Oakley Exp Stn, 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 Oakley Exp Stn's primary NOAA station, OAKLEY EXP STN.
The climate verdict for Oakley Exp Stn
Water is the standout signal in Oakley Exp Stn, Mississippi: 60.1 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 65°F. Its climate comfort score of 68/100 (good) lands mid-pack nationally, exceeding 56% of station-mapped location scores.
- 65°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 68/100
- comfort score, above 56% of station-mapped location scores
- 60.1"
- precipitation, annual total
- 235 days
- growing season, frost-free days
Oakley Exp Stn: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00226476 · Oakley Exp Stn, MS 65°F mean · 60.1" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-WET · SWING-MID · COMF-MID · LOAD-MIX · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 65°F
- RANK-UPPER #6,106
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Augusta Bush Fld
- PRCP-WET 60.1"
- SWING-MID 35°F
- COMF-MID 68/100
- LOAD-MIX H/C balanced
- STN-1 USC00226476
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Augusta Bush Fld, 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.
- Oakley (this station) 65°F
- Hot Columbus, MS 65°F
- Near Augusta Bush Fld, GA 65°F
- Near Brady, TX 65°F
- Near Carthage, TX 65°F
Oakley Exp Stn 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 · Oakley Exp Stn
Oakley Exp Stn: 70/100 · grade B
Oakley Exp Stn publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Oakley Exp Stn, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 68/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Annual temperature balance | 65.4°F · 2.1° from 67.5°F | 93/100 · A |
| Frost-free season | 235 days/year | 83/100 · B |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 95 calendar days | 77/100 · B |
| Precipitation balance | 60.1 in · 25.1 from 35 in | 12/100 · F |
Oakley Exp Stn · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Oakley Exp Stn is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfa
Coldest-month mean 46.9°F and warmest-month mean 82.3°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
- 82.3°F
- Coldest month
- 46.9°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 Oakley Exp Stn sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Oakley Exp Stn's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Top 11% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, Oakley Exp Stn sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 5% wettest
- Oakley Exp Stn's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 81%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Oakley Exp Stn is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Oakley Exp Stn compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Oakley Exp Stn's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
68 Top 44% score exceeds 56% 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%). This entry sits in this band.
- 70–80: 650 station-mapped locations (11%). Above this entry.
- 80–90: 921 station-mapped locations (15%). Above this entry.
- 90–100: 564 station-mapped locations (9%). Above this entry.
Source NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, PlainClimate comfort index · 1991–2020
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 59°F (15°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 5.9" | 16.2 | 0.0 |
| February | 63°F (17°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 51°F (10°C) | 5.5" | 10.6 | 0.0 |
| March | 70°F (21°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 58°F (14°C) | 5.7" | 4.7 | 0.0 |
| April | 77°F (25°C) | 53°F (11°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 5.8" | 0.6 | 0.3 |
| May | 84°F (29°C) | 62°F (16°C) | 73°F (23°C) | 4.5" | 0.1 | 7.3 |
| June | 91°F (33°C) | 69°F (21°C) | 80°F (27°C) | 4.8" | 0.0 | 20.1 |
| July | 93°F (34°C) | 71°F (22°C) | 82°F (28°C) | 5.2" | 0.0 | 26.1 |
| August | 93°F (34°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 82°F (28°C) | 4.7" | 0.0 | 25.6 |
| September | 89°F (32°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 77°F (25°C) | 4.1" | 0.0 | 17.2 |
| October | 81°F (27°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 67°F (19°C) | 4.0" | 1.0 | 3.4 |
| November | 69°F (20°C) | 42°F (5°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 4.5" | 7.9 | 0.0 |
| December | 61°F (16°C) | 38°F (4°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 5.6" | 13.2 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
The year in Oakley Exp Stn runs from a mild 35°F around January 20 to 94°F at the peak near July 29, and the normal low never reaches freezing on any date in the record.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from June 11 through September 13, covering 95 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs March 15 to November 11.
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 20.
The widest day
October 27 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 28°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Oakley Exp Stn.
Where Oakley Exp Stn Stands Nationally
Summers here run among the most heat-heavy normals calendars in the country: on about 95 days a year the normal daily high itself reaches 90°F — a count fewer than one station in ten exceeds.
This is one of the wettest normals climates ranked: about 60 inches of precipitation in a normal year, a total fewer than one station in ten surpasses.
Oakley Exp Stn earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
Oakley Exp Stn 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. Oakley Exp Stn has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 35.4°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: January averages 5.9" and October 4.0". The three wettest months together take 29% 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.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
November 6
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
March 16
50% probability date
Growing Season
235 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
2,234
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
2,425
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside MS closest to Oakley Exp Stn 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 (65°F here).
- Brady, TX 65°F · 0.0°F off
- Carthage, TX 65°F · 0.0°F off
- Denton, TX 65°F · 0.0°F off
- Geneva, AL 65°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (60.1" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Hackberry, LA 60.1" · 0.0" off
- Wilmington, NC 60.1" · 0.0" off
- Rockford, AL 60.2" · 0.0" off
- Jackson, AL 60.2" · 0.1" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Oakley Exp Stn's climate pattern fits together
mixed demand · wet · mid swing
Water is prominent even though neither heating nor cooling wholly defines the record. Oakley Exp Stn averages 60.1 inches of precipitation a year. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. 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 Oakley Exp Stn's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 35.4°F. The annual average is 65°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Heating and cooling both register in Oakley Exp Stn's normal, at 2,234 and 2,425 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 235-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 Oakley Exp Stn'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 Oakley Exp Stn, 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 Oakley Exp Stn's primary station: OAKLEY EXP STN (USC00226476). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The conservative exact name-and-state crosswalk finds no Census place match, so PlainClimate treats this as a station-mapped location and does not claim it is a municipality. No exact Gazetteer row for Oakley Exp Stn; facility counts that depend on place identity are therefore an upper bound, not a municipal census.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Oakley Exp Stn 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.