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NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database

Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Raymond, MS

Every tropical system within 75 miles since 1851 and every tornado within 25 miles since 1950.

31 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of Raymond, Mississippi since 1851, 3 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Ida in 2021. Since 1950, 237 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 18 of them rated EF3 or stronger.

Hurricanes
3

within 75 mi, since 1851

Tropical storms
28

below hurricane strength

Tornadoes
237

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
18

165 deaths in all

Tropical storms and hurricanes near Raymond

Tropical systems that passed within 75 miles of Raymond, Mississippi, newest first
YearStormClosestStrength when closestPeak
2021IdaAug 301 miTropical storm (40 mph)Category 4
2020DeltaOct 1058 miTropical storm (40 mph)Category 4
2019OlgaOct 2631 miTropical storm (51 mph)Tropical storm
2005KatrinaAug 2969 miTropical storm (72 mph)Category 5
2002IsidoreSep 2638 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 3
1994JohnSep 859 miCategory 1 (78 mph)Category 5
1992AndrewAug 2763 miTropical storm (40 mph)Category 5
1985ElenaSep 266 miTropical storm (60 mph)Category 3
1971EdithSep 1644 miTropical storm (47 mph)Category 5
1969CamilleAug 1830 miCategory 1 (81 mph)Category 5
1957EstherSep 1952 miTropical storm (40 mph)Tropical storm
1949Unnamed 1949 stormSep 565 miTropical storm (40 mph)Tropical storm
1934Unnamed 1934 stormJun 1720 miTropical storm (49 mph)Category 2
1932Unnamed 1932 stormSep 2020 miTropical storm (43 mph)Tropical storm
1932Unnamed 1932 stormSep 267 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 1
1923Unnamed 1923 stormOct 1636 miTropical storm (55 mph)Category 1
1916Unnamed 1916 stormJul 629 miTropical storm (52 mph)Category 3
1915Unnamed 1915 stormSep 3057 miTropical storm (62 mph)Category 4
1912Unnamed 1912 stormJun 1375 miTropical storm (52 mph)Tropical storm
1909Unnamed 1909 stormSep 2167 miCategory 1 (75 mph)Category 3
1906Unnamed 1906 stormSep 2869 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 3
1905Unnamed 1905 stormSep 3032 miTropical storm (40 mph)Tropical storm
1893Unnamed 1893 stormSep 871 miTropical storm (51 mph)Category 2
1890Unnamed 1890 stormAug 286 miTropical storm (39 mph)Tropical storm
1888Unnamed 1888 stormAug 2028 miTropical storm (72 mph)Category 3
1886Unnamed 1886 stormJun 1571 miTropical storm (40 mph)Category 2
1879Unnamed 1879 stormOct 710 miTropical storm (39 mph)Tropical storm
1879Unnamed 1879 stormSep 225 miTropical storm (61 mph)Category 3
1872Unnamed 1872 stormJul 1256 miTropical storm (40 mph)Tropical storm
1860Unnamed 1860 stormOct 34 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 2
1856Unnamed 1856 stormAug 1272 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 4

Strength is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, which is not the wind felt in Raymond: 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 Raymond

By decade

  • 2020s35
  • 2010s58(2 EF3+)
  • 2000s37(2 EF3+)
  • 1990s23(2 EF3+)
  • 1980s24(1 EF3+)
  • 1970s24(5 EF3+)
  • 1960s20(3 EF3+)
  • 1950s16(3 EF3+)
Strongest tornadoes near Raymond, Mississippi
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
Mar 3, 1966F51 mi202.5 mi58 / 518
Dec 5, 1953F523 mi9 mi38 / 270
Jan 23, 1969F423 mi117.8 mi32 / 241
Feb 21, 1971F417 mi65.2 mi13 / 182
Nov 21, 1992F421 mi128 mi12 / 122
Nov 24, 2001F420 mi11.5 mi2 / 21
Mar 29, 1976F425 mi126.5 mi0 / 8
Feb 26, 1958F39 mi69.7 mi8 / 26
Apr 28, 2014EF314 mi29.72 mi1 / 10
Apr 15, 2011EF36 mi16.53 mi0 / 10
Apr 6, 2005F321 mi15 mi0 / 6
Nov 11, 1995F320 mi15 mi0 / 2

The strongest 12 of 237, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.

How to read this page

A storm is listed when the centre of its track passed within 75 miles of Raymond while it was at least a tropical storm, which is the reach of damaging wind and rain for a typical hurricane. Being on the list does not mean the city took a direct hit; the "closest" column says how near the centre came. Tornadoes are counted when any part of the path came within 25 miles.

Tornado records before the 1990s are thinner, because weak tornadoes in open country often went unreported before Doppler radar and mobile phones. A rise in the decade counts is mostly better reporting, not a change in the weather.

Tracks come from the National Hurricane Center's HURDAT2 database, tornadoes from the Storm Prediction Center's database. Both are the official federal records and both are revised as old storms are re-analysed.

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