Pascagoula, Mississippi climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Pascagoula's normal year runs from 41°F January nights to 91°F July afternoons, with 61.7 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 19.9°C, January lows of 5°C, July highs of 33°C, 1,568 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationPascagoula Lott International Airport
- Station IDUSW00053858
- Location30.46°N 88.53°W
- Elevation18 ft (6 m)
- From the center7 miles
- Population21,476
On October 23, the normal high in Pascagoula is 79°F and the normal low 54°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 25%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Pascagoula.
- Jan 63° 41°
- Feb 66° 45°
- Mar 72° 50°
- Apr 78° 56°
- May 84° 63°
- Jun 90° 71°
- Jul 91° 73°
- Aug 91° 73°
- Sep 88° 69°
- Oct 81° 58°
- Nov 71° 47°
- Dec 65° 43°
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 Pascagoula each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 91°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 41°F. The most precipitation falls in August (7.89 in), the least in October (3.69 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 63°F | 41°F | 51.7°F | 4.97 | 8 | <1 | 9 | 10 h 20 min |
| February | 66°F | 45°F | 55.5°F | 4.01 | 9 | <1 | 5 | 11 h 10 min |
| March | 72°F | 50°F | 61.2°F | 4.73 | 9 | <1 | 2 | 12 h |
| April | 78°F | 56°F | 66.6°F | 4.40 | 7 | <1 | <1 | 12 h 50 min |
| May | 84°F | 63°F | 73.6°F | 4.95 | 8 | 4 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| June | 90°F | 71°F | 80.3°F | 6.91 | 12 | 17 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| July | 91°F | 73°F | 82.1°F | 6.65 | 15 | 23 | <1 | 14 h |
| August | 91°F | 73°F | 81.9°F | 7.89 | 15 | 23 | <1 | 13 h 20 min |
| September | 88°F | 69°F | 78.5°F | 4.84 | 10 | 13 | <1 | 12 h 20 min |
| October | 81°F | 58°F | 69.2°F | 3.69 | 8 | 2 | <1 | 11 h 30 min |
| November | 71°F | 47°F | 59.1°F | 3.79 | 8 | <1 | 3 | 10 h 40 min |
| December | 65°F | 43°F | 54.0°F | 4.90 | 9 | <1 | 8 | 10 h 10 min |
| Year (annual) | 78°F | 57°F | 67.8°F | 61.73 | 118 | 80 | 27 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 17°C | 5°C | 10.9°C | 126 mm |
| February | 19°C | 7°C | 13.1°C | 102 mm |
| March | 22°C | 10°C | 16.2°C | 120 mm |
| April | 25°C | 13°C | 19.2°C | 112 mm |
| May | 29°C | 17°C | 23.1°C | 126 mm |
| June | 32°C | 22°C | 26.8°C | 176 mm |
| July | 33°C | 23°C | 27.8°C | 169 mm |
| August | 33°C | 23°C | 27.7°C | 200 mm |
| September | 31°C | 21°C | 25.8°C | 123 mm |
| October | 27°C | 14°C | 20.7°C | 94 mm |
| November | 22°C | 8°C | 15.1°C | 96 mm |
| December | 18°C | 6°C | 12.2°C | 124 mm |
NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for this station. Pascagoula's own co-op station Pascagoula (3 mi NE) does: 0 inches of snow in a normal year (see the other stations below).
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00053858; 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 Pascagoula?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in February, March, April, May, October and November. Of those, April 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 USW00053858.
When is the last frost in Pascagoula?
In Pascagoula, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after March 1 in half of years and after March 24 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 24 in half of years and before November 5 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 11 year in 10 after March 24; 9 in 10 after February 6
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 241 year in 10 before November 5; 9 in 10 before December 22
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 269 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 305 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after February 12 in half of springs and before December 8 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Pascagoula in zone 9a across its 3 ZIP code areas (9a in 39567, the largest). By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Pascagoula's NOAA station is in zone 9a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 22°F (22 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 USW00053858; 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.
What hardiness zone is each Pascagoula ZIP code in?
The USDA's 2023 map gives each ZIP code area one zone. Pascagoula's 3 ZIP code areas are all in zone 9a. Each ZIP's frost dates are in the frost tool.
Source: USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026; ZIP areas in the place: Census Bureau 2020 ZCTA-to-place relationship file. A ZIP area counts when at least a tenth of its land (and 0.5 km²) lies in the place.
