All-time weather records — Picayune, MS

Record high
102.9°F
July 12, 1969
Record low
-71.0°F
July 28, 1948
Wettest day
10.40 in
October 28, 1991

Climate change signal in Picayune

2.7%

of Picayune's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (10 of 366 records since 2015).

1.6%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (6 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 #
1940s
22
6
1950s
118
104
1960s
77
68
1970s
36
40
1980s
39
58
1990s
13
42
2000s
44
29
2010s
17
19

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 1948, the latest in 2017. Period of observation: 1948-2017.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 82.9°F — Jan 11, 1949 6.1°F — Jan 11, 1962 6.50 in — Jan 7, 1998
February 84.9°F — Feb 27, 1962 10.9°F — Feb 5, 1996 4.82 in — Feb 10, 1981
March 89.1°F — Mar 15, 1967 19.9°F — Mar 3, 1980 8.10 in — Mar 17, 1980
April 91.9°F — Apr 22, 1987 26.1°F — Apr 13, 1989 7.50 in — Apr 26, 2004
May 99.0°F — May 31, 1951 37.9°F — May 13, 1960 7.57 in — May 18, 1958
June 102.0°F — Jun 29, 1969 46.9°F — Jun 1, 1984 5.95 in — Jun 10, 2001
July 102.9°F — Jul 12, 1969 -71.0°F — Jul 28, 1948 5.08 in — Jul 1, 2003
August 102.0°F — Aug 31, 2000 54.0°F — Aug 14, 2004 9.36 in — Aug 18, 1969
September 99.0°F — Sep 3, 2000 33.1°F — Sep 28, 1967 6.57 in — Sep 26, 2002
October 93.0°F — Oct 1, 1959 26.1°F — Oct 30, 1952 10.40 in — Oct 28, 1991
November 88.0°F — Nov 1, 1984 19.0°F — Nov 25, 1950 6.00 in — Nov 20, 2000
December 87.1°F — Dec 29, 1984 8.1°F — Dec 23, 1989 6.50 in — Dec 29, 1996

Click a month to see every daily record for that month in Picayune.