Hurricane Katrina
Aug 23, 2005 to Aug 31, 2005Peak 173 mph902 mb
Hurricane Katrina passed within 50 miles of 89 counties in 5 states. It was strongest near Plaquemines Parish, LA, as a Category 3 on August 29, 2005.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Hurricane Katrina · 2005
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
From space
Hurricane Katrina on August 28, 2005, about 19 hours before landfall in Plaquemines Parish, LA.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Category 5
- 173 mph, 150 kt
- Lowest pressure
- 902 mb
- Over the whole track
- Counties within 50 miles
- 89
- AL, FL, LA, MS, TN
- Counties within 100 miles
- 149
- AL, FL, LA, MS, TN
- Landfalls recorded
- 3
- Anywhere on the track
Every county it passed
Closest approach to each county boundary, with the storm’s strength at that moment.
| Plaquemines Parish | LA | 0.0 | Category 3 |
| Newton County | MS | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Miami-Dade County | FL | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Pearl River County | MS | 0.0 | Category 2 |
| St. Bernard Parish | LA | 0.0 | Category 3 |
| Lamar County | MS | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Prentiss County | MS | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Oktibbeha County | MS | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Monroe County | MS | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Neshoba County | MS | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Winston County | MS | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Hancock County | MS | 0.0 | Category 3 |
| Lee County | MS | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Smith County | MS | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Itawamba County | MS | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Monroe County | FL | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Jasper County | MS | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Clay County | MS | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Tishomingo County | MS | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Covington County | MS | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| St. Tammany Parish | LA | 1.9 | Category 3 |
| Broward County | FL | 3.1 | Category 1 |
| Chickasaw County | MS | 3.4 | Tropical storm |
| Forrest County | MS | 3.9 | Category 1 |
| Jones County | MS | 4.7 | Category 1 |
| Noxubee County | MS | 4.9 | Tropical storm |
| Orleans Parish | LA | 6.8 | Category 3 |
| Jefferson Davis County | MS | 7.1 | Category 1 |
| Alcorn County | MS | 7.5 | Tropical storm |
| Marion County | MS | 7.5 | Category 1 |
| Kemper County | MS | 8.0 | Tropical storm |
| Lowndes County | MS | 8.5 | Tropical storm |
| Scott County | MS | 9.1 | Tropical storm |
| Washington Parish | LA | 10.2 | Category 1 |
| Lauderdale County | MS | 10.9 | Tropical storm |
| McNairy County | TN | 11.0 | Tropical storm |
| Collier County | FL | 11.7 | Category 1 |
| Colbert County | AL | 11.9 | Tropical storm |
| Choctaw County | MS | 12.2 | Tropical storm |
| Leake County | MS | 12.8 | Tropical storm |
| Pontotoc County | MS | 13.0 | Tropical storm |
| Walthall County | MS | 14.1 | Category 1 |
| Webster County | MS | 14.7 | Tropical storm |
| Franklin County | AL | 14.8 | Tropical storm |
| Stone County | MS | 16.5 | Category 2 |
| Union County | MS | 16.8 | Tropical storm |
| Harrison County | MS | 16.9 | Category 2 |
| Simpson County | MS | 18.0 | Category 1 |
| Clarke County | MS | 18.0 | Tropical storm |
| Tippah County | MS | 18.1 | Tropical storm |
| Attala County | MS | 18.4 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson Parish | LA | 18.6 | Category 3 |
| Marion County | AL | 18.7 | Tropical storm |
| Palm Beach County | FL | 19.6 | Category 1 |
| Perry County | MS | 20.4 | Category 1 |
| Lamar County | AL | 22.7 | Tropical storm |
| Wayne County | MS | 23.9 | Category 1 |
| Lafourche Parish | LA | 25.0 | Category 3 |
| Calhoun County | MS | 25.9 | Tropical storm |
| Rankin County | MS | 26.1 | Category 1 |
| Lawrence County | MS | 26.2 | Category 1 |
| Pickens County | AL | 28.7 | Tropical storm |
