Hickory Flat, Mississippi climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Hickory Flat's normal year runs from 28°F January nights to 90°F July afternoons, with 58.6 inches of precipitation and 3 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 15.4°C, January lows of −2°C, July highs of 32°C, 1,489 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationHickory Flat
- Station IDUSC00224001
- Location34.62°N 89.19°W
- Elevation400 ft (122 m)
- Population492
On October 23, the normal high in Hickory Flat is 72°F and the normal low 44°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 Hickory Flat.
- Jan 51° 28°
- Feb 54° 31°
- Mar 64° 38°
- Apr 73° 47°
- May 80° 56°
- Jun 87° 65°
- Jul 90° 68°
- Aug 90° 67°
- Sep 85° 59°
- Oct 75° 47°
- Nov 62° 37°
- Dec 53° 31°
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 Hickory Flat each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 90°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 28°F. The most precipitation falls in December (6.21 in), the least in October (3.65 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 51°F | 28°F | 39.2°F | 5.07 | 1.2 | 11 | <1 | 21 | 10 h |
| February | 54°F | 31°F | 42.4°F | 5.51 | 1.1 | 10 | <1 | 16 | 11 h |
| March | 64°F | 38°F | 50.7°F | 5.73 | 0.2 | 11 | <1 | 10 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 73°F | 47°F | 59.7°F | 5.61 | 0.0 | 10 | <1 | 2 | 13 h |
| May | 80°F | 56°F | 68.2°F | 5.30 | 0.0 | 10 | 2 | <1 | 14 h |
| June | 87°F | 65°F | 75.9°F | 4.99 | 0.0 | 9 | 12 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| July | 90°F | 68°F | 78.8°F | 4.56 | 0.0 | 9 | 19 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| August | 90°F | 67°F | 78.2°F | 3.93 | 0.0 | 8 | 19 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| September | 85°F | 59°F | 72.1°F | 3.99 | 0.0 | 7 | 7 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 75°F | 47°F | 60.9°F | 3.65 | 0.0 | 7 | <1 | 2 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 62°F | 37°F | 49.5°F | 4.07 | 0.0 | 10 | <1 | 11 | 10 h 20 min |
| December | 53°F | 31°F | 42.1°F | 6.21 | 0.1 | 12 | <1 | 18 | 9 h 50 min |
| Year (annual) | 72°F | 48°F | 59.8°F | 58.62 | 2.6 | 113 | 59 | 80 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10°C | −2°C | 4.0°C | 129 mm | 3 cm |
| February | 12°C | −1°C | 5.8°C | 140 mm | 3 cm |
| March | 18°C | 3°C | 10.4°C | 146 mm | 1 cm |
| April | 23°C | 8°C | 15.4°C | 142 mm | 0 cm |
| May | 27°C | 13°C | 20.1°C | 135 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 31°C | 18°C | 24.4°C | 127 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 32°C | 20°C | 26.0°C | 116 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 32°C | 19°C | 25.7°C | 100 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 29°C | 15°C | 22.3°C | 101 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 24°C | 8°C | 16.1°C | 93 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 17°C | 3°C | 9.7°C | 103 mm | 0 cm |
| December | 12°C | 0°C | 5.6°C | 158 mm | 0 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00224001; 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 Hickory Flat?
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 USC00224001.
When is the last frost in Hickory Flat?
In Hickory Flat, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 8 in half of years and after April 25 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 28 in half of years and before October 14 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 81 year in 10 after April 25; 9 in 10 after March 22
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 281 year in 10 before October 14; 9 in 10 before November 11
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 202 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 223 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 28 in half of springs and before November 5 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Hickory Flat in zone 7b in ZIP code 38633, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Hickory Flat's NOAA station is in zone 7b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 8°F (18 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 USC00224001; 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 Hickory Flat?
In a normal year in Hickory Flat, 59 days a year reach 90°F (2 of them 100°F or more), 80 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 113 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 59a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 2a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 80a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 3high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 113a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 1a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1912) is 108°F, on July 17, 1980; the lowest is −15°F, on January 30, 1966.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1979, with 82.15 in; the snowiest season is 1967–68, with 19.6 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00224001; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00224001. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Hickory Flat?
Over a year 77% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Hickory Flat, 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% | 4.2 |
| April | 75% | 5.3 |
| May | 78% | 6.0 |
| June | 82% | 6.5 |
| July | 82% | 6.2 |
| August | 82% | 5.7 |
| September | 82% | 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 Hickory Flat need?
A normal year in Hickory Flat brings 3,511 heating degree days, 35% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,650 cooling degree days, 82% 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 4,788 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 800 | 1 |
| February | 632 | 1 |
| March | 450 | 7 |
| April | 198 | 39 |
| May | 51 | 148 |
| June | 1 | 328 |
| July | 0 | 428 |
| August | 0 | 411 |
| September | 17 | 229 |
| October | 179 | 54 |
| November | 471 | 4 |
| December | 711 | 1 |
| Year (annual) | 3,511 | 1,650 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00224001. 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 Hickory Flat been warmer than normal lately?
Over 34 complete years from 1957 to 2015, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 0.2°F per century (+0.01°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 Hickory Flat's climate compare?
Hickory Flat is warmer than 2 of the other 80 places with their own NOAA record in Mississippi, and wetter than 33. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 59.8°F is warmer than 74%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Hickory Flat 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 Hickory Flat share this climate record?
4 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.
- New Albany, MS7,729 people · 13 mi SE
- Myrtle, MS488 people · 6 mi SE
- Potts Camp, MS398 people · 7 mi W
- Bethlehem, MS218 people · 8 mi W
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 Hickory Flat's climate
What is the coldest month in Hickory Flat?
January, with a normal high of 51°F and a normal low of 28°F. The warmest is July (90°F by day, 68°F at night).
Does it snow in Hickory Flat?
Yes: 3 inches in a normal year, falling on 1 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (1.2 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Hickory Flat?
December, with 6.21 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is October with 3.65 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Hickory Flat in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Hickory Flat in zone 7b in ZIP code 38633, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Hickory Flat's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 8°F (18 years, 1991-2020): zone 7b.
How late can frost come in Hickory Flat?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 8; in one year in ten it comes after April 25. Waiting until April 25 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Mississippi climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Ripley, MS16 miles from this station, 59.8°F a year
- Ashland, MS16 miles from this station, 60.0°F a year
- Holly Springs, MS20 miles from this station, 59.6°F a year
- University, MS25 miles from this station, 61.9°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
Download these normals (CSV) · JSON · How these figures are made