NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Jackson, 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
28 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of Jackson, Mississippi since 1851, 1 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Ida in 2021. Since 1950, 261 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 18 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 1
- Tropical storms
- 27
- Tornadoes
- 261
- EF3 or stronger
- 18
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
118 deaths in all
What the records show for Jackson
The strongest storm to pass near Jackson was Camille in 1969, a Category 1 hurricane with 79 mph winds when its centre passed 15 miles away. The record near Jackson begins with an unnamed storm in 1860; the most recent system was Ida in 2021, a tropical storm 11 miles away. Of the 28 systems, 5 have come since 2000. Jackson has more hurricanes within 75 miles than 49% of the 232 Mississippi cities on this site. The strongest of the 261 tornadoes within 25 miles was an F5 on March 3, 1966; its path passed within a mile of the city centre, and it killed 58 people. Of the 261, 26 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 158 have come since 2000. April has had the most tornadoes, 66. The most recent tornado was on November 25, 2025. Jackson has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 98% of the 232 Mississippi cities. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 229 times since 1960, with stones up to 3 inches (tea cup size). Jackson has more hail reports within 10 miles than 98% of the 232 Mississippi cities.
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Tropical storms and hurricanes near Jackson
| Year | Storm | Closest | Strength when closest | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | IdaAug 30 | 11 mi | Tropical storm (39 mph) | Category 4 |
| 2020 | DeltaOct 10 | 71 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Category 4 |
| 2019 | OlgaOct 26 | 18 mi | Tropical storm (51 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2005 | KatrinaAug 29 | 57 mi | Tropical storm (69 mph) | Category 5 |
| 2002 | IsidoreSep 26 | 25 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1995 | ErinAug 4 | 65 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1971 | EdithSep 17 | 39 mi | Tropical storm (48 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1969 | CamilleAug 18 | 15 mi | Category 1 (79 mph) | Category 5 |
| 1957 | EstherSep 19 | 64 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 | 64 mi | Tropical storm (41 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1934 | Unnamed 1934 stormJun 17 | 31 mi | Tropical storm (48 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1932 | Unnamed 1932 stormSep 20 | 31 mi | Tropical storm (43 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1932 | Unnamed 1932 stormSep 2 | 51 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1923 | Unnamed 1923 stormOct 18 | 66 mi | Tropical storm (48 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1923 | Unnamed 1923 stormOct 16 | 50 mi | Tropical storm (55 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1916 | Unnamed 1916 stormJul 6 | 13 mi | Tropical storm (52 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1915 | Unnamed 1915 stormSep 30 | 47 mi | Tropical storm (61 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1912 | Unnamed 1912 stormJun 13 | 70 mi | Tropical storm (52 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1906 | Unnamed 1906 stormSep 28 | 53 mi | Tropical storm (56 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1905 | Unnamed 1905 stormSep 30 | 48 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1893 | Unnamed 1893 stormSep 8 | 60 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 | 42 mi | Tropical storm (72 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1879 | Unnamed 1879 stormOct 7 | 6 mi | Tropical storm (39 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1879 | Unnamed 1879 stormSep 2 | 14 mi | Tropical storm (59 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1872 | Unnamed 1872 stormJul 12 | 41 mi | Tropical storm (39 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1860 | Unnamed 1860 stormOct 3 | 16 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 Jackson: 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 Jackson
By decade
- 2020s47
- 2010s64(2 EF3+)
- 2000s47(3 EF3+)
- 1990s19(3 EF3+)
- 1980s25(1 EF3+)
- 1970s24(4 EF3+)
- 1960s21(3 EF3+)
- 1950s14(2 EF3+)
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 3, 1966 | F5 | in town | 202.5 mi | 58 / 518 |
| Jan 23, 1969 | F4 | 23 mi | 117.8 mi | 32 / 241 |
| Nov 21, 1992 | F4 | 11 mi | 128 mi | 12 / 122 |
| Mar 29, 1976 | F4 | 18 mi | 22.3 mi | 3 / 177 |
| Nov 24, 2001 | F4 | 8 mi | 11.5 mi | 2 / 21 |
| Feb 26, 1958 | F3 | 2 mi | 69.7 mi | 8 / 26 |
| Apr 28, 2014 | EF3 | 6 mi | 29.72 mi | 1 / 10 |
| Feb 26, 1958 | F3 | 21 mi | 71 mi | 1 / 34 |
| Apr 15, 2011 | EF3 | 2 mi | 16.53 mi | 0 / 10 |
| Apr 6, 2005 | F3 | 13 mi | 15 mi | 0 / 6 |
| Apr 24, 2003 | F3 | 13 mi | 12 mi | 0 / 6 |
| Dec 9, 1999 | F3 | 23 mi | 6 mi | 0 / 1 |
The strongest 12 of 261, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Jackson
The Storm Prediction Center has 229 hail reports within 10 miles of Jackson since 1960, made on 150 separate days. Of these, 132 were 1 inch across or larger, and 18 reached 2 inches. The largest size, 3 inches (tea cup size), was reported on 2 days, most recently March 31, 1996. The most recent report is from May 24, 2025. April has the most reports, 73.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Jackson
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Jackson Hawkins Field, MS, 1 mile northwest of Jackson 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 28 tropical systems that passed within 75 miles (12); 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%). Pearl, 7 miles southeast, has its own station (Jackson International Airport, MS): 57.3 inches a year, 6.0 more than here, and the same July average high, 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 Jackson
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 648 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Jackson: 410 thunderstorm wind reports, 213 flash floods, 12 lightning strikes, 9 floods and 4 heavy rain events. They killed 2 people and injured 6, and the NWS estimated $95.5 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 100 mph, on February 12, 2008. April has had the most flash floods, 44 of 213. Of the 232 Mississippi cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 229 have had fewer than Jackson.
May 9, 2024: thunderstorm wind 6 miles from the centre of Jackson — 1 killed, 2 injured, $750,000 damage.
April 11, 2005: thunderstorm wind 3 miles from the centre of Jackson — 1 killed, $5,000 damage.
NWS: “A very large limb was blown down and hit a pedestrian walking on the sidewalk. Additionally, this limb took down a live power line which also landed on the pedestrian.”
July 27, 2009: heavy rain event 6 miles from the centre of Jackson — 2 injured, $25,000 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 Jackson's 10 ZIP codes have filed 4,262 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1978, and were paid $65.1 million for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Flooding in 1983: 1,783 claims (42% of all) and $31.3 million, then Hurricane Katrina in 2005 with 94 and Late winter severe storms in 2016 with 14. 45% 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, 128 have fewer than Jackson.
| Event | Claims | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Flooding1983 | 1,783 | $31.3 million |
| Hurricane Katrina2005 | 94 | $1.2 million |
| Late winter severe storms2016 | 14 | $89,000 |
Hinds County, which includes Jackson, 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).
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Cities near Jackson
- Pearl, MS7 mi
- Richland, MS7 mi
- Clinton, MS7 mi
- Ridgeland, MS8 mi
- Flowood, MS11 mi
- Byram, MS11 mi
- Madison, MS13 mi
- Brandon, MS14 mi
- Florence, MS15 mi
- Terry, MS16 mi
- Raymond, MS16 mi
- Bolton, MS16 mi
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