NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Perkinston, 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
69 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of Perkinston, Mississippi since 1851, 17 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Francine in 2024. Since 1950, 144 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 7 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 17
- Tropical storms
- 52
- Tornadoes
- 144
- EF3 or stronger
- 7
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
6 deaths in all
What the records show for Perkinston
The strongest storm to pass near Perkinston was Camille in 1969, a Category 4 hurricane with 147 mph winds when its centre passed 28 miles away. The closest pass by a hurricane was an unnamed storm in 1860, whose centre came within 3 miles. The record near Perkinston begins with an unnamed storm in 1852; the most recent system was Francine in 2024, a tropical storm 69 miles away. The busiest decade was the 2000s, with 7 systems, one of them at hurricane strength. Of the 69 systems, 14 have come since 2000. Perkinston has more hurricanes within 75 miles than 91% of the 232 Mississippi cities on this site. The highest rating among the 144 tornadoes within 25 miles is F3 or EF3, reached 7 times; the most recent, on December 25, 2012, came within 17 miles. The deadliest, an F3 on October 30, 1967, killed 4 people. Of the 144, 4 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 83 have come since 2000. April has had the most tornadoes, 24. The most recent tornado was on March 30, 2025. Perkinston has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 59% of the 232 Mississippi cities. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 32 times since 1988, with stones up to 1.75 inches (golf ball size). Of the 232 Mississippi cities, 88% have more hail reports within 10 miles than Perkinston.
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Tropical storms and hurricanes near Perkinston
| Year | Storm | Closest | Strength when closest | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | FrancineSep 12 | 69 mi | Tropical storm (47 mph) | Category 2 |
| 2021 | ClaudetteJun 19 | 49 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2020 | ZetaOct 29 | 16 mi | Category 1 (91 mph) | Category 3 |
| 2019 | OlgaOct 26 | 74 mi | Tropical storm (52 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2018 | GordonSep 5 | 17 mi | Tropical storm (54 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2017 | NateOct 8 | 17 mi | Tropical storm (67 mph) | Category 1 |
| 2011 | LeeSep 5 | 23 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2009 | IdaNov 10 | 63 mi | Tropical storm (52 mph) | Category 2 |
| 2005 | KatrinaAug 29 | 30 mi | Category 2 (105 mph) | Category 5 |
| 2005 | CindyJul 6 | 5 mi | Tropical storm (47 mph) | Category 1 |
| 2003 | BillJul 1 | 46 mi | Tropical storm (41 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2002 | IsidoreSep 26 | 46 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Category 3 |
| 2002 | HannaSep 14 | 45 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2001 | AllisonJun 11 | 5 mi | Tropical storm (45 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1998 | GeorgesSep 29 | 9 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1997 | DannyJul 19 | 69 mi | Category 1 (81 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1995 | ErinAug 3 | 59 mi | Tropical storm (54 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1988 | FlorenceSep 10 | 73 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1988 | BerylAug 8 | 72 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1985 | JuanOct 31 | 75 mi | Tropical storm (66 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1985 | ElenaSep 2 | 22 mi | Category 3 (112 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1979 | FredericSep 13 | 36 mi | Category 2 (109 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1979 | BobJul 11 | 68 mi | Tropical storm (47 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1969 | CamilleAug 18 | 28 mi | Category 4 (147 mph) | Category 5 |
