NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Mathiston, 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
20 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of Mathiston, Mississippi since 1851, 0 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Olga in 2019. Since 1950, 97 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 14 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 20
- Tornadoes
- 97
- EF3 or stronger
- 14
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
49 deaths in all
What the records show for Mathiston
None of the 20 tropical systems was at hurricane strength as it passed Mathiston; the strongest was Frederic in 1979, a tropical storm with 61 mph winds when its centre passed 53 miles away. The record near Mathiston begins with an unnamed storm in 1855; the most recent system was Olga in 2019, a tropical storm 33 miles away. The 1910s and the 1930s were the busiest decades, with 3 systems each. Of the 20 systems, 2 have come since 2000. Of the 232 Mississippi cities on this site, 58% have more tropical storms and hurricanes within 75 miles than Mathiston. The highest rating among the 97 tornadoes within 25 miles is F4 or EF4, reached 4 times; the most recent, on April 24, 2010, came within 9 miles. The deadliest, an F3 on April 21, 1984, killed 15 people. Of the 97, 7 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 53 have come since 2000. April has had the most tornadoes, 25. The most recent tornado was on March 15, 2025. Of the 232 Mississippi cities, 75% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Mathiston. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 59 times since 1965, with stones up to 2.75 inches (baseball size). Mathiston has more hail reports within 10 miles than 52% of the 232 Mississippi cities.
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Tropical storms and hurricanes near Mathiston
| Year | Storm | Closest | Strength when closest | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | OlgaOct 26 | 33 mi | Tropical storm (49 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2005 | KatrinaAug 30 | 20 mi | Tropical storm (51 mph) | Category 5 |
| 1979 | FredericSep 13 | 53 mi | Tropical storm (61 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1969 | CamilleAug 18 | 55 mi | Tropical storm (55 mph) | Category 5 |
| 1957 | AudreyJun 28 | 59 mi | Tropical storm (43 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1950 | BakerAug 31 | 49 mi | Tropical storm (45 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1934 | Unnamed 1934 stormJun 17 | 41 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1932 | Unnamed 1932 stormSep 20 | 47 mi | Tropical storm (39 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1932 | Unnamed 1932 stormSep 2 | 42 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1923 | Unnamed 1923 stormOct 18 | overhead | Tropical storm (45 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1916 | Unnamed 1916 stormJul 7 | 15 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1915 | Unnamed 1915 stormSep 30 | 35 mi | Tropical storm (48 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1912 | Unnamed 1912 stormSep 15 | 37 mi | Tropical storm (39 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1906 | Unnamed 1906 stormSep 28 | 25 mi | Tropical storm (47 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1901 | Unnamed 1901 stormAug 16 | 45 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1893 | Unnamed 1893 stormSep 9 | 21 mi | Tropical storm (39 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1881 | Unnamed 1881 stormAug 29 | 30 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1879 | Unnamed 1879 stormSep 2 | 27 mi | Tropical storm (48 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1860 | Unnamed 1860 stormOct 3 | 41 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1855 | Unnamed 1855 stormSep 17 | 61 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Category 3 |
Strength is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, which is not the wind felt in Mathiston: 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 Mathiston
By decade
- 2020s10
- 2010s30(3 EF3+)
- 2000s13(1 EF3+)
- 1990s8(1 EF3+)
- 1980s11(3 EF3+)
- 1970s10(3 EF3+)
- 1960s8(1 EF3+)
- 1950s7(2 EF3+)
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 21, 1992 | F4 | 5 mi | 128 mi | 12 / 122 |
| Apr 24, 2010 | EF4 | 9 mi | 148.97 mi | 10 / 146 |
| Mar 11, 1963 | F4 | 4 mi | 45.2 mi | 2 / 7 |
| Jan 19, 1988 | F4 | 22 mi | 13 mi | 0 / 1 |
| Apr 21, 1984 | F3 | 16 mi | 71 mi | 15 / 76 |
| Apr 27, 2011 | EF3 | 15 mi | 51.45 mi | 4 / 25 |
| Mar 20, 1976 | F3 | 5 mi | 49.4 mi | 1 / 9 |
