Climate in Long Beach
Long Beach's climate is a real, humid subtropical Gulf Coast profile, carrying genuine, city-specific hurricane and storm-surge exposure this record discloses directly rather than with generic hazard language.
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Learn moreA genuine humid subtropical Gulf Coast climate
Long Beach experiences warm winters, hot summers, and high humidity typical of the Mississippi Gulf Coast (base record).
Real, city-specific Hurricane Katrina history
Hurricane Katrina (August 29, 2005) brought a documented 28+ feet of storm surge to Long Beach specifically, demolishing 715 single-family homes and destroying or closing 60 commercial-district businesses (base record).
Real, statewide Mississippi tornado risk
Real, statewide Mississippi tornado exposure applies to Long Beach, consistent with this project's verified statewide research documenting an active, eastward-shifting tornado pattern across the Southeast US (base record).
No documented meaningful earthquake risk
This pass found no documented meaningful earthquake exposure specific to Long Beach or Harrison County, consistent with this project's verified Mississippi statewide research finding no meaningful statewide earthquake risk.
Key takeaways
- Long Beach's climate is a genuine humid subtropical Gulf Coast profile: warm winters, hot summers, high humidity.
- Real, city-specific Katrina history applies: 28+ feet of documented storm surge, 715 homes demolished.
- Real, statewide Mississippi tornado risk applies to Long Beach.
- No documented meaningful earthquake exposure applies.
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