Hurricanes that hit Carroll County, Mississippi: hurricane history

28 storms have passed within 50 km of Carroll County from 1860 to 2024, coloured by intensity on the map.

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Years1842 to 2026
Ocean basin

Choosing a minimum category hides storms with no wind speed in the record. To see which storms have passed near you, search a town or ZIP code, or tap the map.

Key
  • Tropical depression Winds below 34 knots (39 mph)
  • Tropical storm 34 to 63 knots (39 to 73 mph)
  • Category 1 64 to 82 knots (74 to 95 mph)
  • Category 2 83 to 95 knots (96 to 110 mph)
  • Category 3 96 to 112 knots (111 to 129 mph), major
  • Category 4 113 to 136 knots (130 to 156 mph), major
  • Category 5 137 knots (157 mph) or more, major
  • Unknown intensity No wind speed in the record
  • Post-tropical Storm has become post-tropical (dashed line)

How to read the lines. Each line is the track of one storm, drawn through its six-hourly positions and coloured by its intensity at each point (the Saffir-Simpson scale), so a line changes colour as the storm strengthens or weakens. Tap a line for its details, or tap anywhere else to see which storms have passed nearby. Weaker storms appear as you zoom in. Hurricanes, typhoons and cyclones are the same kind of storm with different names in different oceans.

Storms near Carroll County

The record holds 28 tropical cyclones whose tracks passed within 50 km of Carroll County, Mississippi between 1860 and 2024. The busiest month is August, with 10 of them. The strongest, measured where each came closest to the place, reached category 1 strength. 1 of the storms have no wind speed in the record.

  • 28storms within 50 km
  • 0major (category 3 to 5) near here
  • 1at category 1 strength or more

A storm counts once, however many times it came close. The category is the storm's strongest point within 50 km, which can be weaker than its peak elsewhere.

How strong were the storms near Carroll County?

Category near hereStormsShare
Tropical depression1139%
Tropical storm1554%
Category 114%
Category 200%
Category 300%
Category 400%
Category 500%
Unknown intensity14%

The agency behind most of the intensity figures here is the NOAA National Hurricane Center (HURDAT2, Atlantic).

Carroll County storms over time

Storms by decade
Bar chart of storms by period. The most is 4 in 1930s.1860s1880s1900s1920s1940s1960s1980s2010s

The 2020s only run to 2024, so that bar is for a shorter period. This place's record starts in 1860, and records before the satellite era (about the 1960s) are far less complete.

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PeriodCount
1860s2
1870s2
1880s1
1890s2
1900s3
1910s1
1920s2
1930s4
1940s1
1950s1
1960s1
1970s1
1980s1
1990s2
2010s1
2020s3

Earlier decades hold fewer storms partly because they were harder to see. Before weather satellites (about the 1960s) many storms that stayed at sea went unrecorded, so compare decades with care.

Storms by month
Bar chart of storms by period. The most is 10 in Aug.Jan0Feb0Mar0Apr0May0Jun2Jul3Aug10Sep9Oct4Nov0Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May0
Jun2
Jul3
Aug10
Sep9
Oct4
Nov0
Dec0

Strongest storms near Carroll County

  • Camille (1969)14 August 1969 to 22 August 1969, Category 1 (75 kt) near here, peak Category 5 (150 kt), 905 hPa
  • Unnamed storm of August 1888 (North Atlantic)14 August 1888 to 24 August 1888, Tropical storm (60 kt) near here, peak Category 3 (110 kt)
  • Unnamed storm of August 1879 (North Atlantic)29 August 1879 to 4 September 1879, Tropical storm (50 kt) near here, peak Category 3 (110 kt)
  • Unnamed storm of September 1906 (North Atlantic)19 September 1906 to 30 September 1906, Tropical storm (50 kt) near here, peak Category 3 (105 kt), 953 hPa
  • Unnamed storm of June 1934 (North Atlantic)4 June 1934 to 21 June 1934, Tropical storm (45 kt) near here, peak Category 2 (85 kt), 966 hPa

Most recent storms near Carroll County

  • Francine (2024)8 September 2024 to 14 September 2024, Tropical depression (30 kt) near here, peak Category 2 (85 kt), 974 hPa
  • Ida (2021)26 August 2021 to 4 September 2021, Tropical storm (35 kt) near here, peak Category 4 (130 kt), 929 hPa
  • Delta (2020)4 October 2020 to 11 October 2020, Tropical storm (35 kt) near here, peak Category 4 (120 kt), 953 hPa

Many of these storms killed people and destroyed homes. The figures are the official record's, and this page says nothing about their human cost.

A storm that came near several counties counts in each one, so county counts add up to more than the state's.

Notable storms near Carroll County

  • Camille (1969)14 August 1969 to 22 August 1969, peak Category 5 (150 kt), 905 hPa
  • Delta (2020)4 October 2020 to 11 October 2020, peak Category 4 (120 kt), 953 hPa

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