Booneville, Mississippi climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Booneville's normal year runs from 29°F January nights to 89°F July afternoons, with 60.4 inches of precipitation and 1 inch of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 15.6°C, January lows of −2°C, July highs of 32°C, 1,535 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationBooneville
- Station IDUSC00220955
- Location34.63°N 88.56°W
- Elevation490 ft (149 m)
- Population9,367
On October 24, the normal high in Booneville is 71°F and the normal low 46°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 27%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Booneville.
- Jan 50° 29°
- Feb 54° 32°
- Mar 63° 39°
- Apr 72° 48°
- May 79° 57°
- Jun 86° 65°
- Jul 89° 69°
- Aug 89° 68°
- Sep 84° 61°
- Oct 74° 49°
- Nov 62° 38°
- Dec 53° 32°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like in Booneville each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 89°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 29°F. The most precipitation falls in December (6.27 in), the least in October (3.98 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 50°F | 29°F | 39.5°F | 5.11 | 0.3 | 12 | <1 | 19 | 10 h |
| February | 54°F | 32°F | 43.2°F | 5.26 | 0.7 | 10 | <1 | 15 | 11 h |
| March | 63°F | 39°F | 51.3°F | 5.48 | 0.0 | 11 | <1 | 7 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 72°F | 48°F | 59.7°F | 5.59 | 0.0 | 10 | <1 | 1 | 13 h |
| May | 79°F | 57°F | 68.0°F | 5.61 | 0.0 | 10 | 1 | <1 | 14 h |
| June | 86°F | 65°F | 75.4°F | 5.64 | 0.0 | 10 | 7 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| July | 89°F | 69°F | 78.7°F | 4.33 | 0.0 | 10 | 15 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| August | 89°F | 68°F | 78.0°F | 4.49 | 0.0 | 9 | 12 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| September | 84°F | 61°F | 72.2°F | 4.38 | 0.0 | 7 | 6 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 74°F | 49°F | 61.3°F | 3.98 | 0.0 | 8 | <1 | 1 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 62°F | 38°F | 50.0°F | 4.28 | 0.0 | 10 | <1 | 9 | 10 h 20 min |
| December | 53°F | 32°F | 42.6°F | 6.27 | 0.1 | 11 | <1 | 17 | 9 h 50 min |
| Year (annual) | 71°F | 49°F | 60.0°F | 60.42 | 1.1 | 119 | 41 | 68 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10°C | −2°C | 4.2°C | 130 mm | 1 cm |
| February | 12°C | 0°C | 6.2°C | 134 mm | 2 cm |
| March | 17°C | 4°C | 10.7°C | 139 mm | 0 cm |
| April | 22°C | 9°C | 15.4°C | 142 mm | 0 cm |
| May | 26°C | 14°C | 20.0°C | 142 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 30°C | 18°C | 24.1°C | 143 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 32°C | 20°C | 25.9°C | 110 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 31°C | 20°C | 25.6°C | 114 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 29°C | 16°C | 22.3°C | 111 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 23°C | 9°C | 16.3°C | 101 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 17°C | 3°C | 10.0°C | 109 mm | 0 cm |
| December | 12°C | 0°C | 5.9°C | 159 mm | 0 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00220955; annual normals. Wet days: 0.01 inch or more; 90°F days and freezing nights: NOAA's day counts. Daylight: sunrise to sunset on the 15th, computed from the latitude.
When is the best weather to visit Booneville?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in April, May, September and October. Of those, September has the fewest days with rain (7).
That is a measurement, not a recommendation: it counts the months whose normal afternoon high sits between 65°F and 85°F, where a light layer is enough by day.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00220955.
When is the last frost in Booneville?
In Booneville, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 1 in half of years and after April 16 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 3 in half of years and before October 21 in one year in ten.
Frost-free in half of yearsFrost in 1 to 9 years out of 10Frost most years
- Last spring frost, half of years after
- April 11 year in 10 after April 16; 9 in 10 after March 15
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 31 year in 10 before October 21; 9 in 10 before November 18
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 216 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 239 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 20 in half of springs and before November 13 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Booneville in zone 8a in ZIP code 38829. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Booneville's NOAA station is in zone 8a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 11°F (25 complete years).
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Mississippi · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00220955; USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026; the station zone: ACIS daily lows, 1991-2020. A 10% date means one year in ten has a frost after it in spring or before it in autumn.
