Brookhaven City, MS Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Average temperature and precipitation from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →, with a derived climate comfort score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Brookhaven City's primary NOAA station, BROOKHAVEN CITY.
The climate verdict for Brookhaven City
Water is the standout signal in Brookhaven City, Mississippi: 61.6 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 64°F. Its climate comfort score of 73/100 (good) lands mid-pack nationally, exceeding 66% of station-mapped location scores.
- 64°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 73/100
- comfort score, above 66% of station-mapped location scores
- 61.6"
- precipitation, annual total
- 240 days
- frost-free growing season
Brookhaven City: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00221094 · Brookhaven City, MS 64°F mean · 61.6" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-WET · SWING-MID · COMF-MID · LOAD-MIX · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 64°F
- RANK-UPPER #5,900
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Alabaster Shelb…
- PRCP-WET 61.6"
- SWING-MID 34°F
- COMF-MID 73/100
- LOAD-MIX H/C balanced
- STN-1 USC00221094
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Alabaster Shelby County, AL (+ 0 °F mean)
Instrument codes from this station's NOAA 1991–2020 normals, mean temperature, corpus warmth rank, photo-finish peer station, precipitation band, seasonal swing, comfort composite, degree-day load, and field book, not a livability rating.
Mean-temperature neighbourhood
Nationwide NOAA normal poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every MS station list.
- Brookhaven City (this station) 64°F
- Hot Belzoni, MS 64°F
- Near Alabaster Shelb…, AL 64°F
- Near Ashland, LA 64°F
- Near Bamberg, SC 64°F
Brookhaven City sits in Mississippi, the #5 hottest U.S. state at 64.1°F statewide annual average - see all 50 hottest states ranked by NOAA normals
Climate Living Index · Brookhaven City
Brookhaven City: 77/100 · grade B
Brookhaven City publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Brookhaven City, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 73/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 32 calendar days | 95/100 · A |
| Annual temperature balance | 64.4°F · 3.1° from 67.5°F | 91/100 · A |
| Snowfall burden | 0.0 inches/year | 90/100 · A |
| Frost-free season | 240 days/year | 85/100 · A |
| Precipitation balance | 61.6 in · 26.6 from 35 in | 8/100 · F |
Brookhaven City · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Brookhaven City is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfa
Coldest-month mean 46.7°F and warmest-month mean 80.3°F place this station in temperate, no dry season, hot summer climates (Cfa). Class Cfa is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: temperate, specifically temperate, no dry season, hot summer.
- Köppen code
- Cfa
- Group
- Temperate
- Warmest month
- 80.3°F
- Coldest month
- 46.7°F
Source: official public datasets monthly normals (1991–2020) at the city’s primary station. This is a station classification, not a mapped regional consensus.
National standing · balanced station
Where Brookhaven City sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Brookhaven City's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Top 14% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, Brookhaven City sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 4% wettest
- Brookhaven City's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 85%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Brookhaven City is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Brookhaven City compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Brookhaven City's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
73 Top 34% score exceeds 66% of 6,189 station-mapped location scores
- 0–10: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 10–20: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 20–30: 96 station-mapped locations (2%). Below this entry.
- 30–40: 280 station-mapped locations (5%). Below this entry.
- 40–50: 1,113 station-mapped locations (18%). Below this entry.
- 50–60: 1,329 station-mapped locations (21%). Below this entry.
- 60–70: 1,236 station-mapped locations (20%). Below this entry.
- 70–80: 650 station-mapped locations (11%). This entry sits in this band.
- 80–90: 921 station-mapped locations (15%). Above this entry.
- 90–100: 564 station-mapped locations (9%). Above this entry.
Source NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, PlainClimate comfort index · 1991–2020
Brookhaven City's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 93 complete annual observations from 1869 to 2017, BROOKHAVEN CITY changed little at a fitted rate of 0.01°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Brookhaven City primary station fitted change -0.01 °C/decade
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 57°F (14°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 6.5" | 0.0" | 14.5 | 0.0 |
| February | 62°F (16°C) | 40°F (4°C) | 51°F (10°C) | 5.9" | 0.0" | 9.3 | 0.0 |
| March | 69°F (20°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 5.7" | 0.0" | 3.8 | 0.0 |
| April | 75°F (24°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 5.8" | 0.0" | 0.4 | 0.1 |
| May | 82°F (28°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 4.4" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 2.3 |
| June | 88°F (31°C) | 69°F (20°C) | 78°F (26°C) | 4.6" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 13.6 |
| July | 90°F (32°C) | 71°F (22°C) | 80°F (27°C) | 5.7" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 20.4 |
| August | 90°F (32°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 80°F (27°C) | 5.1" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 20.7 |
| September | 86°F (30°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 76°F (24°C) | 4.3" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 10.5 |
| October | 78°F (25°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 65°F (19°C) | 3.6" | 0.0" | 0.7 | 1.2 |
| November | 67°F (19°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 4.2" | 0.0" | 5.7 | 0.0 |
| December | 59°F (15°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 49°F (9°C) | 5.6" | 0.0" | 12.8 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
The year in Brookhaven City runs from a mild 36°F around January 12 to 91°F at the peak near August 6, and the normal low never reaches freezing on any date in the record.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from July 21 through August 21, covering 32 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs March 22 to November 5.
