Cleveland, Mississippi climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Cleveland's normal year runs from 33°F January nights to 93°F August afternoons, with 59.3 inches of precipitation and 2 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 17.6°C, January lows of 1°C, August highs of 34°C, 1,506 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationCleveland
- Station IDUSC00221738
- Location33.74°N 90.74°W
- Elevation138 ft (42 m)
- From the center1 miles
- Population10,183
On October 22, the normal high in Cleveland is 75°F and the normal low 51°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 26%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Cleveland.
- Jan 51° 33°
- Feb 56° 36°
- Mar 66° 44°
- Apr 75° 52°
- May 83° 62°
- Jun 90° 70°
- Jul 92° 72°
- Aug 93° 72°
- Sep 88° 65°
- Oct 77° 53°
- Nov 64° 42°
- Dec 54° 36°
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 Cleveland each month?
August is the warmest month, with normal highs of 93°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 33°F. The most precipitation falls in April (6.01 in), the least in August (3.52 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 51°F | 33°F | 42.3°F | 5.68 | 0.6 | 12 | <1 | 15 | 10 h 10 min |
| February | 56°F | 36°F | 46.2°F | 5.35 | 0.8 | 12 | <1 | 12 | 11 h |
| March | 66°F | 44°F | 54.6°F | 5.41 | 0.5 | 11 | <1 | 3 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 75°F | 52°F | 63.5°F | 6.01 | 0.0 | 11 | <1 | <1 | 13 h |
| May | 83°F | 62°F | 72.6°F | 5.69 | 0.0 | 10 | 6 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| June | 90°F | 70°F | 79.5°F | 5.06 | 0.0 | 8 | 20 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| July | 92°F | 72°F | 82.1°F | 3.65 | 0.0 | 9 | 24 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| August | 93°F | 72°F | 82.3°F | 3.52 | 0.0 | 9 | 24 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| September | 88°F | 65°F | 76.3°F | 3.94 | 0.0 | 7 | 16 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 77°F | 53°F | 65.2°F | 4.92 | 0.0 | 8 | 4 | <1 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 64°F | 42°F | 52.9°F | 4.24 | 0.0 | 8 | <1 | 5 | 10 h 30 min |
| December | 54°F | 36°F | 45.2°F | 5.82 | 0.0 | 12 | <1 | 14 | 10 h |
| Year (annual) | 74°F | 53°F | 63.6°F | 59.29 | 1.9 | 116 | 93 | 50 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11°C | 1°C | 5.7°C | 144 mm | 2 cm |
| February | 13°C | 2°C | 7.9°C | 136 mm | 2 cm |
| March | 19°C | 7°C | 12.6°C | 137 mm | 1 cm |
| April | 24°C | 11°C | 17.5°C | 153 mm | 0 cm |
| May | 28°C | 17°C | 22.6°C | 145 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 32°C | 21°C | 26.4°C | 129 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 33°C | 22°C | 27.8°C | 93 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 34°C | 22°C | 27.9°C | 89 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 31°C | 18°C | 24.6°C | 100 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 25°C | 12°C | 18.4°C | 125 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 18°C | 6°C | 11.6°C | 108 mm | 0 cm |
| December | 12°C | 2°C | 7.3°C | 148 mm | 0 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00221738; 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 Cleveland?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in March, April, May and October. Of those, October has the fewest days with rain (8).
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 USC00221738.
When is the last frost in Cleveland?
In Cleveland, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after March 14 in half of years and after April 2 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 15 in half of years and before November 1 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
- March 141 year in 10 after April 2; 9 in 10 after February 25
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 151 year in 10 before November 1; 9 in 10 before December 4
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 248 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 271 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 2 in half of springs and before November 27 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Cleveland in zone 8b in ZIP code 38732, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Cleveland's NOAA station is in zone 8b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 17°F (16 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 USC00221738; 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 Cleveland?
In a normal year in Cleveland, 93 days a year reach 90°F (5 of them 100°F or more), 50 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 116 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 93a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 5a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 50a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 4high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 116a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1901) is 110°F, on August 6, 1918; the lowest is −6°F, on January 12, 1962.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1961, with 84.47 in; the snowiest season is 1965–66, with 22.5 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00221738; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00221738. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Cleveland?