| Hardeman County | TN | 29.3 | Tropical storm |
| Montgomery County | MS | 31.5 | Tropical storm |
| St. John the Baptist Parish | LA | 33.4 | Category 3 |
| Tangipahoa Parish | LA | 33.5 | Category 3 |
| St. Charles Parish | LA | 34.3 | Category 3 |
| Sumter County | AL | 35.2 | Tropical storm |
| Greene County | MS | 36.7 | Category 1 |
| Madison County | MS | 36.8 | Tropical storm |
| Lafayette County | MS | 37.2 | Tropical storm |
| Benton County | MS | 37.7 | Tropical storm |
| Fayette County | AL | 39.2 | Tropical storm |
| Hendry County | FL | 39.4 | Category 1 |
| Pike County | MS | 39.6 | Category 1 |
| Copiah County | MS | 41.5 | Category 1 |
| Lincoln County | MS | 41.8 | Category 1 |
| George County | MS | 42.8 | Category 2 |
| Jackson County | MS | 42.9 | Category 2 |
| Grenada County | MS | 42.9 | Tropical storm |
| Carroll County | MS | 43.1 | Tropical storm |
| Marshall County | MS | 43.7 | Tropical storm |
| Greene County | AL | 43.8 | Tropical storm |
| Choctaw County | AL | 44.4 | Tropical storm |
| Yalobusha County | MS | 46.4 | Tropical storm |
| Terrebonne Parish | LA | 46.9 | Category 3 |
| Holmes County | MS | 47.8 | Tropical storm |
| Lawrence County | AL | 47.8 | Tropical storm |
| Winston County | AL | 48.1 | Tropical storm |
| Hinds County | MS | 51.1 | Tropical storm |
| Fayette County | TN | 51.9 | Tropical storm |
| Livingston Parish | LA | 52.4 | Category 3 |
| Washington County | AL | 53.1 | Category 1 |
| Tuscaloosa County | AL | 53.4 | Tropical storm |
| Yazoo County | MS | 53.9 | Tropical storm |
| Walker County | AL | 54.9 | Tropical storm |
| Amite County | MS | 56.5 | Category 1 |
| St. Helena Parish | LA | 57.7 | Category 1 |
| Martin County | FL | 60.7 | Tropical storm |
| Ascension Parish | LA | 61.7 | Category 3 |
| St. James Parish | LA | 62.6 | Category 3 |
| Panola County | MS | 63.3 | Tropical storm |
| Marengo County | AL | 63.3 | Tropical storm |
| Franklin County | MS | 63.4 | Category 1 |
| Hale County | AL | 65.8 | Tropical storm |
| Mobile County | AL | 66.1 | Category 1 |
| Lee County | FL | 66.2 | Category 1 |
| Clarke County | AL | 66.5 | Tropical storm |
| Tate County | MS | 68.1 | Tropical storm |
| Tallahatchie County | MS | 68.4 | Tropical storm |
| Leflore County | MS | 71.9 | Tropical storm |
| Glades County | FL | 72.1 | Category 1 |
| East Feliciana Parish | LA | 72.9 | Category 1 |
| Jefferson County | MS | 74.2 | Category 1 |
| East Baton Rouge Parish | LA | 74.5 | Category 2 |
| DeSoto County | MS | 75.5 | Tropical storm |
| Shelby County | TN | 75.7 | Tropical storm |
| Cullman County | AL | 76.1 | Tropical storm |
| Assumption Parish | LA | 77.2 | Category 3 |
| Claiborne County | MS | 77.3 | Category 1 |
| Humphreys County | MS | 78.7 | Tropical storm |
| Warren County | MS | 80.3 | Tropical storm |
| St. Lucie County | FL | 80.8 | Tropical storm |
| Okeechobee County | FL | 81.6 | Category 1 |
| Jefferson County | AL | 81.8 | Tropical storm |
| Quitman County | MS | 84.6 | Tropical storm |
| Iberville Parish | LA | 84.9 | Category 3 |
| Bibb County | AL | 86.0 | Tropical storm |
| Perry County | AL | 86.7 | Tropical storm |
| Wilkinson County | MS | 86.7 | Category 1 |
| St. Martin Parish | LA | 89.3 | Category 3 |
| Sunflower County | MS | 89.3 | Tropical storm |
| Sharkey County | MS | 89.3 | Tropical storm |
| St. Mary Parish | LA | 89.4 | Category 3 |
| Issaquena County | MS | 90.1 | Tropical storm |
| Charlotte County | FL | 90.8 | Category 1 |
| Baldwin County | AL | 91.3 | Category 1 |
| Wilcox County | AL | 91.8 | Tropical storm |
| West Baton Rouge Parish | LA | 92.1 | Category 3 |
| West Feliciana Parish | LA | 93.6 | Category 1 |
| Adams County | MS | 93.6 | Category 1 |
| Blount County | AL | 94.2 | Tropical storm |
| Tunica County | MS | 95.6 | Tropical storm |
| Madison Parish | LA | 95.9 | Tropical storm |
| Dallas County | AL | 96.1 | Tropical storm |
| Iberia Parish | LA | 97.0 | Category 3 |
| Highlands County | FL | 97.5 | Category 1 |
| Washington County | MS | 98.0 | Tropical storm |
| Monroe County | AL | 98.9 | Category 1 |
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.