Coastal locations

Mississippi forecasts and tides

2 coastal locations in Mississippi, each with its own forecast, nearest tide station, and storm history.

Mississippi tropical history

Every Atlantic storm since 1852 that tracked within 150 miles of a Mississippi coastal location, from the NOAA best-track archive.

Storms on record
181
Arrived at hurricane strength
49
Major hurricanes, last 50 years
5 of 16 all time
Direct hits
26 centre within 25 mi
Last major hurricane
Ida (2021)

Most recent storms

Storm Year Closest approach Strength at closest Peak strength
Francine 2024 73 mi Tropical Storm Category 2
Ida 2021 96 mi Category 3 Category 4
Claudette 2021 51 mi Tropical Storm Tropical Storm
Zeta 2020 50 mi Category 2 Category 3
Sally 2020 68 mi Category 2 Category 2
Marco 2020 102 mi Tropical Storm Category 1
Cristobal 2020 62 mi Tropical Storm Tropical Storm
Olga 2019 107 mi Tropical Storm Tropical Storm
Gordon Direct hit 2018 23 mi Tropical Storm Tropical Storm
Nate Direct hit 2017 6 mi Category 1 Category 1

Hardest-hit stretches of the coast

Storms within 150 miles of each location across the full archive.

  1. Gulfport 177 storms · 48 hurricanes · 21 direct hits, last in 2017
  2. Biloxi 177 storms · 47 hurricanes · 24 direct hits, last in 2018