| Feb 20, 1951 | F3 | 17 mi | 0.1 mi | 1 / 1 |
| Apr 27, 2011 | EF3 | 3 mi | 58.74 mi | 0 / 25 |
| Jan 10, 2008 | EF3 | 19 mi | 23.59 mi | 0 / 3 |
| Jan 19, 1988 | F3 | 22 mi | 10 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Feb 23, 1977 | F3 | 23 mi | 10.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 97, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Mathiston
The Storm Prediction Center has 59 hail reports within 10 miles of Mathiston since 1965, made on 49 separate days. Of these, 34 were 1 inch across or larger, and one reached 2 inches. The largest, 2.75 inches (baseball size), fell on April 20, 2011. The most recent report is from May 8, 2025. April has the most reports, 19.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Mathiston
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Eupora 2 E, MS, 6 miles west of Mathiston at 440 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 90°F and low of 70°F; January is the coolest, at 53°F and 32°F. December is the wettest at 5.9 inches of precipitation on average and October the driest at 3.7 inches; the year adds up to 58.9 inches over 76 days with at least a tenth of an inch. June to November, the hurricane season months, bring 43% of the year's precipitation (25.4 of 58.9 inches); the other six months are wetter. September has brought the most of the 20 tropical systems that passed within 75 miles (9); a normal September there has highs of 86°F and 4.2 inches of precipitation. Highs reach 90°F on about 64 days a year, almost all from May to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 70 nights a year. Snowfall averages 1.0 inches a year, most of it in January. That 58.9 inches is more than at 42 of the 87 Mississippi stations used on this site (48%). Starkville, 19 miles east, has its own station (State Univ, MS): 58.0 inches a year, 0.9 less than here, and a July average high of 92°F against 90°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 53 | 32 | 5.5 | 7 | 0.7 |
| Feb | 58 | 35 | 5.5 | 7 | 0.2 |
| Mar | 66 | 42 | 5.8 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Apr | 74 | 49 | 5.6 | 6 | 0.0 |
| May | 81 | 59 | 5.2 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Jun | 87 | 66 | 4.4 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 90 | 70 | 4.2 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 90 | 69 | 4.2 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 86 | 62 | 4.2 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 76 | 50 | 3.7 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Nov | 64 | 40 | 4.7 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Dec | 55 | 34 | 5.9 | 7 | 0.1 |
| Year | 73 | 51 | 58.9 | 76 | 1.0 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Eupora 2 E, MS (440 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 Mathiston
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 141 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Mathiston: 115 thunderstorm wind reports, 25 flash floods and 1 lightning strike. They killed 0 people and injured 3, and the NWS estimated $4.7 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 81 mph, on December 7, 2004. February has had the most flash floods, 10 of 25. Of the 232 Mississippi cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 163 have had fewer than Mathiston.
April 3, 2018: thunderstorm wind 9 miles from the centre of Mathiston — 2 injured, $35,000 damage.
May 2, 2010: flash flood 6 miles from the centre of Mathiston — 1 injured, $800,000 damage.
February 27, 2009: flash flood 8 miles from the centre of Mathiston — $500,000 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 Mathiston's ZIP code 39752 have filed 11 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1981, and were paid $65,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. 9% 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, 1 have fewer than Mathiston.
Webster County, which includes Mathiston, has been named in 22 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1973, 17 of them major disasters (by incident: 9 severe storms, 5 hurricanes, 2 biological emergencies, 2 ice storms). The latest major disaster declaration was Severe Winter Storm, on February 6, 2026. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Webster County a Very Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Low for tornadoes, hail, strong wind, lightning and heat waves; Very Low for hurricanes and inland flooding. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $3.9 million a year, the 77th highest of 82 Mississippi counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $1.2 million (30%), 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.