40	58
2004	Ivan Sep	Category 2	109	48
2002	Hanna Sep	Tropical storm	58	41
2001	Allison Jun	Tropical storm	46	14
1998	Georges Sep	Category 2	104	28
1995	Erin Aug	Tropical storm	69	15
1979	Frederic Sep	Category 3	115	8
1964	Hilda Oct	Tropical storm	63	37
1960	Ethel Sep	Category 1	81	26
1950	Baker Aug	Category 1	86	39

By decade

Decade	Hurricanes	Tropical storms
1950s	1	0
1960s	1	1
1970s	1	0
1980s	0	0
1990s	1	1
2000s	2	5
2010s	1	1
2020s	1	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 Leakesville 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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