NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Clinton, MS
Every tropical system within 75 miles since 1851 and every tornado within 25 miles since 1950.
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
29 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of Clinton, Mississippi since 1851, 1 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Ida in 2021. Since 1950, 254 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 18 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 1
- Tropical storms
- 28
- Tornadoes
- 254
- EF3 or stronger
- 18
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
98 deaths in all
What the records show for Clinton
The strongest storm to pass near Clinton was Camille in 1969, a Category 1 hurricane with 78 mph winds when its centre passed 22 miles away. The record near Clinton begins with an unnamed storm in 1860; the most recent system was Ida in 2021, a tropical storm 4 miles away. Of the 29 systems, 5 have come since 2000. Clinton has more hurricanes within 75 miles than 49% of the 232 Mississippi cities on this site. The strongest of the 254 tornadoes within 25 miles was an F5 on March 3, 1966; its path came within 5 miles, and it killed 58 people. Of the 254, 19 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 149 have come since 2000. April has had the most tornadoes, 63. The most recent tornado was on November 25, 2025. Clinton has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 96% of the 232 Mississippi cities. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 175 times since 1960, with stones up to 3 inches (tea cup size). Clinton has more hail reports within 10 miles than 97% of the 232 Mississippi cities.
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Tropical storms and hurricanes near Clinton
| Year | Storm | Closest | Strength when closest | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | IdaAug 30 | 4 mi | Tropical storm (39 mph) | Category 4 |
| 2020 | DeltaOct 10 | 63 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Category 4 |
| 2019 | OlgaOct 26 | 25 mi | Tropical storm (51 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2005 | KatrinaAug 29 | 64 mi | Tropical storm (69 mph) | Category 5 |
| 2002 | IsidoreSep 26 | 33 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1995 | ErinAug 4 | 72 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1992 | AndrewAug 27 | 74 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Category 5 |
| 1971 | EdithSep 17 | 45 mi | Tropical storm (48 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1969 | CamilleAug 18 | 22 mi | Category 1 (78 mph) | Category 5 |
| 1957 | EstherSep 19 | 62 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1949 | Unnamed 1949 stormSep 5 | 74 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1948 | Unnamed 1948 stormSep 4 | 71 mi | Tropical storm (41 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1934 | Unnamed 1934 stormJun 17 | 24 mi | Tropical storm (48 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1932 | Unnamed 1932 stormSep 20 | 23 mi | Tropical storm (43 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1932 | Unnamed 1932 stormSep 2 | 57 mi | Tropical storm (45 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1923 | Unnamed 1923 stormOct 18 | 73 mi | Tropical storm (48 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1923 | Unnamed 1923 stormOct 16 | 43 mi | Tropical storm (55 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1916 | Unnamed 1916 stormJul 6 | 20 mi | Tropical storm (52 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1915 | Unnamed 1915 stormSep 30 | 55 mi | Tropical storm (61 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1909 | Unnamed 1909 stormSep 21 | 73 mi | Tropical storm (72 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1906 | Unnamed 1906 stormSep 28 | 60 mi | Tropical storm (56 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1905 | Unnamed 1905 stormSep 30 | 41 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1893 | Unnamed 1893 stormSep 8 | 67 mi | Tropical storm (49 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1890 | Unnamed 1890 stormAug 28 | 59 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1888 | Unnamed 1888 stormAug 20 | 34 mi | Tropical storm (72 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1879 | Unnamed 1879 stormOct 7 | overhead | Tropical storm (39 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1879 | Unnamed 1879 stormSep 2 | 22 mi | Tropical storm (59 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1872 | Unnamed 1872 stormJul 12 | 54 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1860 | Unnamed 1860 stormOct 3 | 8 mi | Tropical storm (56 mph) | Category 2 |
Strength is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, which is not the wind felt in Clinton: a hurricane's worst winds sit within a few dozen miles of its centre, and inland cities are usually past that.
