Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Terry, MS

The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Crystal Spgs Exp Stn, MS, 12 miles south of Terry at 487 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 92°F and low of 71°F; January is the coolest, at 58°F and 37°F. January is the wettest at 6.1 inches of precipitation on average and October the driest at 3.4 inches; the year adds up to 62.6 inches over 76 days with at least a tenth of an inch. June to November, the hurricane season months, bring 46% of the year's precipitation (28.8 of 62.6 inches); the other six months are wetter. September has brought the most of the 32 tropical systems that passed within 75 miles (13); a normal September there has highs of 88°F and 3.9 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 36 nights a year. Snowfall averages 0.7 inches a year, most of it in December. That 62.6 inches is more than at 73 of the 87 Mississippi stations used on this site (84%). Raymond, 11 miles northwest, has its own station (Oakley Exp Stn, MS): 60.3 inches a year, 2.3 less than here, and a July average high of 93°F against 92°F.

Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 233 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Terry: 211 thunderstorm wind reports, 18 flash floods, 2 lightning strikes, 1 flood and 1 heavy rain event. They killed 1 person and injured 2, and the NWS estimated $5.6 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 110 mph, on March 29, 2011. March has had the most flash floods, 6 of 18. Of the 232 Mississippi cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 111 have had fewer than Terry.

Flood insurance policyholders in Terry's ZIP code 39170 have filed 52 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1979, and were paid $947,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Flooding in 1983: 15 claims (29% of all) and $112,000. The year with the most claims was 1980, with 10. 31% 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, 63 have fewer than Terry.