Moorhead, MS Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Annual temperature and rainfall from NOAA NCEI's 1991–2020 normals →; comfort score computed by PlainClimate
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Moorhead's primary NOAA station, MOORHEAD.
The climate verdict for Moorhead
Water is the standout signal in Moorhead, Mississippi: 55.8 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 64°F. It scores 87/100 for climate comfort (excellent), putting it in the top third of station-mapped location scores and exceeding 87% of them.
- 64°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 87/100
- comfort score, above 87% of station-mapped location scores
- 55.8"
- precipitation, annual total
- 257 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Moorhead: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00226009 · Moorhead, MS 64°F mean · 55.8" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-WET · SWING-MID · COMF-TOP · LOAD-MIX · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 64°F
- RANK-UPPER #5,900
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Americus
- PRCP-WET 55.8"
- SWING-MID 38°F
- COMF-TOP 87/100
- LOAD-MIX H/C balanced
- STN-1 USC00226009
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Americus, 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.
- Moorhead (this station) 64°F
- Hot El Dorado S AR…, AR 64°F
- Near Americus, GA 64°F
- Near Childs, AZ 64°F
- Near Demopolis L&d, AL 64°F
Moorhead 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 · Moorhead
Moorhead: 78/100 · grade B
Moorhead publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Moorhead, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 87/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Frost-free season | 257 days/year | 91/100 · A |
| Annual temperature balance | 64.2°F · 3.3° from 67.5°F | 90/100 · A |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 59 calendar days | 89/100 · A |
| Snowfall burden | 0.5 inches/year | 86/100 · A |
| Precipitation balance | 55.8 in · 20.8 from 35 in | 25/100 · F |
Moorhead · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Moorhead is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfa
Coldest-month mean 43.7°F and warmest-month mean 82.0°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
- 82.0°F
- Coldest month
- 43.7°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 Moorhead sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Moorhead's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Top 14% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, Moorhead sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 10% wettest
- Moorhead's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 72%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Moorhead is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Moorhead compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Moorhead's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
87 Top 13% score exceeds 87% 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
Moorhead's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 60 complete annual observations from 1918 to 2016, MOORHEAD cooled at a fitted rate of 0.07°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Moorhead primary station fitted change -0.07 °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 | 52°F (11°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 5.1" | 0.4" | 12.6 | 0.0 |
| February | 57°F (14°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 5.4" | 0.1" | 7.4 | 0.0 |
| March | 65°F (18°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 5.5" | 0.0" | 2.1 | 0.0 |
| April | 74°F (23°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 6.2" | 0.0" | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| May | 82°F (28°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 73°F (23°C) | 4.7" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 3.3 |
| June | 88°F (31°C) | 71°F (22°C) | 79°F (26°C) | 3.9" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 13.8 |
| July | 91°F (33°C) | 73°F (23°C) | 82°F (28°C) | 4.2" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 20.4 |
| August | 91°F (33°C) | 73°F (23°C) | 82°F (28°C) | 3.1" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 20.9 |
| September | 87°F (31°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 77°F (25°C) | 3.5" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 12.6 |
| October | 77°F (25°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 3.9" | 0.0" | 0.1 | 1.9 |
| November | 64°F (18°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 4.7" | 0.0" | 2.8 | 0.0 |
| December | 55°F (13°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 5.7" | 0.0" | 9.7 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
The year in Moorhead runs from a mild 35°F around January 15 to 92°F at the peak near August 8, and the normal low never reaches freezing on any date in the record.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from July 6 through September 2, covering 59 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs April 2 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.
No freezing date
Not one calendar date in the 1991–2020 record carries a normal low at or below 32°F. The coldest normal low of the year is 35°F around January 15.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is February 25, when 37% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is September 29 at 20%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 111 wet dates a year.
The widest day
October 4 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 22°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Moorhead.
Where Moorhead Stands Nationally
This is one of the wettest normals climates ranked: about 56 inches of precipitation in a normal year, a total fewer than one station in ten surpasses.
Days and nights track unusually close together; the widest normal swing, about 22°F, is narrower than most stations record.
Moorhead earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall and snowfall
Snow: 0.4"
10.4 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.1"
10.0 days with precipitation
11.0 days with precipitation
9.5 days with precipitation
9.2 days with precipitation
8.7 days with precipitation
9.4 days with precipitation
7.9 days with precipitation
6.3 days with precipitation
7.1 days with precipitation
9.3 days with precipitation
11.5 days with precipitation
Moorhead spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 20% of the annual total and December through February 29%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Moorhead has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 38.3°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: April averages 6.2" and August 3.1". The three wettest months together take 31% 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 Moorhead, it arrives in quantity
55.8" of precipitation falls across only about 110 wet days here, averaging 0.51 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 110 a year, 30% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.51 inches
- Most wet days
- December, about 12
- Fewest wet days
- September, about 6
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 Moorhead, but rarely amounts to much
The normals record 0.5 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 20
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
March 8
50% probability date
Growing Season
257 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
2,601
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
2,354
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside MS closest to Moorhead 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 (64°F here).
- Americus, GA 64°F · 0.0°F off
- Florence, SC 64°F · 0.0°F off
- Fort Hancock, TX 64°F · 0.0°F off
- Lake City, SC 64°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (55.8" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Mount Ida, AR 55.8" · 0.0" off
- Covington, TN 55.8" · 0.0" off
- Manning, SC 55.7" · 0.0" off
- Cuthbert, GA 55.7" · 0.1" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Moorhead's climate pattern fits together
mixed demand · wet · mid swing
Water is prominent even though neither heating nor cooling wholly defines the record. Moorhead averages 55.8 inches of precipitation a year. Recorded annual snowfall is negligible. 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 Moorhead's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 38.3°F. The annual average is 64°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Heating and cooling both register in Moorhead's normal, at 2,601 and 2,354 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.
The frost-free window extends for about 257 days. That is a long calendar measure, but it is not a forecast and does not combine heat, rainfall, soil, or local elevation into a planting recommendation.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Moorhead'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 Moorhead, 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 Moorhead's primary station: MOORHEAD (USC00226009). 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 2848760). Match rule for Moorhead: 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 Moorhead 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.