Hurricane Ethel
Sep 12, 1960 to Sep 17, 1960Peak 115 mph974 mb
Hurricane Ethel passed within 50 miles of 22 counties in 3 states. It was strongest near Plaquemines Parish, LA, as a Category 1 on September 15, 1960.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Hurricane Ethel · 1960
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Category 3
- 115 mph, 100 kt
- Lowest pressure
- 974 mb
- Over the whole track
- Counties within 50 miles
- 22
- AL, LA, MS
- Counties within 100 miles
- 41
- AL, FL, LA, MS
- Landfalls recorded
- 1
- Anywhere on the track
Every county it passed
Closest approach to each county boundary, with the storm’s strength at that moment.
| Stone County | MS | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Harrison County | MS | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Jones County | MS | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Perry County | MS | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| St. Bernard Parish | LA | 3.2 | Category 1 |
| Forrest County | MS | 5.3 | Tropical storm |
| Jackson County | MS | 6.8 | Category 1 |
| Greene County | MS | 7.7 | Tropical storm |
| George County | MS | 9.8 | Tropical storm |
| Pearl River County | MS | 14.7 | Tropical storm |
| Hancock County | MS | 14.7 | Tropical storm |
| Plaquemines Parish | LA | 17.7 | Category 1 |
| Lamar County | MS | 18.7 | Tropical storm |
| Covington County | MS | 25.5 | Tropical storm |
| Mobile County | AL | 29.6 | Category 1 |
| St. Tammany Parish | LA | 35.1 | Category 1 |
| Jefferson Davis County | MS | 36.3 | Tropical storm |
| Marion County | MS | 36.5 | Tropical storm |
| Washington Parish | LA | 40.4 | Tropical storm |
| Orleans Parish | LA | 41.0 | Category 1 |
| Baldwin County | AL | 46.9 | Category 1 |
| Walthall County | MS | 47.1 | Tropical storm |
| Lawrence County | MS | 57.7 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson Parish | LA | 67.1 | Tropical storm |
| Tangipahoa Parish | LA | 68.0 | Tropical storm |
| St. John the Baptist Parish | LA | 68.1 | Tropical storm |
| Monroe County | AL | 70.4 | Tropical storm |
| Pike County | MS | 72.0 | Tropical storm |
| Lincoln County | MS | 74.2 | Tropical storm |
| St. Charles Parish | LA | 75.4 | Tropical storm |
| Escambia County | FL | 77.6 | Category 1 |
| Lafourche Parish | LA | 78.2 | Category 1 |
| Escambia County | AL | 81.0 | Tropical storm |
| Livingston Parish | LA | 83.7 | Tropical storm |
| St. Helena Parish | LA | 87.3 | Tropical storm |
| Amite County | MS | 88.9 | Tropical storm |
| Conecuh County | AL | 91.9 | Tropical storm |
| Ascension Parish | LA | 95.0 | Tropical storm |
| Santa Rosa County | FL | 95.1 | Category 1 |
| St. James Parish | LA | 96.7 | Tropical storm |
| Franklin County | MS | 97.0 | Tropical storm |
Distances are measured from hourly positions interpolated between the National Hurricane Center’s six-hourly fixes to each county boundary. Strength is shown only where the storm was still tropical. Methodology.
National Hurricane Center HURDAT2. Storm totals cover the Atlantic and Northeast and Central Pacific basins.