Average Annual Precipitation for Mississippi

The tables below give yearly averages for rainfall plus snowfall at cities, communities and other locations around Mississippi.

Each place has a total for the amount of precipitation it usually receives in a year along with information on the number of days with wet weather. The count of days includes those when precipitation amounts to 0.01 inches (0.25 millimetres) or more.

The annual precipitation totals are averages based on weather data collected from 1991 to 2020 for the US National Centers for Environmental Information.

You can jump to a separate table for each region of the state: Gulf Coast, Southern, Central and Northern Mississippi.

Mississippi Gulf Coast

Average yearly precipitation
Days Place Inches Milli­metres
111 Biloxi 66.8 1697
111 Gulfport 68.2 1733
96 Pascagoula 70.4 1789
97 Picayune 66.7 1695

Southern Mississippi

Annual averages for rainfall plus snowfall
Days Place Inches Milli­metres
116 Hattiesburg 64.4 1637
118 Laurel 59.6 1515
121 McComb 60.6 1539
112 Natchez 60.1 1527

Central Mississippi

Average amount of rain and snow a year
Days Place Inches Milli­metres
100 Columbus 56.6 1439
104 Greenville 49.0 1245
107 Greenwood 51.8 1315
111 Jackson 57.4 1457
113 Meridian 57.0 1448
114 Starkville 58.0 1473
95 Vicksburg 61.7 1567

Northern Mississippi

Average annual precipitation
Days Place Inches Milli­metres
99 Clarksdale 55.9 1419
103 Corinth City 58.8 1494
99 Grenada 61.5 1563
113 Holly Springs 58.2 1478
122 Oxford 60.5 1537
106 Tunica 56.5 1435
115 Tupelo 57.7 1467
Reference

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI). Climate Normals.

Mississippi Precipitation
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