Ripley, Mississippi climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Ripley's normal year runs from 29°F January nights to 90°F July afternoons, with 57.6 inches of precipitation and 2 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, 1,464 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationRipley
- Station IDUSC00227467
- Location34.74°N 88.95°W
- Elevation525 ft (160 m)
- Population5,359
On October 22, the normal high in Ripley is 71°F and the normal low 45°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 22%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Ripley.
- Jan 49° 29°
- Feb 54° 32°
- Mar 62° 39°
- Apr 72° 47°
- May 80° 57°
- Jun 87° 65°
- Jul 90° 69°
- Aug 90° 67°
- Sep 84° 60°
- Oct 73° 48°
- Nov 61° 38°
- Dec 52° 32°
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 Ripley each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 90°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 29°F. The most precipitation falls in December (6.44 in), the least in August (3.01 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 49°F | 29°F | 39.0°F | 4.92 | 0.6 | 9 | <1 | 21 | 10 h |
| February | 54°F | 32°F | 42.7°F | 5.34 | 0.7 | 8 | <1 | 17 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 62°F | 39°F | 50.8°F | 5.61 | 0.3 | 9 | <1 | 10 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 72°F | 47°F | 59.5°F | 5.61 | 0.0 | 9 | <1 | 2 | 13 h |
| May | 80°F | 57°F | 68.3°F | 5.46 | 0.0 | 10 | 1 | <1 | 14 h |
| June | 87°F | 65°F | 75.9°F | 4.61 | 0.0 | 9 | 9 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| July | 90°F | 69°F | 79.2°F | 4.80 | 0.0 | 9 | 17 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| August | 90°F | 67°F | 78.4°F | 3.01 | 0.0 | 7 | 16 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| September | 84°F | 60°F | 72.0°F | 3.46 | 0.0 | 6 | 5 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 73°F | 48°F | 60.1°F | 3.97 | 0.0 | 6 | <1 | 2 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 61°F | 38°F | 49.2°F | 4.40 | 0.0 | 9 | <1 | 11 | 10 h 20 min |
| December | 52°F | 32°F | 42.0°F | 6.44 | 0.0 | 10 | <1 | 18 | 9 h 50 min |
| Year (annual) | 71°F | 49°F | 59.8°F | 57.63 | 1.6 | 100 | 48 | 80 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9°C | −2°C | 3.9°C | 125 mm | 2 cm |
| February | 12°C | 0°C | 5.9°C | 136 mm | 2 cm |
| March | 17°C | 4°C | 10.4°C | 142 mm | 1 cm |
| April | 22°C | 8°C | 15.3°C | 142 mm | 0 cm |
| May | 27°C | 14°C | 20.2°C | 139 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 30°C | 18°C | 24.4°C | 117 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 32°C | 21°C | 26.2°C | 122 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 32°C | 20°C | 25.8°C | 76 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 29°C | 16°C | 22.2°C | 88 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 23°C | 9°C | 15.6°C | 101 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 16°C | 3°C | 9.6°C | 112 mm | 0 cm |
| December | 11°C | 0°C | 5.6°C | 164 mm | 0 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00227467; 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 Ripley?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in April, May, September and October. Of those, September has the fewest days with rain (6).
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 USC00227467.
When is the last frost in Ripley?
In Ripley, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 3 in half of years and after April 19 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 30 in half of years and before October 19 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 31 year in 10 after April 19; 9 in 10 after March 15
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 301 year in 10 before October 19; 9 in 10 before November 14
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 210 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 235 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 21 in half of springs and before November 10 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Ripley in zone 7b in ZIP code 38663, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Ripley's NOAA station is in zone 7b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 9°F (16 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 USC00227467; 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 Ripley?
In a normal year in Ripley, 48 days a year reach 90°F (2 of them 100°F or more), 80 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 100 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 48a 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
- 5high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 100a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 1a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1897) is 108°F, on July 15, 1980; the lowest is −13°F, on January 30, 1966.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1973, with 82.94 in; the snowiest season is 1959–60, with 17.8 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00227467; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00227467. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Ripley?
Over a year 76% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Ripley, 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% | 4.1 |
| April | 75% | 5.4 |
| May | 77% | 6.0 |
| June | 82% | 6.5 |
| July | 81% | 6.2 |
| August | 81% | 5.7 |
| September | 81% | 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 Ripley need?
A normal year in Ripley brings 3,541 heating degree days, 34% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,662 cooling degree days, 83% 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 4,780 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 808 | 0 |
| February | 626 | 1 |
| March | 448 | 8 |
| April | 205 | 40 |
| May | 46 | 149 |
| June | 2 | 327 |
| July | 0 | 442 |
| August | 0 | 416 |
| September | 18 | 226 |
| October | 199 | 48 |
| November | 477 | 5 |
| December | 712 | 1 |
| Year (annual) | 3,541 | 1,662 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00227467. 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.
How does Ripley's climate compare?
Ripley is warmer than 2 of the other 80 places with their own NOAA record in Mississippi, and wetter than 23. 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, Ripley 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 Ripley share this climate record?
3 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.
- Blue Mountain, MS897 people · 6 mi SW
- Dumas, MS459 people · 9 mi SE
- Falkner, MS440 people · 7 mi N
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 Ripley's climate
What is the coldest month in Ripley?
January, with a normal high of 49°F and a normal low of 29°F. The warmest is July (90°F by day, 69°F at night).
Does it snow in Ripley?
Yes: 2 inches in a normal year, falling on 1 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in February (0.7 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Ripley?
December, with 6.44 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is August with 3.01 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Ripley in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Ripley in zone 7b in ZIP code 38663, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Ripley's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 9°F (16 years, 1991-2020): zone 7b.
How late can frost come in Ripley?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 3; in one year in ten it comes after April 19. Waiting until April 19 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Mississippi climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Ashland, MS14 miles from this station, 60.0°F a year
- Hickory Flat, MS16 miles from this station, 59.8°F a year
- Corinth, MS21 miles from this station, 60.5°F a year
- Booneville, MS23 miles from this station, 60.0°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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