All-time weather records — Petal, MS

Record high
107.1°F
August 26, 2023
Record low
12.2°F
January 17, 2018
Wettest day
5.82 in
December 27, 2018

Climate change signal in Petal

49.5%

of Petal's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (181 of 366 records since 2015).

27.6%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (101 of 366 records since 2015).

If records were spread evenly across the station's history, you'd expect roughly 5% per decade. Decade-by-decade, here's where each record-breaking day was set:

Decade Heat records set # Cold records set #
2000s
133
173
2010s
119
132
2020s
114
61

Records are the all-time daily extremes that are still standing — each daily record can only be held by one year. The station's earliest hot record was set in 2000, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 2000-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 82.9°F — Jan 31, 2002 12.2°F — Jan 17, 2018 4.59 in — Jan 27, 2018
February 88.0°F — Feb 20, 2026 18.1°F — Feb 16, 2021 4.97 in — Feb 3, 2022
March 89.1°F — Mar 15, 2008 21.9°F — Mar 5, 2002 4.90 in — Mar 8, 2011
April 93.0°F — Apr 18, 2006 33.1°F — Apr 3, 2021 5.30 in — Apr 12, 2009
May 98.1°F — May 27, 2012 37.9°F — May 4, 2013 3.43 in — May 11, 2019
June 102.9°F — Jun 4, 2011 54.0°F — Jun 8, 2000 5.28 in — Jun 30, 2003
July 106.0°F — Jul 16, 2000 61.0°F — Jul 17, 2014 4.08 in — Jul 14, 2019
August 107.1°F — Aug 26, 2023 55.0°F — Aug 15, 2004 4.96 in — Aug 29, 2012
September 102.0°F — Sep 7, 2023 46.9°F — Sep 27, 2000 3.97 in — Sep 26, 2002
October 98.1°F — Oct 2, 2019 30.9°F — Oct 29, 2008 4.68 in — Oct 13, 2001
November 91.9°F — Nov 6, 2024 21.9°F — Nov 22, 2008 3.74 in — Nov 18, 2015
December 84.0°F — Dec 2, 2007 17.1°F — Dec 20, 2000 5.82 in — Dec 27, 2018

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