Yazoo City, MS Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Temperature and precipitation from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →, plus PlainClimate's derived comfort score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Yazoo City's primary NOAA station, YAZOO CITY 5 NNE.
The climate verdict for Yazoo City
Water is the standout signal in Yazoo City, Mississippi: 60.4 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 68°F. It scores 77/100 for climate comfort (good), putting it in the top third of station-mapped location scores and exceeding 70% of them.
- 68°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 77/100
- comfort score, above 70% of station-mapped location scores
- 60.4"
- precipitation, annual total
- 265 days
- growing season, frost-free days
Yazoo City: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00229860 · Yazoo City, MS 68°F mean · 60.4" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-WARM · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-WET · SWING-MID · COMF-TOP · LOAD-MIX · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 68°F
- RANK-WARM #6,381
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Florala
- PRCP-WET 60.4"
- SWING-MID 36°F
- COMF-TOP 77/100
- LOAD-MIX H/C balanced
- STN-1 USC00229860
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Florala Muni, AL (+ 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.
- Yazoo City (this station) 68°F
- Hot Tallulah, LA 68°F
- Near Florala, AL 68°F
- Near Mobile, AL 68°F
- Near Phantom Rch, AZ 68°F
Yazoo City 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 · Yazoo City
Yazoo City: 73/100 · grade B
Yazoo City publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Yazoo City, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 77/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Annual temperature balance | 67.6°F · 0.1° from 67.5°F | 97/100 · A |
| Frost-free season | 265 days/year | 93/100 · A |
| Snowfall burden | 0.1 inches/year | 89/100 · A |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 109 calendar days | 71/100 · B |
| Precipitation balance | 60.4 in · 25.4 from 35 in | 11/100 · F |
Yazoo City · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Yazoo City is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfa
Coldest-month mean 48.5°F and warmest-month mean 84.7°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
- 84.7°F
- Coldest month
- 48.5°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 Yazoo City sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Yazoo City's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Top 7% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, Yazoo City sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 5% wettest
- Yazoo City's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 79%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Yazoo City is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Yazoo City compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Yazoo City's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
77 Top 30% score exceeds 70% 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%). This entry sits in this band.
- 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
Yazoo City's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 97 complete annual observations from 1894 to 2015, YAZOO CITY 5 NNE warmed at a fitted rate of 0.08°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Yazoo City primary station fitted change +0.08 °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 | 58°F (15°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 49°F (9°C) | 5.7" | 0.1" | 12.0 | 0.0 |
| February | 63°F (17°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 5.6" | 0.0" | 7.8 | 0.0 |
| March | 71°F (22°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 5.9" | 0.0" | 2.4 | 0.0 |
| April | 79°F (26°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 6.6" | 0.0" | 0.2 | 0.7 |
| May | 86°F (30°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 76°F (24°C) | 5.7" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 5.9 |
| June | 92°F (33°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 82°F (28°C) | 4.4" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 18.7 |
| July | 94°F (35°C) | 75°F (24°C) | 85°F (29°C) | 4.0" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 24.5 |
| August | 95°F (35°C) | 74°F (24°C) | 85°F (29°C) | 4.5" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 23.8 |
| September | 91°F (33°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 79°F (26°C) | 3.3" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 14.1 |
| October | 81°F (27°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 69°F (20°C) | 4.3" | 0.0" | 0.1 | 2.4 |
| November | 69°F (20°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 58°F (14°C) | 4.6" | 0.0" | 4.1 | 0.0 |
| December | 61°F (16°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 51°F (11°C) | 5.8" | 0.0" | 9.7 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
The year in Yazoo City runs from a mild 38°F around January 18 to 95°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 June 2 through September 18, covering 109 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs March 14 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 38°F around January 18.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is February 23, when 31% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is September 28 at 17%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 92 wet dates a year.
The widest day
October 20 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 24°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Yazoo City.
Where Yazoo City Stands Nationally
Summers here run among the most heat-heavy normals calendars in the country: on about 109 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.
Yazoo City 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: 0.1"
8.9 days with precipitation
8.8 days with precipitation
8.9 days with precipitation
7.6 days with precipitation
8.1 days with precipitation
7.5 days with precipitation
7.9 days with precipitation
7.2 days with precipitation
5.0 days with precipitation
5.9 days with precipitation
7.2 days with precipitation
9.0 days with precipitation
Yazoo City spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 21% of the annual total and December through February 28%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Yazoo City has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 36.2°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: April averages 6.6" and September 3.3". The three wettest months together take 30% 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 Yazoo City, it arrives in quantity
60.4" of precipitation falls across only about 92 wet days here, averaging 0.66 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 92 a year, 25% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.66 inches
- Most wet days
- December, about 9
- Fewest wet days
- September, about 5
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 Yazoo City, but rarely amounts to much
The normals record 0.1 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 24
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
March 4
50% probability date
Growing Season
265 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
1,977
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
2,947
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside MS closest to Yazoo City 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 (68°F here).
- Mobile, AL 68°F · 0.0°F off
- Tallulah, LA 68°F · 0.0°F off
- Bay Minette, AL 68°F · 0.1°F off
- Anaheim, CA 68°F · 0.1°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (60.4" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Athens, TN 60.4" · 0.0" off
- Eudora, AR 60.4" · 0.0" off
- Wartrace, TN 60.3" · 0.1" off
- Townsend, TN 60.3" · 0.1" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Yazoo City's climate pattern fits together
mixed demand · wet · mid swing
Water is prominent even though neither heating nor cooling wholly defines the record. Yazoo City averages 60.4 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 Yazoo City's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 36.2°F. The annual average is 68°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Heating and cooling both register in Yazoo City's normal, at 1,977 and 2,947 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 265 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 Yazoo City'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 Yazoo City, 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 Yazoo City's primary station: YAZOO CITY 5 NNE (USC00229860). 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 2881520). Match rule for Yazoo City: 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 Yazoo City 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.