Hurricanes that hit Calhoun County, Arkansas: hurricane history

17 storms have passed within 50 km of Calhoun County from 1879 to 2020, coloured by intensity on the map.

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Years1842 to 2026
Ocean basin

Choosing a minimum category hides storms with no wind speed in the record. To see which storms have passed near you, search a town or ZIP code, or tap the map.

Key
  • Tropical depression Winds below 34 knots (39 mph)
  • Tropical storm 34 to 63 knots (39 to 73 mph)
  • Category 1 64 to 82 knots (74 to 95 mph)
  • Category 2 83 to 95 knots (96 to 110 mph)
  • Category 3 96 to 112 knots (111 to 129 mph), major
  • Category 4 113 to 136 knots (130 to 156 mph), major
  • Category 5 137 knots (157 mph) or more, major
  • Unknown intensity No wind speed in the record
  • Post-tropical Storm has become post-tropical (dashed line)

How to read the lines. Each line is the track of one storm, drawn through its six-hourly positions and coloured by its intensity at each point (the Saffir-Simpson scale), so a line changes colour as the storm strengthens or weakens. Tap a line for its details, or tap anywhere else to see which storms have passed nearby. Weaker storms appear as you zoom in. Hurricanes, typhoons and cyclones are the same kind of storm with different names in different oceans.

Storms near Calhoun County

The record holds 17 tropical cyclones whose tracks passed within 50 km of Calhoun County, Arkansas between 1879 and 2020. The busiest month is September, with 6 of them. The strongest, measured where each came closest to the place, reached tropical storm strength.

  • 17storms within 50 km
  • 0major (category 3 to 5) near here
  • 0at category 1 strength or more

A storm counts once, however many times it came close. The category is the storm's strongest point within 50 km, which can be weaker than its peak elsewhere.

How strong were the storms near Calhoun County?

Category near hereStormsShare
Tropical depression741%
Tropical storm1059%
Category 100%
Category 200%
Category 300%
Category 400%
Category 500%
Unknown intensity00%

The agency behind most of the intensity figures here is the NOAA National Hurricane Center (HURDAT2, Atlantic).

Calhoun County storms over time

Storms by decade
Bar chart of storms by period. The most is 2 in 1890s.1870s11880s11890s21900s11920s11930s11940s21950s11960s11970s11980s12010s22020s2

The 2020s only run to 2020, so that bar is for a shorter period. This place's record starts in 1879, and records before the satellite era (about the 1960s) are far less complete.

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PeriodCount
1870s1
1880s1
1890s2
1900s1
1920s1
1930s1
1940s2
1950s1
1960s1
1970s1
1980s1
2010s2
2020s2

Earlier decades hold fewer storms partly because they were harder to see. Before weather satellites (about the 1960s) many storms that stayed at sea went unrecorded, so compare decades with care.

Storms by month
Bar chart of storms by period. The most is 6 in Sep.Jan0Feb0Mar0Apr0May0Jun3Jul1Aug4Sep6Oct3Nov0Dec0
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PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May0
Jun3
Jul1
Aug4
Sep6
Oct3
Nov0
Dec0

Strongest storms near Calhoun County

  • Laura (2020)20 August 2020 to 29 August 2020, Tropical storm (55 kt) near here, peak Category 4 (130 kt), 937 hPa
  • Unnamed storm of August 1879 (North Atlantic)19 August 1879 to 26 August 1879, Tropical storm (50 kt) near here, peak Category 2 (90 kt), 964 hPa
  • Unnamed storm of October 1886 (North Atlantic)4 October 1886 to 15 October 1886, Tropical storm (50 kt) near here, peak Category 3 (105 kt)
  • Betsy (1965)27 August 1965 to 13 September 1965, Tropical storm (50 kt) near here, peak Category 4 (120 kt), 942 hPa
  • Unnamed storm of July 1891 (North Atlantic)3 July 1891 to 8 July 1891, Tropical storm (40 kt) near here, peak Category 1 (80 kt)

Most recent storms near Calhoun County

  • Laura (2020)20 August 2020 to 29 August 2020, Tropical storm (55 kt) near here, peak Category 4 (130 kt), 937 hPa
  • Cristobal (2020)1 June 2020 to 12 June 2020, Tropical depression (30 kt) near here, peak Tropical storm (50 kt), 988 hPa
  • Cindy (2017)19 June 2017 to 24 June 2017, Tropical depression (30 kt) near here, peak Tropical storm (50 kt), 991 hPa

Many of these storms killed people and destroyed homes. The figures are the official record's, and this page says nothing about their human cost.

A storm that came near several counties counts in each one, so county counts add up to more than the state's.

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