This counts calendar dates whose 1991–2020 normal high reaches 90°F. It is a smaller number than the 90°F+ day counts in the monthly table above, which measure how often the threshold was actually crossed in a typical year. A date can average 88°F and still exceed 90°F in half of all years.
No freezing date
Not one calendar date in the 1991–2020 record carries a normal low at or below 32°F. The coldest normal low of the year is 36°F around January 12.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is July 7, when 34% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is October 2 at 18%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 99 wet dates a year.
The widest day
October 25 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 25°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Brookhaven City.
Where Brookhaven City Stands Nationally
This is one of the wettest normals climates ranked: about 62 inches of precipitation in a normal year, a total fewer than one station in ten surpasses.
Brookhaven City earns one nationally notable standing (outer quintile) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations, middle-of-the-pack metrics stay silent here.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall and snowfall
9.8 days with precipitation
8.5 days with precipitation
8.7 days with precipitation
6.5 days with precipitation
8.0 days with precipitation
10.0 days with precipitation
10.3 days with precipitation
8.5 days with precipitation
6.5 days with precipitation
5.7 days with precipitation
6.9 days with precipitation
9.1 days with precipitation
Brookhaven City spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 25% of the annual total and December through February 29%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Brookhaven City has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 33.6°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: January averages 6.5" and October 3.6". The three wettest months together take 30% of the year, against the 25% a perfectly flat distribution would give them.
Shares are computed from this station's own 1991-2020 monthly precipitation normals. "Spread across the year" means neither the June-August nor the December-February share reaches 35%; it describes an average year, not the variability of any single one.
When it rains in Brookhaven City, it arrives in quantity
61.6" of precipitation falls across only about 99 wet days here, averaging 0.63 inches each. Fewer days carry more water: the year's total is delivered in comparatively heavy events rather than persistent damp.
- Days with measurable precipitation
- about 99 a year, 27% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.63 inches
- Most wet days
- July, about 10
- Fewest wet days
- October, about 6
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year, and a per-day average is not a forecast of any individual storm.
Brookhaven City's record shows no measurable snowfall
This station measured snowfall across the 1991-2020 period and recorded none: the annual normal is 0.0 inches. That is a measured zero rather than missing data, which is a meaningful distinction here , most stations in the database simply do not report snow at all, and those pages say nothing about it.
A thirty-year normal of zero describes the typical year at this station. It is not a claim that snow has never fallen in the area.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
November 12
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
March 17
50% probability date
Growing Season
240 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
2,300
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
2,122
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside MS closest to Brookhaven City on two NOAA annual-normal axes (mean temperature and annual precipitation). Chip rows use distinct link sets.
Closest by average temperature
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual mean temperature (64°F here).
- Ashland, LA 64°F · 0.0°F off
- Bamberg, SC 64°F · 0.0°F off
- Benton, LA 64°F · 0.0°F off
- Carlsbad, NM 64°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (61.6" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Frisco, NC 61.6" · 0.0" off
- Bunkie, LA 61.6" · 0.1" off
- Grand Coteau, LA 61.6" · 0.1" off
- Brewton, AL 61.5" · 0.1" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Brookhaven City's climate pattern fits together
mixed demand · wet · mid swing
Water is prominent even though neither heating nor cooling wholly defines the record. Brookhaven City averages 61.6 inches of precipitation a year. Recorded annual snowfall is negligible. The monthly table supplies the seasonal distribution hidden by that annual total.
July and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Brookhaven City's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 33.6°F. The annual average is 64°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Heating and cooling both register in Brookhaven City's normal, at 2,300 and 2,122 degree days respectively. Neither total exceeds the other by more than two to one, so the record is better read as a mixed-demand calendar than as heating-led or cooling-led.
The frost-free window extends for about 240 days. That is a long calendar measure, but it is not a forecast and does not combine heat, rainfall, soil, or local elevation into a planting recommendation.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Brookhaven City's primary station, where heating and cooling demand are close enough that neither season sets the character on its own. On a balanced station like Brookhaven City, the bands are descriptive ranges rather than an official NOAA classification or a forecast.
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Data Sources
Data source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals v1.0.1 (1991-2020). All figures on this page are from Brookhaven City's primary station: BROOKHAVEN CITY (USC00221094). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The conservative exact name-and-state crosswalk finds no Census place match, so PlainClimate treats this as a station-mapped location and does not claim it is a municipality. No exact Gazetteer row for Brookhaven City; facility counts that depend on place identity are therefore an upper bound, not a municipal census.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Brookhaven City comes from its primary NOAA station record. No figure on this page is typed in by an editor - each value is rendered from NOAA 1991-2020 U.S. Climate Normals. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 1991–2020 normals.