Jackson, MS: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 48.6°F in Jackson, MS (2 days missing), the warmest January since 2023, 49th warmest of 124.

January 2026

Mean temperature: 48.6°F; Warmest since 2023; 49th warmest of 124
Precipitation: 3.84 in; Driest since 2022; 49th driest of 130

A normal January in Jackson, MS (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 47°F, between 41.6°F and 52°F in eight years of ten and 4.72 in of precipitation, between 2.96 in and 8.61 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Jackson, MS since 1896: 48.6°F in 2026; the highest is 60.3°F, in 1950.

Normal range, 41.6 to 52°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in Jackson, MS from 1896 to 2026, ranked: the mean temperature, the mean high and the mean low from the warmest, the precipitation from the wettest; a year missing more than a tenth of its days is not ranked.

Year	Mean, °F	Rank	High, °F	Rank	Low, °F	Rank	Precipitation, in	Rank	Days missing
2026	48.6	49	58.7	56	37.6	56	3.84	82	2
2025	43.5	97	54.4	99	32.5	97	6.21	34	0
2024	44.5	85	55.6	90	33.3	92	9.48	9	0
2023	53.8	11	64.3	13	43.3	13	6.97	29	0
2022	45.4	78	58.2	60	32.5	97	3.59	91	0
2021	48	53	57.8	61	38.1	46	3.24	100	0
2020	50.9	30	60.5	35	41.2	20	13.82	2	0
2019	47.2	60	57.5	63	36.9	63	6.81	30	0
2018	41.4	110	53	108	29.8	114	3.08	102	0
2017	55.2	5	65.6	6	44.7	7	7.90	21	0
2016	46.5	67	57.5	63	35.4	73	3.37	95	0
2015	45.1	82	56.8	74	33.5	89	4.72	57	0
2014	40.2	116	54	103	26.4	126	1.61	121	0
2013	50.3	32	59.9	43	40.6	30	8.58	13	0
2012	52.9	15	64.9	10	40.9	25	4.02	76	0
2011	43.9	93	53.9	105	33.9	86	4.48	65	0
2010	41.7	107	52.4	110	31	107	5.15	54	0
2009	47.4	57	58.6	57	36.2	67	3.50	92	0
2008	45.1	82	54.8	97	35.4	73	3.91	79	0
2007	47.3	59	56.3	80	38.4	42	5.54	42	0
2006	52.4	18	64.6	12	40.2	32	6.66	32	0
2005	51	28	60.9	32	41	23	3.72	86	0
2004	47.1	63	58.4	58	35.9	69	4.23	73	0
2003	41.1	112	52.1	113	30.1	113	1.26	123	0
2002	49.1	43	60.7	34	37.5	59	5.60	41	0
2001	41.6	109	51.9	116	31.3	102	5.41	46	0
2000	48.8	45	59.5	47	38.1	46	1.88	119	0
1999	51.9	24	63.2	20	40.6	30	8.47	14	0
1998	49.2	40	58.9	55	39.5	37	9.52	8	0
1997	46	75	55.7	86	36.3	66	4.46	67	0
1996	45.3	79	56.9	73	33.6	87	8.85	10	0
1995	46.9	65	56.6	76	37.2	62	3.68	88	0
1994	41.9	105	51.2	121	32.5	97	8.31	15	0
1993	49.9	34	59.1	52	40.7	29	4.72	57	0
1992	45.6	76	56.3	80	34.8	82	4.27	70	0
1991	46.5	67	55.1	92	38	48	4.98	55	0
1990	51	28	62.3	29	39.6	36	12.17	3	0
1989	52.4	18	63.5	17	41.4	18	4.38	68	0
1988	41.7	107	52.3	111	31.1	106	2.25	113	0
1987	44.4	86	54.7	98	34	85	4.66	59	0
1986	45.2	81	59.3	51	31.2	104	0.75	130	0
1985	38	121	49.8	123	26.1	127	4.05	75	0
1984	39.9	117	51.3	120	28.5	124	2.64	108	0
1983	43.7	95	54.2	100	33.2	93	8.17	19	0
1982	47.2	60	59.5	47	34.9	79	4.48	65	0
1981	41.8	106	54.2	100	29.4	118	1.41	122	0
1980	47.4	57	57.2	70	37.5	59	7.53	23	0
1979	38.2	120	47.2	126	29.3	119	14.10	1	0
1978	36.5	122	44.8	128	28.1	125	5.32	49	0
1977	35.3	123	44.9	127	25.6	128	6.18	35	0
1976	44.3	90	56.7	75	31.9	100	3.64	90	0
1975	51.8	25	62.8	25	40.8	28	4.57	62	0
1974	55.1	6	63.8	14	46.4	3	11.00	6	0
1973	44.3	90	55.1	92	33.5	89	4.59	61	0
1972	51.5	26	62.9	24	40.1	34	5.94	38	0
1971	48.7	46	59.7	45	37.7	53	3.02	105	0
1970	41.2	111	52	114	30.3	112	2.09	116	0
1969	48	53	58.3	59	37.6	56	0.86	129	0
1968	43.4	99	54	103	32.7	95	4.56	63	0
1967	46.4	69	57.5	63	35.3	76	1.86	120	0
1966	40.7	113	50.3	122	31.2	104	8.23	18	0
1965	48.5	50	60.8	33	36.1	68	2.86	106	0
1964	45.3	79	55.7	86	34.9	79	5.21	52	0
1963	40.5	115	51.5	118	29.5	117	5.33	48	0
1962	42.7	102	53.6	106	31.8	101	7.06	27	0
1961	40.6	114	51.4	119	29.7	116	3.07	103	0