How hot and how cold does it get in Pascagoula?
In a normal year in Pascagoula, 80 days a year reach 90°F (1 of them 100°F or more), 27 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 118 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 80a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 27a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- fewer than 1high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 118a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1997) is 106°F, on August 26, 2023; the lowest is 7°F, on January 22, 2025.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2021, with 92.28 in.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USW00053858; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USW00053858. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Pascagoula?
Over a year 80% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Pascagoula, 4.8 kWh per square metre a day. May is the sunniest month (84%) and February the cloudiest (72%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 74% | 3.0 |
| February | 72% | 3.6 |
| March | 78% | 4.8 |
| April | 81% | 5.9 |
| May | 84% | 6.5 |
| June | 81% | 6.3 |
| July | 79% | 5.9 |
| August | 80% | 5.6 |
| September | 83% | 5.3 |
| October | 84% | 4.5 |
| November | 82% | 3.5 |
| December | 72% | 2.7 |
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 Pascagoula need?
A normal year in Pascagoula brings 1,558 heating degree days, 71% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 2,614 cooling degree days, 2.9 times the median (908). Two months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 6,758 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 423 | 11 |
| February | 287 | 21 |
| March | 169 | 50 |
| April | 55 | 104 |
| May | 5 | 273 |
| June | 0 | 460 |
| July | 0 | 532 |
| August | 0 | 525 |
| September | 1 | 406 |
| October | 46 | 177 |
| November | 212 | 37 |
| December | 360 | 19 |
| Year (annual) | 1,558 | 2,614 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00053858. 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 Pascagoula been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 68.5°F, 0.7°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 67.8°F. 5 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 68.8°F | +1.0°F | 92.28 |
| 2022 | 68.6°F | +0.8°F | 66.99 |
| 2023 | 70.3°F | +2.5°F | 63.56 |
| 2024 | 71.1°F | +3.3°F | 60.63 |
| 2025 | 68.5°F | +0.7°F | 62.17 |
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USW00053858. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Pascagoula's climate compare?
Pascagoula is warmer than 78 of the other 80 places with their own NOAA record in Mississippi, and wetter than 58. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 67.8°F is warmer than 93%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Pascagoula 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 Pascagoula share this climate record?
6 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.
- Gautier, MS19,055 people · 9 mi SW
- Moss Point, MS11,791 people · 3 mi S
- Vancleave, MS5,196 people · 10 mi NW
- Grand Bay, AL3,765 people · 11 mi E
- Escatawpa, MS3,626 people · 2 mi N
- Helena, MS856 people · 2 mi NE
Source: Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer (place centers) and Vintage 2024 population estimates. Distance and direction from the station to each place's center.
What do Pascagoula's other NOAA stations record?
One more NOAA station keeps 1991-2020 normals in or near Pascagoula. This page uses Pascagoula Lott International Airport; the other differs by site and elevation:
| Station | From the center | Elevation | Year | Jan low | Jul high | Precip. | Snow | Last frost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pascagoula (3 mi NE) USC00226718 | 5 mi NE | 12 ft | 65.2°F | 38°F | 88°F | 70.4 | 0 | March 8 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for each station. Last frost: the median last spring date of 32°F.
Questions about Pascagoula's climate
What is the coldest month in Pascagoula?
January, with a normal high of 63°F and a normal low of 41°F. The warmest is July (91°F by day, 73°F at night).
Does it snow in Pascagoula?
Rarely. NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for Pascagoula's NOAA station; Pascagoula's own co-op station Pascagoula (3 mi NE) records 0 inches of snow in a normal year.
What is the rainiest month in Pascagoula?
August, with 7.89 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is October with 3.69 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Pascagoula in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Pascagoula in zone 9a across its 3 ZIP code areas (9a in 39567, the largest). By the same method at Pascagoula's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 22°F (22 years, 1991-2020): zone 9a.
How late can frost come in Pascagoula?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after March 1; in one year in ten it comes after March 24. Waiting until March 24 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Mississippi climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Coden, AL19 miles from this station, 66.1°F a year
- Mobile, AL23 miles from this station, 67.6°F a year
- Biloxi, MS29 miles from this station, 68.5°F a year
- Dauphin Island, AL31 miles from this station, 69.2°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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