| 1964 | HildaOct 4 | 2 mi | Tropical storm (62 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1960 | EthelSep 16 | overhead | Tropical storm (60 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1955 | Unnamed 1955 stormAug 27 | 49 mi | Tropical storm (52 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1955 | BrendaAug 1 | 58 mi | Tropical storm (59 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1950 | BakerAug 31 | 70 mi | Category 1 (86 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1948 | Unnamed 1948 stormSep 4 | 27 mi | Tropical storm (55 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1947 | Unnamed 1947 stormSep 8 | 23 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1944 | Unnamed 1944 stormSep 10 | 54 mi | Tropical storm (59 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1939 | Unnamed 1939 stormSep 26 | 2 mi | Tropical storm (47 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1939 | Unnamed 1939 stormJun 16 | 68 mi | Tropical storm (41 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1936 | Unnamed 1936 stormJul 28 | 69 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1932 | Unnamed 1932 stormOct 16 | 13 mi | Tropical storm (52 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1932 | Unnamed 1932 stormSep 1 | 38 mi | Tropical storm (72 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1926 | Unnamed 1926 stormSep 21 | 24 mi | Tropical storm (61 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1923 | Unnamed 1923 stormOct 18 | 5 mi | Tropical storm (55 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1923 | Unnamed 1923 stormJun 26 | 31 mi | Tropical storm (43 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1916 | Unnamed 1916 stormJul 6 | 27 mi | Category 1 (87 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1915 | Unnamed 1915 stormSep 30 | 58 mi | Tropical storm (72 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1914 | Unnamed 1914 stormSep 18 | 36 mi | Tropical storm (39 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1912 | Unnamed 1912 stormSep 14 | 36 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1912 | Unnamed 1912 stormJun 13 | 57 mi | Tropical storm (53 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1911 | Unnamed 1911 stormAug 12 | 7 mi | Tropical storm (52 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1907 | Unnamed 1907 stormSep 21 | 14 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1906 | Unnamed 1906 stormSep 27 | 17 mi | Category 2 (97 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1901 | Unnamed 1901 stormAug 15 | 27 mi | Category 1 (83 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1900 | Unnamed 1900 stormSep 13 | 32 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1895 | Unnamed 1895 stormAug 16 | 28 mi | Tropical storm (47 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1894 | Unnamed 1894 stormAug 8 | 31 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1893 | Unnamed 1893 stormOct 2 | 27 mi | Category 2 (100 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1893 | Unnamed 1893 stormSep 8 | 48 mi | Tropical storm (60 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1892 | Unnamed 1892 stormSep 12 | overhead | Tropical storm (47 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1889 | Unnamed 1889 stormSep 23 | 71 mi | Tropical storm (71 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1887 | Unnamed 1887 stormOct 19 | 28 mi | Tropical storm (60 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1887 | Unnamed 1887 stormJun 14 | 42 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1885 | Unnamed 1885 stormSep 27 | 28 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1881 | Unnamed 1881 stormAug 3 | 42 mi | Tropical storm (48 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1879 | Unnamed 1879 stormOct 7 | 41 mi | Tropical storm (51 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1877 | Unnamed 1877 stormSep 19 | 68 mi | Category 1 (81 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1872 | Unnamed 1872 stormJul 11 | 6 mi | Tropical storm (52 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1863 | Unnamed 1863 stormOct 1 | 25 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1860 | Unnamed 1860 stormSep 15 | 3 mi | Category 1 (83 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1860 | Unnamed 1860 stormAug 12 | 19 mi | Category 3 (115 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1859 | Unnamed 1859 stormSep 15 | 65 mi | Category 1 (81 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1855 | Unnamed 1855 stormSep 16 | 7 mi | Category 1 (92 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1852 | Unnamed 1852 stormAug 26 | 36 mi | Category 2 (104 mph) | Category 3 |
Strength is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, which is not the wind felt in Perkinston: 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 Perkinston
By decade
- 2020s27
- 2010s30(1 EF3+)
- 2000s26
- 1990s11
- 1980s18(3 EF3+)
- 1970s16
- 1960s10(3 EF3+)
- 1950s6
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 30, 1967 | F3 | 23 mi | 2 mi | 4 / 17 |
| Dec 25, 2012 | EF3 | 17 mi | 24.05 mi | 0 / 8 |
| May 19, 1980 | F3 | 16 mi | 10.6 mi | 0 / 4 |
