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Hurricane history · Mississippi

Hurricanes near Pascagoula, 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 Pascagoula. 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 19259
2020Sally SepCategory 210949
2018Gordon SepTropical storm694
2017Nate OctCategory 18123
2009Ida NovTropical storm6324
2005Cindy JulTropical storm5235
2004Ivan SepCategory 312141
2002Hanna SepTropical storm586
2001Allison JunTropical storm4639
1998Georges SepCategory 210917
1997Danny JulCategory 18129
1995Erin AugTropical storm6955
1985Juan OctTropical storm6936
1985Elena SepCategory 312117
1979Frederic SepCategory 413214
1969Camille AugCategory 517349
1964Hilda OctTropical storm6318
1960Ethel SepCategory 18622
1959Irene OctTropical storm4657
1956Flossy SepCategory 19252
1955Unnamed AugTropical storm5237
1950Baker AugCategory 18635

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 Pascagoula 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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