Yazoo City, Mississippi climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Yazoo City's normal year runs from 39°F January nights to 94°F July afternoons, with 60.4 inches of precipitation and less than an inch of snow (0.1 in) a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 19.8°C, January lows of 4°C, July highs of 35°C, 1,534 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationYazoo City (5 mi NNE)
- Station IDUSC00229860
- Location32.90°N 90.38°W
- Elevation107 ft (33 m)
- Population9,913
On October 23, the normal high in Yazoo City is 78°F and the normal low 54°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 21%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Yazoo City.
- Jan 58° 39°
- Feb 63° 41°
- Mar 71° 48°
- Apr 79° 56°
- May 86° 65°
- Jun 92° 72°
- Jul 94° 75°
- Aug 95° 74°
- Sep 91° 68°
- Oct 81° 57°
- Nov 69° 46°
- Dec 61° 41°
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 Yazoo City each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 94°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 39°F. The most precipitation falls in April (6.58 in), the least in September (3.31 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 58°F | 39°F | 48.5°F | 5.69 | 9 | <1 | 12 | 10 h 10 min |
| February | 63°F | 41°F | 52.0°F | 5.57 | 9 | <1 | 8 | 11 h |
| March | 71°F | 48°F | 59.4°F | 5.94 | 9 | <1 | 2 | 12 h |
| April | 79°F | 56°F | 67.5°F | 6.58 | 8 | 1 | <1 | 13 h |
| May | 86°F | 65°F | 75.6°F | 5.74 | 8 | 6 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| June | 92°F | 72°F | 82.1°F | 4.37 | 8 | 19 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| July | 94°F | 75°F | 84.7°F | 4.02 | 8 | 25 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| August | 95°F | 74°F | 84.6°F | 4.51 | 7 | 24 | <1 | 13 h 20 min |
| September | 91°F | 68°F | 79.3°F | 3.31 | 5 | 14 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 81°F | 57°F | 68.7°F | 4.27 | 6 | 2 | <1 | 11 h 30 min |
| November | 69°F | 46°F | 57.5°F | 4.57 | 7 | <1 | 4 | 10 h 30 min |
| December | 61°F | 41°F | 51.0°F | 5.81 | 9 | <1 | 10 | 10 h |
| Year (annual) | 78°F | 57°F | 67.6°F | 60.38 | 92 | 90 | 36 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15°C | 4°C | 9.2°C | 145 mm |
| February | 17°C | 5°C | 11.1°C | 141 mm |
| March | 22°C | 9°C | 15.2°C | 151 mm |
| April | 26°C | 13°C | 19.7°C | 167 mm |
| May | 30°C | 18°C | 24.2°C | 146 mm |
| June | 33°C | 22°C | 27.8°C | 111 mm |
| July | 35°C | 24°C | 29.3°C | 102 mm |
| August | 35°C | 24°C | 29.2°C | 115 mm |
| September | 33°C | 20°C | 26.3°C | 84 mm |
| October | 27°C | 14°C | 20.4°C | 108 mm |
| November | 20°C | 8°C | 14.2°C | 116 mm |
| December | 16°C | 5°C | 10.6°C | 148 mm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00229860; 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 Yazoo City?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in March, April, October and November. Of those, October 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 USC00229860.
When is the last frost in Yazoo City?
In Yazoo City, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after March 4 in half of years and after March 25 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 41 year in 10 after March 25; 9 in 10 after February 7
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 241 year in 10 before November 5; 9 in 10 before December 18
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 267 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 299 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after February 15 in half of springs and before December 13 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Yazoo City in zone 8b in ZIP code 39194, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Yazoo City's NOAA station is in zone 9a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 20°F (15 complete years); the map interpolates between stations and terrain, so the station and the ZIP area can differ by half a zone.
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Mississippi · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00229860; 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 Yazoo City?
In a normal year in Yazoo City, 90 days a year reach 90°F (4 of them 100°F or more), 36 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 92 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 90a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 4a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 36a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 1high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 92a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1960) is 106°F, on July 16, 1980; the lowest is −4°F, on January 12, 1962.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1991, with 75.80 in; the snowiest season is 1967–68, with 11.0 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00229860; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00229860. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Yazoo City?
Over a year 78% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Yazoo City, 4.6 kWh per square metre a day. June is the sunniest month (83%) and February the cloudiest (67%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 70% | 2.7 |
| February | 67% | 3.2 |
| March | 73% | 4.4 |
| April | 78% | 5.6 |
| May | 80% | 6.2 |
| June | 83% | 6.6 |
| July | 82% | 6.2 |
| August | 83% | 5.8 |
| September | 83% | 5.1 |
| October | 81% | 4.2 |
| November | 78% | 3.2 |
| December | 70% | 2.4 |
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 Yazoo City need?
A normal year in Yazoo City brings 1,977 heating degree days, 63% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 2,947 cooling degree days, 3.2 times the median (908). Three months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 6,875 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 521 | 10 |
| February | 378 | 14 |
| March | 227 | 53 |
| April | 68 | 143 |
| May | 6 | 333 |
| June | 0 | 513 |
| July | 0 | 611 |
| August | 0 | 609 |
| September | 2 | 432 |
| October | 62 | 178 |
| November | 261 | 35 |
| December | 452 | 16 |
| Year (annual) | 1,977 | 2,947 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00229860. 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 Yazoo City been warmer than normal lately?
Over 97 complete years from 1894 to 2015, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 1.4°F per century (+0.08°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Yazoo City's climate compare?
Yazoo City is warmer than 77 of the other 80 places with their own NOAA record in Mississippi, and wetter than 46. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 67.6°F is warmer than 93%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Yazoo City 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 Yazoo City 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.
- Benton, MS448 people · 9 mi SE
- Louise, MS167 people · 13 mi NW
- Eden, MS134 people · 7 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.
Questions about Yazoo City's climate
What is the coldest month in Yazoo City?
January, with a normal high of 58°F and a normal low of 39°F. The warmest is July (94°F by day, 75°F at night).
Does it snow in Yazoo City?
Rarely: NOAA's normal is 0.1 inch a year.
What is the rainiest month in Yazoo City?
April, with 6.58 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is September with 3.31 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Yazoo City in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Yazoo City in zone 8b in ZIP code 39194, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Yazoo City's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 20°F (15 years, 1991-2020): zone 9a.
How late can frost come in Yazoo City?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after March 4; in one year in ten it comes after March 25. Waiting until March 25 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Mississippi climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Belzoni, MS20 miles from this station, 64.4°F a year
- Pickens, MS24 miles from this station, 63.5°F a year
- Lexington, MS24 miles from this station, 61.7°F a year
- Canton, MS25 miles from this station, 63.4°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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