How hot and how cold does it get in Booneville?
In a normal year in Booneville, 41 days a year reach 90°F (1 of them 100°F or more), 68 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 119 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 41a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 68a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 4high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 119a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 1a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1892) is 108°F, on July 29, 1930; the lowest is −10°F, on January 12, 1918.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1979, with 78.57 in; the snowiest season is 1959–60, with 14.1 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00220955; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00220955. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Booneville?
Over a year 76% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Booneville, 4.5 kWh per square metre a day. June is the sunniest month (82%) and February the cloudiest (65%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 69% | 2.5 |
| February | 65% | 3.0 |
| March | 70% | 4.1 |
| April | 75% | 5.4 |
| May | 77% | 6.0 |
| June | 82% | 6.5 |
| July | 81% | 6.2 |
| August | 81% | 5.7 |
| September | 81% | 5.0 |
| October | 78% | 3.9 |
| November | 76% | 2.9 |
| December | 67% | 2.2 |
Source: NASA POWER solar climatology, 2001-2020 (CERES SYN1deg). Satellite-based, for the 1-degree cell (about 100 km across) around the station, so it describes the area rather than the airport.
How much heating and cooling does Booneville need?
A normal year in Booneville brings 3,412 heating degree days, 36% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,617 cooling degree days, 78% more than the median (908). Five months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 4,786 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 791 | 0 |
| February | 610 | 1 |
| March | 432 | 7 |
| April | 195 | 36 |
| May | 47 | 140 |
| June | 2 | 314 |
| July | 0 | 425 |
| August | 0 | 403 |
| September | 17 | 233 |
| October | 169 | 53 |
| November | 454 | 5 |
| December | 695 | 1 |
| Year (annual) | 3,412 | 1,617 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00220955. A degree day is one degree of a day's mean temperature below 65°F (heating) or above it (cooling); utilities use them to estimate energy use.
Has Booneville been warmer than normal lately?
Over 68 complete years from 1900 to 2016, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted -0.5°F per century (−0.03°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Booneville's climate compare?
Booneville is warmer than 4 of the other 80 places with their own NOAA record in Mississippi, and wetter than 47. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 60.0°F is warmer than 75%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Booneville is Cfa: temperate, no dry season, hot summer. What the classes mean.
Places with the most similar year elsewhere
Measured month by month on the normal high, low and precipitation, among places of 20,000 or more people in other states:
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for every station PlainClimate covers. Similarity: the root-mean-square difference of the 36 monthly figures, precipitation weighted so an inch counts like 6°F.
Which places near Booneville share this climate record?
7 places have no NOAA station with 1991-2020 normals of their own, and this station is the nearest full record. A place's own climate can differ from these figures, by several degrees where it sits much higher or lower than the station, nearer the coast, or inside a large city's heat; for the larger places the next nearest records are named with their yearly mean, so the spread around them is visible, and places of 50,000 or more have their own page with NOAA's gridded normals.
- Baldwyn, MS3,084 people · 10 mi SW
- Wheeler, MS556 people · 4 mi SW
- Jumpertown, MS429 people · 8 mi NW
- Rienzi, MS274 people · 9 mi N
- New Site, MS226 people · 10 mi SE
- Marietta, MS193 people · 11 mi SE
- Jacinto, MS12 people · 12 mi NE
Source: Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer (place centers) and Vintage 2024 population estimates. Distance and direction from the station to each place's center.
Questions about Booneville's climate
What is the coldest month in Booneville?
January, with a normal high of 50°F and a normal low of 29°F. The warmest is July (89°F by day, 69°F at night).
Does it snow in Booneville?
Yes: 1 inch in a normal year, falling on 1 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in February (0.7 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Booneville?
December, with 6.27 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is October with 3.98 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Booneville in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Booneville in zone 8a in ZIP code 38829. By the same method at Booneville's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 11°F (25 years, 1991-2020): zone 8a.
How late can frost come in Booneville?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 1; in one year in ten it comes after April 16. Waiting until April 16 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Mississippi climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Corinth, MS17 miles from this station, 60.5°F a year
- Iuka, MS22 miles from this station, 59.0°F a year
- Ripley, MS23 miles from this station, 59.8°F a year
- Fulton, MS27 miles from this station, 60.6°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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