Mississippi

Storms in Mississippi in 2020

1,060 events in 98 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Mississippi in 2020, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. From 1996 the record holds 48 kinds of event with each office’s narrative; before that, tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, and before 1955 tornadoes alone.

Mississippi in 2020 on the map

Every episode with a place to put it, colored by kind of event.

  • Tornadoes
  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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The year

Events
1,060
Deaths
17
Injuries
126
Damage
$272 million
Episodes
98

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

By kind of event

Kind of eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Thunderstorm Wind55000$696,000
Flash Flood17710$5.7 million
Tornado11714124$133 million
Hail10800$2.0 million
Heat2900
Tropical Storm2502$5.2 million
Strong Wind1700$21,000
Flood1000$25,000
Storm Surge/Tide1000
Tropical Depression900
Lightning500$33,000
Hurricane (Typhoon)320$125 million

Every episode, month by month

January 2020

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September 2020

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November 2020

December 2020

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Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24.