Houston, 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 Houston's primary NOAA station, HOUSTON.
The climate verdict for Houston
Water is the standout signal in Houston, Mississippi: 59.3 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 62°F. It scores 83/100 for climate comfort (excellent), putting it in the top third of station-mapped location scores and exceeding 81% of them.
- 62°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 83/100
- comfort score, above 81% of station-mapped location scores
- 59.3"
- annual precipitation · 1" snow
- 218 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Houston: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00224265 · Houston, MS 62°F mean · 59.3" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-WET · SWING-MID · COMF-TOP · LOAD-MIX · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 62°F
- RANK-UPPER #5,557
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Atlanta Fulton…
- PRCP-WET 59.3"
- SWING-MID 38°F
- COMF-TOP 83/100
- LOAD-MIX H/C balanced
- STN-1 USC00224265
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Atlanta Fulton County, GA (+ 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.
- Houston (this station) 62°F
- Hot Douglas Bisbee…, AZ 62°F
- Near Atlanta Fulton…, GA 62°F
- Near Camp Pendleton…, CA 62°F
- Near Chickasha, OK 62°F
Houston 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 · Houston
Houston: 72/100 · grade B
Houston publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Houston, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 83/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 62 calendar days | 88/100 · A |
| Annual temperature balance | 62.3°F · 5.2° from 67.5°F | 84/100 · B |
| Snowfall burden | 0.8 inches/year | 84/100 · B |
| Frost-free season | 218 days/year | 76/100 · B |
| Precipitation balance | 59.3 in · 24.3 from 35 in | 14/100 · F |
Houston · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Houston is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfa
Coldest-month mean 42.5°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
- 42.5°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 Houston sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Houston's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Top 19% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, Houston sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 6% wettest
- Houston's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 74%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Houston is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Houston compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Houston's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
83 Top 19% score exceeds 81% 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%). Below this entry.
- 80–90: 921 station-mapped locations (15%). This entry sits in this band.
- 90–100: 564 station-mapped locations (9%). Above this entry.
Source NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, PlainClimate comfort index · 1991–2020
Houston's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 37 complete annual observations from 1945 to 2023, HOUSTON warmed at a fitted rate of 0.09°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Houston primary station fitted change +0.09 °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 | 53°F (11°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 5.1" | 0.6" | 18.3 | 0.0 |
| February | 58°F (14°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 5.8" | 0.2" | 14.5 | 0.0 |
| March | 66°F (19°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 5.1" | 0.0" | 7.9 | 0.0 |
| April | 74°F (23°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 6.1" | 0.0" | 1.6 | 0.0 |
| May | 82°F (28°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 5.7" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 1.5 |
| June | 88°F (31°C) | 67°F (20°C) | 78°F (25°C) | 5.6" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 8.8 |
| July | 90°F (32°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 80°F (27°C) | 4.1" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 18.1 |
| August | 91°F (33°C) | 69°F (20°C) | 80°F (26°C) | 4.7" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 16.7 |
| September | 86°F (30°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 74°F (23°C) | 3.5" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 8.4 |
| October | 76°F (24°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 3.4" | 0.0" | 1.9 | 0.9 |
| November | 64°F (18°C) | 40°F (5°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 4.5" | 0.0" | 10.0 | 0.0 |
| December | 55°F (13°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 5.8" | 0.0" | 15.6 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Houston works both ends of the calendar. Normal highs climb to 91°F by August 5 and hold at or above 90°F on 48 dates, then normal lows drop to freezing or below on 14 dates, bottoming at 32°F around January 21.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from July 11 through August 27, covering 48 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs March 29 to October 31.
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.
The freezing stretch
Freezing normal lows persist into January 29, covering 14 dates.
Derived from the normal daily minimum. This is a different measure from the 50%-probability frost dates shown elsewhere on this page, which come from NOAA’s frost product.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is February 26, when 35% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is September 19 at 17%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 101 wet dates a year.
The widest day
October 11 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 26°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Houston.
Where Houston Stands Nationally
This is one of the wettest normals climates ranked: about 59 inches of precipitation in a normal year, a total fewer than one station in ten surpasses.
Houston 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
Snow: 0.6"
9.3 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.2"
9.7 days with precipitation
10.1 days with precipitation
8.3 days with precipitation
8.5 days with precipitation
9.3 days with precipitation
8.5 days with precipitation
7.7 days with precipitation
5.2 days with precipitation
6.2 days with precipitation
7.9 days with precipitation
9.7 days with precipitation
Houston spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 24% of the annual total and December through February 28%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Houston has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 37.8°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: April averages 6.1" and October 3.4". 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 Houston, it arrives in quantity
59.3" of precipitation falls across only about 100 wet days here, averaging 0.59 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 100 a year, 28% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.59 inches
- Most wet days
- March, about 10
- Fewest wet days
- September, about 5
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.
Snow reaches Houston, but rarely amounts to much
The normals record 0.8 inches of snow a year here, most likely in January. That is a real but marginal amount: enough that snow is part of the local record, not enough to define the winter.
A figure in this range usually reflects a handful of events that melt quickly rather than a season of accumulation; about 0 days a year record any measurable snow at all.
NOAA 1991-2020 normals. An average across thirty years can smooth away a single heavy winter, so a small annual figure does not mean a significant snowfall is impossible.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
November 1
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
March 28
50% probability date
Growing Season
218 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
2,913
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
1,964
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside MS closest to Houston 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 (62°F here).
- Dunn, NC 62°F · 0.0°F off
- Elizabeth City, NC 62°F · 0.0°F off
- Madera, CA 62°F · 0.0°F off
- Oneonta, AL 62°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (59.3" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Lake Lure, NC 59.3" · 0.0" off
- Leesville, LA 59.3" · 0.0" off
- Spring City, TN 59.4" · 0.1" off
- Murphy, NC 59.3" · 0.1" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Houston's climate pattern fits together
mixed demand · wet · mid swing
Water is prominent even though neither heating nor cooling wholly defines the record. Houston averages 59.3 inches of precipitation a year. Annual snowfall totals 0.8 inches. 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 Houston's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 37.8°F. The annual average is 62°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Heating and cooling both register in Houston's normal, at 2,913 and 1,964 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.
A roughly 218-day frost-free season sits inside this mixed heating-and-cooling profile. Start and end dates matter because both sides of the thermostat register during a normal year.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Houston'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 Houston, 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 Houston's primary station: HOUSTON (USC00224265). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The 2024 Census Gazetteer identifies the exact name-and-state match as an incorporated place (GEOID 2833900). Match rule for Houston: exact normalized name + state only, no fuzzy expansion, so nearby differently spelled facilities stay unmatched.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Houston 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.