| May 16, 1980 | F3 | 19 mi | 11.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 13, 1980 | F3 | 19 mi | 15.9 mi | 0 / 25 |
| Nov 3, 1968 | F3 | 24 mi | 2 mi | 0 / 5 |
| Apr 18, 1966 | F3 | 23 mi | 23.8 mi | 0 / 5 |
| Apr 12, 1994 | F2 | 17 mi | 2 mi | 2 / 16 |
| Mar 30, 2022 | EF2 | 17 mi | 11.26 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Dec 25, 2012 | EF2 | 16 mi | 28.64 mi | 0 / 4 |
| Dec 25, 2012 | EF2 | 16 mi | 8.03 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Nov 24, 2004 | F2 | 19 mi | 1.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 144, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Perkinston
The Storm Prediction Center has 32 hail reports within 10 miles of Perkinston since 1988, made on 31 separate days. Of these, 18 were 1 inch across or larger, and none reached 2 inches. The largest size, 1.75 inches (golf ball size), was reported on 7 days, most recently February 27, 2017. The most recent report is from April 10, 2024. April has the most reports, 6.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Perkinston
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Saucier Exp Forest, MS, 6 miles south of Perkinston at 229 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 90°F and low of 72°F; January is the coolest, at 61°F and 41°F. July is the wettest at 7.8 inches of precipitation on average and October the driest at 3.8 inches; the year adds up to 70.8 inches over 79 days with at least a tenth of an inch. June to November, the hurricane season months, bring 51% of the year's precipitation (36.0 of 70.8 inches); the other six months are drier. September has brought the most of the 69 tropical systems that passed within 75 miles (30); a normal September there has highs of 87°F and 5.8 inches of precipitation. Highs reach 90°F on about 79 days a year, almost all from May to October. Lows fall below freezing on about 20 nights a year. That 70.8 inches is more than at 86 of the 87 Mississippi stations used on this site (99%). Wiggins, 17 miles north, has its own station (Poplarville Exp Stn, MS): 65.0 inches a year, 5.8 less than here, and a July average high of 91°F against 90°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 61 | 41 | 5.6 | 7 |
| Feb | 66 | 44 | 4.8 | 6 |
| Mar | 72 | 49 | 5.7 | 6 |
| Apr | 77 | 55 | 6.3 | 5 |
| May | 84 | 63 | 6.7 | 6 |
| Jun | 88 | 69 | 6.9 | 8 |
| Jul | 90 | 72 | 7.8 | 10 |
| Aug | 90 | 71 | 7.1 | 9 |
| Sep | 87 | 67 | 5.8 | 7 |
| Oct | 79 | 57 | 3.8 | 4 |
| Nov | 70 | 47 | 4.6 | 5 |
| Dec | 64 | 42 | 5.7 | 6 |
| Year | 77 | 56 | 70.8 | 79 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Saucier Exp Forest, MS (229 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 Perkinston
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 97 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Perkinston: 71 thunderstorm wind reports, 21 flash floods, 2 heavy rain events, 2 lightning strikes and 1 flood. They killed 0 people and injured 5, and the NWS estimated $772,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 90 mph, on March 9, 2011. May has had the most flash floods, 5 of 21. Of the 232 Mississippi cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 137 have had fewer than Perkinston.
June 22, 1996: thunderstorm wind 10 miles from the centre of Perkinston — 5 injured, $100,000 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 Perkinston's ZIP code 39573 have filed 46 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1979, and were paid $1.6 million for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from 2026-06-Arthur-TS in 2026: 19 claims (41% of all) and $873,000. 63% 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, 56 have fewer than Perkinston.
| Event | Claims | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-Arthur-TS2026 | 19 | $873,000 |
Stone County, which includes Perkinston, has been named in 31 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1969, 18 of them major disasters (by incident: 23 hurricanes, 2 biological emergencies, 2 winter storms, 1 severe storm). The latest major disaster declaration was Tropical Storm Arthur, on August 3, 2026. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Stone County a Relatively Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Moderate for hurricanes and lightning; Relatively Low for tornadoes, hail, strong wind and heat waves; Very Low for inland flooding. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $12.6 million a year, the 35th highest of 82 Mississippi counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $6.8 million (54%), is from hurricanes.
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.