Hurricanes that hit Neshoba County, Mississippi: hurricane history

36 storms have passed within 50 km of Neshoba County from 1855 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 Neshoba County

The record holds 36 tropical cyclones whose tracks passed within 50 km of Neshoba County, Mississippi between 1855 and 2024. The busiest month is September, with 20 of them. The strongest, measured where each came closest to the place, reached category 2 strength. 3 of the storms have no wind speed in the record.

  • 36storms within 50 km
  • 0major (category 3 to 5) near here
  • 3at 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 Neshoba County?

Category near hereStormsShare
Tropical depression1439%
Tropical storm1644%
Category 126%
Category 213%
Category 300%
Category 400%
Category 500%
Unknown intensity38%

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

Neshoba County storms over time

Storms by decade
Bar chart of storms by period. The most is 5 in 1970s.1850s1870s1890s1910s1930s1950s1970s2000s

The 2020s only run to 2024, so that bar is for a shorter period. This place's record starts in 1855, and records before the satellite era (about the 1960s) are far less complete.

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PeriodCount
1850s1
1860s2
1870s3
1880s1
1890s2
1900s2
1910s3
1920s2
1930s3
1940s2
1950s1
1960s1
1970s5
1990s2
2000s5
2020s1

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 20 in Sep.Jan0Feb0Mar0Apr0May0Jun3Jul6Aug6Sep20Oct1Nov0Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May0
Jun3
Jul6
Aug6
Sep20
Oct1
Nov0
Dec0

Strongest storms near Neshoba County

  • Frederic (1979)29 August 1979 to 15 September 1979, Category 2 (95 kt) near here, peak Category 4 (115 kt), 943 hPa
  • Katrina (2005)23 August 2005 to 31 August 2005, Category 1 (80 kt) near here, peak Category 5 (150 kt), 902 hPa
  • Unnamed storm of September 1906 (North Atlantic)19 September 1906 to 30 September 1906, Category 1 (65 kt) near here, peak Category 3 (105 kt), 953 hPa
  • Unnamed storm of September 1915 (North Atlantic)21 September 1915 to 1 October 1915, Tropical storm (60 kt) near here, peak Category 4 (125 kt), 931 hPa
  • Unnamed storm of September 1855 (North Atlantic)8 September 1855 to 17 September 1855, Tropical storm (50 kt) near here, peak Category 3 (110 kt)

Most recent storms near Neshoba County

  • Francine (2024)8 September 2024 to 14 September 2024, Tropical depression (30 kt) near here, peak Category 2 (85 kt), 974 hPa
  • Fay (2008)15 August 2008 to 28 August 2008, Tropical depression (25 kt) near here, peak Tropical storm (60 kt), 986 hPa
  • Katrina (2005)23 August 2005 to 31 August 2005, Category 1 (80 kt) near here, peak Category 5 (150 kt), 902 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 Neshoba County

  • Katrina (2005)23 August 2005 to 31 August 2005, peak Category 5 (150 kt), 902 hPa
  • Dennis (2005)4 July 2005 to 18 July 2005, peak Category 4 (130 kt), 930 hPa
  • Frederic (1979)29 August 1979 to 15 September 1979, peak Category 4 (115 kt), 943 hPa
  • Isidore (2002)14 September 2002 to 27 September 2002, peak Category 3 (110 kt), 934 hPa
  • Ethel (1960)12 September 1960 to 17 September 1960, peak Category 3 (100 kt), 974 hPa

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