Hurricanes that hit Pemiscot County, Missouri: hurricane history

12 storms have passed within 50 km of Pemiscot County from 1879 to 2017, 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 Pemiscot County

The record holds 12 tropical cyclones whose tracks passed within 50 km of Pemiscot County, Missouri between 1879 and 2017. The busiest month is September, with 5 of them. The strongest, measured where each came closest to the place, reached tropical storm strength.

  • 12storms within 50 km
  • 0major (category 3 to 5) near here
  • 0at 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 Pemiscot County?

Category near hereStormsShare
Tropical depression1083%
Tropical storm217%
Category 100%
Category 200%
Category 300%
Category 400%
Category 500%
Unknown intensity00%

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

Pemiscot County storms over time

Storms by decade
Bar chart of storms by period. The most is 2 in 1950s.1870s11900s11920s11940s11950s21960s21990s12000s22010s1

The 2010s only run to 2017, so that bar is for a shorter period. This place's record starts in 1879, and records before the satellite era (about the 1960s) are far less complete.

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PeriodCount
1870s1
1900s1
1920s1
1940s1
1950s2
1960s2
1990s1
2000s2
2010s1

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 5 in Sep.Jan0Feb0Mar0Apr0May0Jun1Jul2Aug3Sep5Oct1Nov0Dec0
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PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May0
Jun1
Jul2
Aug3
Sep5
Oct1
Nov0
Dec0

Strongest storms near Pemiscot County

  • Unnamed storm of September 1906 (North Atlantic)19 September 1906 to 30 September 1906, Tropical storm (40 kt) near here, peak Category 3 (105 kt), 953 hPa
  • Camille (1969)14 August 1969 to 22 August 1969, Tropical storm (35 kt) near here, peak Category 5 (150 kt), 905 hPa

Most recent storms near Pemiscot County

  • Cindy (2017)19 June 2017 to 24 June 2017, Tropical depression (30 kt) near here, peak Tropical storm (50 kt), 991 hPa
  • Dennis (2005)4 July 2005 to 18 July 2005, Tropical depression (20 kt) near here, peak Category 4 (130 kt), 930 hPa
  • Lili (2002)21 September 2002 to 4 October 2002, Tropical depression (30 kt) near here, peak Category 4 (125 kt), 940 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.

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