Hazlehurst, Mississippi climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Hazlehurst's normal year runs from 39°F January nights to 90°F July afternoons, with 61.6 inches of precipitation and less than an inch of snow (0.1 in) a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 18.7°C, January lows of 4°C, July highs of 32°C, 1,566 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationHazlehurst (5 mi SW)
- Station IDUSC00223920
- Location31.83°N 90.45°W
- Elevation600 ft (183 m)
- Population3,445
On October 23, the normal high in Hazlehurst is 76°F and the normal low 53°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 20%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Hazlehurst.
- Jan 58° 39°
- Feb 63° 42°
- Mar 70° 48°
- Apr 76° 54°
- May 83° 63°
- Jun 88° 69°
- Jul 90° 71°
- Aug 90° 71°
- Sep 87° 66°
- Oct 78° 56°
- Nov 67° 46°
- Dec 60° 41°
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 Hazlehurst each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 90°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 39°F. The most precipitation falls in January (6.18 in), the least in September (3.83 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 58°F | 39°F | 48.7°F | 6.18 | 10 | <1 | 10 | 10 h 20 min |
| February | 63°F | 42°F | 52.6°F | 5.82 | 9 | <1 | 7 | 11 h |
| March | 70°F | 48°F | 59.0°F | 5.76 | 9 | <1 | 3 | 12 h |
| April | 76°F | 54°F | 65.1°F | 5.39 | 7 | <1 | <1 | 13 h |
| May | 83°F | 63°F | 72.6°F | 4.41 | 7 | 4 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| June | 88°F | 69°F | 78.7°F | 4.90 | 8 | 17 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| July | 90°F | 71°F | 80.8°F | 6.11 | 10 | 23 | <1 | 14 h |
| August | 90°F | 71°F | 80.5°F | 4.97 | 9 | 22 | <1 | 13 h 20 min |
| September | 87°F | 66°F | 76.3°F | 3.83 | 6 | 11 | <1 | 12 h 20 min |
| October | 78°F | 56°F | 66.9°F | 3.90 | 6 | 1 | <1 | 11 h 30 min |
| November | 67°F | 46°F | 56.5°F | 4.55 | 7 | <1 | 4 | 10 h 30 min |
| December | 60°F | 41°F | 50.5°F | 5.82 | 9 | <1 | 9 | 10 h 10 min |
| Year (annual) | 76°F | 56°F | 65.7°F | 61.64 | 97 | 78 | 33 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15°C | 4°C | 9.3°C | 157 mm |
| February | 17°C | 6°C | 11.4°C | 148 mm |
| March | 21°C | 9°C | 15.0°C | 146 mm |
| April | 24°C | 12°C | 18.4°C | 137 mm |
| May | 28°C | 17°C | 22.6°C | 112 mm |
| June | 31°C | 21°C | 25.9°C | 124 mm |
| July | 32°C | 22°C | 27.1°C | 155 mm |
| August | 32°C | 22°C | 26.9°C | 126 mm |
| September | 30°C | 19°C | 24.6°C | 97 mm |
| October | 26°C | 13°C | 19.4°C | 99 mm |
| November | 20°C | 8°C | 13.6°C | 116 mm |
| December | 16°C | 5°C | 10.3°C | 148 mm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00223920; 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 Hazlehurst?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in March, April, May, October and November. Of those, October has the fewest days with rain (6).
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 USC00223920.
When is the last frost in Hazlehurst?
In Hazlehurst, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after March 14 in half of years and after April 4 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 13 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 4; 9 in 10 after February 23
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 131 year in 10 before November 1; 9 in 10 before December 3
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 245 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 274 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after February 28 in half of springs and before November 27 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Hazlehurst in zone 8b in ZIP code 39083, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Hazlehurst's NOAA station is in zone 8b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 17°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 USC00223920; 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 Hazlehurst?
In a normal year in Hazlehurst, 78 days a year reach 90°F (2 of them 100°F or more), 33 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 97 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 78a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 2a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 33a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 1high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 97a normal year
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00223920.
How sunny is Hazlehurst?
Over a year 77% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Hazlehurst, 4.6 kWh per square metre a day. September is the sunniest month (82%) and February the cloudiest (68%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 70% | 2.8 |
| February | 68% | 3.4 |
| March | 73% | 4.5 |
| April | 78% | 5.6 |
| May | 80% | 6.1 |
| June | 80% | 6.3 |
| July | 79% | 6.0 |
| August | 81% | 5.7 |
| September | 82% | 5.1 |
| October | 81% | 4.3 |
| November | 78% | 3.3 |
| December | 69% | 2.5 |
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 Hazlehurst need?
A normal year in Hazlehurst brings 2,011 heating degree days, 63% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 2,291 cooling degree days, 2.5 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 6,184 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 512 | 7 |
| February | 360 | 13 |
| March | 221 | 36 |
| April | 88 | 91 |
| May | 12 | 249 |
| June | 0 | 411 |
| July | 0 | 491 |
| August | 0 | 480 |
| September | 3 | 342 |
| October | 75 | 136 |
| November | 279 | 25 |
| December | 462 | 11 |
| Year (annual) | 2,011 | 2,291 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00223920. 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.
How does Hazlehurst's climate compare?
Hazlehurst is warmer than 58 of the other 80 places with their own NOAA record in Mississippi, and wetter than 55. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 65.7°F is warmer than 89%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Hazlehurst 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 Hazlehurst share this climate record?
2 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.
- Wesson, MS1,779 people · 10 mi S
- Beauregard, MS283 people · 9 mi SE
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 Hazlehurst's climate
What is the coldest month in Hazlehurst?
January, with a normal high of 58°F and a normal low of 39°F. The warmest is July (90°F by day, 71°F at night).
Does it snow in Hazlehurst?
Rarely: NOAA's normal is 0.1 inch a year.
What is the rainiest month in Hazlehurst?
January, with 6.18 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is September with 3.83 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Hazlehurst in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Hazlehurst in zone 8b in ZIP code 39083, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Hazlehurst's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 17°F (25 years, 1991-2020): zone 8b.
How late can frost come in Hazlehurst?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after March 14; in one year in ten it comes after April 4. Waiting until April 4 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Mississippi climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Crystal Springs, MS9 miles from this station, 65.5°F a year
- Brookhaven, MS20 miles from this station, 64.4°F a year
- Oakley Experiment Station, MS26 miles from this station, 65.4°F a year
- Monticello, MS28 miles from this station, 67.2°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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