Average Temperatures for Mississippi in May

Average temperatures for May at cities, communities and other locations around Mississippi are listed below in degrees Fahrenheit and Celsius.

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

The tables give the normals for maximum and minimum temperatures based on weather data collected from 1991 to 2020 by the US National Centers for Environmental Information.

Mississippi Gulf Coast

Average May temperatures
High °F Low °F Place High °C Low °C
83 68 Biloxi 28 20
83 67 Gulfport 28 20
81 62 Pascagoula 27 17
85 61 Picayune 29 16

Southern Mississippi

Average daily temperatures in May
High °F Low °F Place High °C Low °C
84 62 Hattiesburg 29 17
85 60 Laurel 30 16
84 62 McComb 29 17
82 62 Natchez 28 16

Central Mississippi

May temperatures: daily averages
High °F Low °F Place High °C Low °C
85 62 Columbus 29 16
83 63 Greenville 28 17
83 62 Greenwood 28 17
84 62 Jackson 29 17
85 61 Meridian 30 16
83 61 Starkville 28 16
83 65 Vicksburg 29 18

Northern Mississippi

Average May temperatures
High °F Low °F Place High °C Low °C
81 62 Clarksdale 27 16
80 58 Corinth City 27 15
82 59 Grenada 28 15
80 57 Holly Springs 27 14
82 59 Oxford 28 15
82 63 Tunica 28 17
83 61 Tupelo 28 16
Reference

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

Mississippi Temperatures
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