1960	45.5	77	54.1	102	36.9	63	5.29	50	0
1959	43.5	97	55.9	83	31	107	3.73	85	0
1958	42	104	52.6	109	31.3	102	3.92	78	0
1957	49.4	39	59.5	47	39.4	38	3.85	81	0
1956	44.4	86	55.1	92	33.6	87	2.13	114	0
1955	46.1	72	55.7	86	36.5	65	3.91	79	0
1954	49.6	36	60.3	38	38.9	40	4.87	56	0
1953	52.1	21	63.3	19	40.9	25	4.61	60	0
1952	55.1	6	65.6	6	44.6	10	2.08	117	0
1951	49.1	43	60.2	39	38	48	8.63	12	0
1950	60.3	1	69.2	1	51.1	1	8.26	17	1
1949	53.9	10	63	22	44.7	7	8.13	20	0
1948	39.6	118	49.8	123	29.3	119	3.28	98	0
1947	49.2	40	57.3	67	41.1	22	12.01	4	0
1946	47.8	55	57	72	38.5	41	7.88	22	0
1945	46.3	70	57.3	67	35.4	73	2.50	109	0
1944	47.8	55	57.6	62	38	48	3.77	84	0
1943	48.7	46	59.7	45	37.6	56	1.26	123	0
1942	43.3	100	55.7	86	30.9	109	2.29	112	0
1941	49.6	36	61	31	38.2	44	2.42	111	0
1940	31.9	124	41.9	129	21.9	129	3.04	104	0
1939	52	22	63.8	14	40.2	32	5.35	47	0
1938	49.7	35	60.2	39	39.2	39	5.54	42	0
1937	57.3	2	66.6	5	47.9	2	11.48	5	0
1936	46.2	71	57.5	63	34.9	79	5.17	53	0
1935	49.2	40	60.5	35	37.7	53	4.19	74	1
1934	50.5	31	60	42	40.9	25	1.24	125	0
1933	53.2	13	63.2	20	43.2	14	3.31	97	0
1932	53	14	63.4	18	42.1	15	10.69	7	1
1931	47.1	63	59.9	43	34.2	83	3.40	93	0
1930	48.5	50	59.4	50	37.5	59	3.37	95	0
1929	52	22	63	22	41	23	5.45	45	0
1928	49.5	38	60.2	39	38	48	0.95	127	1
1927	54.9	8	65.4	8	44.5	11	1.05	126	0
1926	47.2	60	56.5	78	37.9	52	8.28	16	3
1925	48.7	46	59.1	52	38.3	43	8.74	11	0
1924	43.1	101	56.5	78	29.8	114	6.53	33	1
1923	53.3	12	65.2	9	41.3	19	4.27	70	0
1922			55.1	92	38.2	44	6.03	37	4
1921							2.75	107	8
1920	48.4	52	55.8	85	41.2	20	6.98	28	3
1919	45.1	82	56.1	82	34.2	83	6.16	36	0
1918	38.9	119	49.1	125	28.6	122	6.67	31	0
1917	52.8	16	62	30	43.5	12	4.38	68	0
1916	54.8	9	63.8	14	45.8	5	5.49	44	0
1915	46.1	72	56.6	76	35.5	72	7.34	25	0
1914	52.5	17	64.9	10	40	35	0.95	127	0
1913	56.2	4	66.9	3	45.1	6	7.44	24	2
1912	43.8	94	55	96	32.7	95	3.13	101	0
1911	56.5	3	66.9	3	46.1	4	5.28	51	0
1910	50.2	33	62.8	25	37.7	53	3.38	94	0
1909	52.2	20	62.5	28	41.8	16	2.13	114	0
1908	46.1	72	57.2	70	35.1	78	3.95	77	0
1907			68.6	2	44.7	7	1.92	118	4
1906			59.1	52	35.7	70	3.68	88	5
1905			51.8	117	28.6	122	5.72	39	4
1904			55.5	91	29.2	121	3.80	83	4
1903	44.4	86	55.9	83	33.4	91	3.25	99	2
1902	44	92	57.3	67	30.7	110	3.71	87	0
1901	46.8	66	62.8	25	30.7	110	4.27	70	0
1900	44.4	86	53.4	107	35.6	71	2.43	110	3
1898	51.1	27	60.5	35	41.8	16	7.33	26	1
1897	42.1	103	52	114	33.2	93	5.70	40	2
1896	43.7	95	52.2	112	35.2	77	4.52	64	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1950	60.3
1937	57.3
1911	56.5
1913	56.2
2017	55.2
1974	55.1
1952	55.1
1927	54.9
1916	54.8
1949	53.9

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1940	31.9
1977	35.3
1978	36.5
1985	38
1979	38.2
1918	38.9
1948	39.6
1984	39.9
2014	40.2
1963	40.5

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1979	14.10
2020	13.82
1990	12.17
1947	12.01
1937	11.48
1974	11.00
1932	10.69
1998	9.52
2024	9.48
1996	8.85

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1986	0.75
1969	0.86
1928	0.95
1914	0.95
1927	1.05
1934	1.24
2003	1.26
1943	1.26
1981	1.41
2014	1.61

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 79°F; 7 January 2026
Coldest night: 15°F; 27 January 2026
Wettest day: 1.40 in; 9 January 2026

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January 2026 brought 3.84 in of precipitation in Jackson, MS, the driest January since 2022, 49th driest of 130.
The hottest day of January 2026 in Jackson, MS: 79°F on Wednesday 7 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Jackson, MS: a low of 15°F on Tuesday 27 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Jackson, MS: 1.40 in on Friday 9 January 2026.