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Hurricane history · Mississippi

Hurricanes near Moss Point, MS

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Hurricanes

12

4 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

10

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

6

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 12 hurricanes and 10 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Moss Point. That's a hurricane about once every 6 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

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2020Zeta OctCategory 19256
2020Sally SepCategory 210949
2018Gordon SepTropical storm693
2017Nate OctCategory 18122
2009Ida NovTropical storm5826
2005Cindy JulTropical storm5234
2004Ivan SepCategory 312140
2002Hanna SepTropical storm588
2001Allison JunTropical storm4635
1998Georges SepCategory 210412
1997Danny JulCategory 18130
1995Erin AugTropical storm6951
1985Juan OctTropical storm6939
1985Elena SepCategory 312121
1979Frederic SepCategory 413212
1969Camille AugCategory 517351
1964Hilda OctTropical storm6313
1960Ethel SepCategory 18625
1959Irene OctTropical storm4656
1956Flossy SepCategory 19256
1955Unnamed AugTropical storm5242
1950Baker AugCategory 18634

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s22
1960s21
1970s10
1980s11
1990s21
2000s14
2010s11
2020s20

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 Moss Point 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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