Over a year 78% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Cleveland, 4.6 kWh per square metre a day. June is the sunniest month (84%) and February the cloudiest (66%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 69% | 2.6 |
| February | 66% | 3.1 |
| March | 72% | 4.3 |
| April | 77% | 5.5 |
| May | 80% | 6.2 |
| June | 84% | 6.7 |
| July | 84% | 6.4 |
| August | 84% | 5.8 |
| September | 83% | 5.1 |
| October | 80% | 4.1 |
| November | 77% | 3.0 |
| December | 69% | 2.3 |
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 Cleveland need?
A normal year in Cleveland brings 2,824 heating degree days, 47% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 2,333 cooling degree days, 2.6 times 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 5,819 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 706 | 1 |
| February | 528 | 3 |
| March | 340 | 17 |
| April | 122 | 77 |
| May | 18 | 254 |
| June | 0 | 436 |
| July | 0 | 532 |
| August | 0 | 538 |
| September | 5 | 344 |
| October | 111 | 116 |
| November | 376 | 13 |
| December | 618 | 3 |
| Year (annual) | 2,824 | 2,333 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00221738. 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 Cleveland been warmer than normal lately?
2024 averaged 65.2°F, 1.6°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 63.6°F. 2 of the 4 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 63.6°F | at normal | 50.04 | 2.5 |
| 2022 | 63.2°F | −0.4°F | 53.35 | 3.2 |
| 2023 | 65.4°F | +1.8°F | 51.87 | 0.0 |
| 2024 | 65.2°F | +1.6°F | 58.53 | 0.5 |
Over 51 complete years from 1950 to 2024, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 1.3°F per century (+0.07°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00221738; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Cleveland's climate compare?
Cleveland is warmer than 36 of the other 80 places with their own NOAA record in Mississippi, and wetter than 39. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 63.6°F is warmer than 84%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Cleveland 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 Cleveland share this climate record?
13 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.
- Ruleville, MS2,279 people · 11 mi E
- Shelby, MS1,800 people · 15 mi N
- Drew, MS1,678 people · 13 mi E
- Mound Bayou, MS1,394 people · 10 mi N
- Shaw, MS1,347 people · 9 mi S
- Renova, MS679 people · 3 mi N
- Boyle, MS493 people · 2 mi SE
- Merigold, MS344 people · 7 mi N
- Pace, MS170 people · 8 mi NW
- Skene, MS146 people · 4 mi SW
- Winstonville, MS137 people · 12 mi N
- Doddsville, MS66 people · 14 mi SE
- Symonds, MS44 people · 11 mi NW
Source: Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer (place centers) and Vintage 2024 population estimates. Distance and direction from the station to each place's center.
What do Cleveland's other NOAA stations record?
One more NOAA station keeps 1991-2020 normals in or near Cleveland. This page uses Cleveland; the other differs by site and elevation:
| Station | From the center | Elevation | Year | Jan low | Jul high | Precip. | Snow | Last frost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland (3 mi N) USC00221743 | 4 mi N | 140 ft | 63.1°F | 33°F | 92°F | 54.0 | 0 | March 15 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for each station. Last frost: the median last spring date of 32°F.
Questions about Cleveland's climate
What is the coldest month in Cleveland?
January, with a normal high of 51°F and a normal low of 33°F. The warmest is August (93°F by day, 72°F at night).
Does it snow in Cleveland?
Yes: 2 inches in a normal year, falling on 2 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in February (0.8 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Cleveland?
April, with 6.01 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is August with 3.52 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Cleveland in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Cleveland in zone 8b in ZIP code 38732, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Cleveland's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 17°F (16 years, 1991-2020): zone 8b.
How late can frost come in Cleveland?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after March 14; in one year in ten it comes after April 2. Waiting until April 2 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Mississippi climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Greenville, MS22 miles from this station, 64.0°F a year
- Stoneville, MS23 miles from this station, 64.2°F a year
- Moorhead, MS24 miles from this station, 64.2°F a year
- Minter City, MS30 miles from this station, 64.6°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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