Hurricanes near Picayune, MS

Hurricanes

3 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 7 hurricanes and 15 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Picayune. 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 173 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	63	38
2021	Claudette Jun	Tropical storm	46	14
2020	Zeta Oct	Category 2	104	12
2020	Cristobal Jun	Tropical storm	52	41
2018	Gordon Sep	Tropical storm	63	52
2017	Nate Oct	Category 1	81	41
2005	Katrina Aug	Category 3	127	5
2005	Cindy Jul	Tropical storm	58	23
2003	Bill Jul	Tropical storm	52	26
2002	Isidore Sep	Tropical storm	63	17
2001	Allison Jun	Tropical storm	46	6
1998	Georges Sep	Category 2	104	40
1988	Florence Sep	Tropical storm	69	39
1988	Beryl Aug	Tropical storm	52	36
1985	Elena Sep	Category 3	115	6
1979	Bob Jul	Tropical storm	63	37
1969	Camille Aug	Category 5	173	9
1964	Hilda Oct	Tropical storm	69	10
1960	Ethel Sep	Category 1	81	34
1956	Unnamed Jun	Tropical storm	52	56
1955	Brenda Aug	Tropical storm	63	26
1955	Unnamed Aug	Tropical storm	52	30

By decade

Decade	Hurricanes	Tropical storms
1950s	0	3
1960s	2	1
1970s	0	1
1980s	1	2
1990s	1	0
2000s	1	4
2010s	1	1
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 Picayune 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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