Tornadoes within 25 miles of Clinton
By decade
- 2020s43
- 2010s64(2 EF3+)
- 2000s42(3 EF3+)
- 1990s21(3 EF3+)
- 1980s25(1 EF3+)
- 1970s26(5 EF3+)
- 1960s20(2 EF3+)
- 1950s13(2 EF3+)
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 3, 1966 | F5 | 5 mi | 202.5 mi | 58 / 518 |
| Feb 21, 1971 | F4 | 18 mi | 65.2 mi | 13 / 182 |
| Nov 21, 1992 | F4 | 18 mi | 128 mi | 12 / 122 |
| Mar 29, 1976 | F4 | 17 mi | 22.3 mi | 3 / 177 |
| Nov 24, 2001 | F4 | 10 mi | 11.5 mi | 2 / 21 |
| Feb 26, 1958 | F3 | 9 mi | 69.7 mi | 8 / 26 |
| Apr 28, 2014 | EF3 | 10 mi | 29.72 mi | 1 / 10 |
| Apr 15, 2011 | EF3 | 3 mi | 16.53 mi | 0 / 10 |
| Apr 6, 2005 | F3 | 19 mi | 15 mi | 0 / 6 |
| Apr 24, 2003 | F3 | 21 mi | 12 mi | 0 / 6 |
| Dec 9, 1999 | F3 | 20 mi | 6 mi | 0 / 1 |
| Nov 11, 1995 | F3 | 12 mi | 15 mi | 0 / 2 |
The strongest 12 of 254, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Clinton
The Storm Prediction Center has 175 hail reports within 10 miles of Clinton since 1960, made on 125 separate days. Of these, 101 were 1 inch across or larger, and 13 reached 2 inches. The largest, 3 inches (tea cup size), fell on April 19, 1991. The most recent report is from May 17, 2025. April has the most reports, 53.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Clinton
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Jackson Hawkins Field, MS, 7 miles east of Clinton at 342 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 92°F and low of 73°F; January is the coolest, at 57°F and 38°F. April is the wettest at 5.3 inches of precipitation on average and September the driest at 3.3 inches; the year adds up to 51.3 inches over 74 days with at least a tenth of an inch. June to November, the hurricane season months, bring 45% of the year's precipitation (23.1 of 51.3 inches); the other six months are wetter. September has brought the most of the 29 tropical systems that passed within 75 miles (13); a normal September there has highs of 88°F and 3.3 inches of precipitation. Highs reach 90°F on about 83 days a year, almost all from May to October. Lows fall below freezing on about 32 nights a year. That 51.3 inches is more than at 1 of the 87 Mississippi stations used on this site (1%). Flowood, 5 miles southwest, has its own station (Oakley Exp Stn, MS): 60.3 inches a year, 9.0 more than here, and a July average high of 93°F against 92°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 57 | 38 | 5.1 | 7 |
| Feb | 62 | 41 | 4.4 | 7 |
| Mar | 70 | 48 | 4.8 | 7 |
| Apr | 77 | 55 | 5.3 | 5 |
| May | 84 | 63 | 3.9 | 6 |
| Jun | 90 | 71 | 3.9 | 7 |
| Jul | 92 | 73 | 4.7 | 7 |
| Aug | 92 | 73 | 3.4 | 6 |
| Sep | 88 | 68 | 3.3 | 5 |
| Oct | 79 | 56 | 3.6 | 4 |
| Nov | 67 | 45 | 4.2 | 6 |
| Dec | 60 | 40 | 4.7 | 7 |
| Year | 76 | 56 | 51.3 | 74 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Jackson Hawkins Field, MS (342 ft), from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals. Normals describe the station; the farther a place is from it, and the bigger the difference in height, the more its weather can differ.
Floods, thunderstorm wind and lightning near Clinton
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 462 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Clinton: 340 thunderstorm wind reports, 108 flash floods, 7 lightning strikes, 5 heavy rain events and 2 floods. They killed 1 person and injured 4, and the NWS estimated $79.4 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 115 mph, on April 4, 2008. April has had the most flash floods, 23 of 108. Of the 232 Mississippi cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 224 have had fewer than Clinton.
April 11, 2005: thunderstorm wind 10 miles from the centre of Clinton — 1 killed, $5,000 damage.
July 27, 2009: heavy rain event 9 miles from the centre of Clinton — 2 injured, $25,000 damage.
March 26, 2005: thunderstorm wind 8 miles from the centre of Clinton — 1 injured, $1.0 million damage.
Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, events whose starting point is on record, 1996 to June 30, 2026. Damage is the NWS estimate in the dollars of the year, not insured losses, and NWS notes that some reports are unverified.
Flood insurance claims, disaster declarations and FEMA risk ratings
Flood insurance policyholders in Clinton's ZIP code 39056 have filed 75 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1979, and were paid $1.2 million for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The year with the most claims was 2019, with 12. 8% of the claims carry the name of a storm or flood event; the rest have no event name. Of the 133 Mississippi cities on this site with 10 or more claims, 74 have fewer than Clinton.
Hinds County, which includes Clinton, has been named in 27 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1969, 18 of them major disasters (by incident: 10 hurricanes, 8 severe storms, 2 biological emergencies, 2 tornadoes). The latest major disaster declaration was Severe Winter Storm, on February 6, 2026. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Hinds County a Relatively Moderate rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Very High for hail and strong wind; Relatively High for tornadoes, inland flooding, lightning and heat waves; Relatively Moderate for hurricanes. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $116.8 million a year, the 2nd highest of 82 Mississippi counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $56.4 million (48%), is from inland flooding.
Claims: FEMA, OpenFEMA Dataset FIMA NFIP Redacted Claims – v3, summed over ZIP codes; payments in the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. Declarations: Disaster Declarations Summaries – v2, by county. Retrieved October 25, 2026. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's OpenFEMA API, but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).
Risk ratings: FEMA, National Risk Index county table, December 2025 (v1.20), retrieved October 26, 2026; ratings compare counties nationwide, are meant for planning and are no substitute for a local risk assessment. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's National Risk Index dataset API or downloadable datasets but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).
What counts as a pass, the distances and the sources: how this storm history is built.
Cities near Clinton
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- Byram, MS5 mi
- Jackson, MS7 mi
- Bolton, MS9 mi
- Raymond, MS11 mi
- Ridgeland, MS13 mi
- Richland, MS13 mi
- Pearl, MS14 mi
- Flora, MS15 mi
- Terry, MS16 mi
- Madison, MS16 mi
- Edwards, MS16 mi
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