Hurricanes near Petal, MS

Hurricanes

1 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 7 hurricanes and 12 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Petal. That's a hurricane about once every 11 years. The most recent hurricane was Zeta in 2020. The strongest was Camille in 1969, with winds near 144 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	46	55
2021	Claudette Jun	Tropical storm	40	11
2020	Zeta Oct	Category 1	92	21
2018	Gordon Sep	Tropical storm	63	8
2017	Nate Oct	Tropical storm	63	42
2005	Katrina Aug	Category 2	109	17
2005	Cindy Jul	Tropical storm	52	40
2003	Bill Jul	Tropical storm	46	14
2002	Isidore Sep	Tropical storm	58	36
2001	Allison Jun	Tropical storm	46	39
1998	Georges Sep	Category 1	86	54
1995	Erin Aug	Tropical storm	58	40
1985	Elena Sep	Category 2	109	56
1979	Frederic Sep	Category 2	109	39
1979	Bob Jul	Tropical storm	46	52
1971	Edith Sep	Tropical storm	52	48
1969	Camille Aug	Category 4	144	30
1964	Hilda Oct	Tropical storm	63	45
1960	Ethel Sep	Category 1	75	15

By decade

Decade	Hurricanes	Tropical storms
1950s	0	0
1960s	2	1
1970s	1	2
1980s	1	0
1990s	1	1
2000s	1	4
2010s	0	2
2020s	1	2

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 Petal 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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