Collins, Mississippi climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records

What is the weather like in Collins each month?

July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 94°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 34°F. The most precipitation falls in December (5.90 in), the least in October (3.81 in).

When is the best weather to visit Collins?

Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in February, March, April, October and November. Of those, October has the fewest days with rain (5).

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.

When is the last frost in Collins?

In Collins, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after March 17 in half of years and after April 4 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 12 in half of years and before October 30 in one year in ten.

Last spring frost, half of years after

March 171 year in 10 after April 4; 9 in 10 after February 28

First autumn frost, half of years before

November 121 year in 10 before October 30; 9 in 10 before December 1

NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 238 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 263 days.

A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 4 in half of springs and before November 26 in half of autumns.

The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Collins in zone 8b in ZIP code 39428, the nearest ZIP area.

Frost dates for every NOAA station in Mississippi · Frost dates by ZIP code

How hot and how cold does it get in Collins?

In a normal year in Collins, 70 days a year reach 90°F (3 of them 100°F or more), 41 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 91 days bring measurable precipitation.

Days at 90°F or more

70a normal year

Days at 100°F or more

3a normal year

Nights at 32°F or colder

41a normal year

Days that stay below freezing

fewer than 1high of 32°F or less

Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation

91a normal year

The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1912) is 109°F, on August 31, 2000; the lowest is 2°F, on December 23, 1989.

The wettest calendar year on that record is 1961, with 89.66 in; the snowiest season is 1929–30, with 5.3 inches.

How sunny is Collins?

Over a year 78% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Collins, 4.6 kWh per square metre a day. September is the sunniest month (82%) and February the cloudiest (69%).

How much heating and cooling does Collins need?

A normal year in Collins brings 2,046 heating degree days, 62% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 2,448 cooling degree days, 2.7 times the median (908). Three months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 6,289 growing degree days a year above 50°F.

Which places near Collins share this climate record?

6 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.

• Sumrall, MS2,172 people · 16 mi S
• Taylorsville, MS1,111 people · 15 mi NE
• Mount Olive, MS883 people · 10 mi NW
• Mize, MS310 people · 16 mi N
• Seminary, MS293 people · 7 mi SE
• Bassfield, MS182 people · 15 mi SW

Nearby and next

• Mississippi climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
• Laurel, MS25 miles from this station, 65.5°F a year
• Hattiesburg, MS30 miles from this station, 66.5°F a year
• D'Lo, MS31 miles from this station, 67.5°F a year
• Columbia, MS32 miles from this station, 66.5°F a year
• Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side

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