Hurricanes near McComb, MS

Hurricanes

1 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 5 hurricanes and 12 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of McComb. That's a hurricane about once every 15 years. The most recent hurricane was Ida in 2021. The strongest was Camille in 1969, with winds near 127 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	17
2021	Ida Aug	Category 1	81	24
2021	Claudette Jun	Tropical storm	40	56
2020	Cristobal Jun	Tropical storm	40	32
2005	Katrina Aug	Category 2	98	52
2003	Bill Jul	Tropical storm	52	43
2002	Isidore Sep	Tropical storm	58	38
1992	Andrew Aug	Tropical storm	52	40
1988	Florence Sep	Tropical storm	40	32
1985	Elena Sep	Category 1	92	12
1979	Bob Jul	Tropical storm	52	19
1971	Edith Sep	Tropical storm	69	12
1969	Camille Aug	Category 3	127	43
1964	Hilda Oct	Category 1	75	44
1957	Esther Sep	Tropical storm	58	14
1956	Unnamed Jun	Tropical storm	46	12
1955	Brenda Aug	Tropical storm	52	38

By decade

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

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 McComb 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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