Jackson, MS: May

31 May 2026: May 2026 averaged 72.5°F in Jackson, MS, the coldest May since 2021, tied 61st coldest of 129 (with 2002 and 1914).

May 2026

Mean temperature: 72.5°F; Coldest since 2021; 61st coldest of 129
Precipitation: 4.26 in; Wettest since 2025; 66th wettest of 131

A normal May in Jackson, MS (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 72.8°F, between 70.6°F and 75.5°F in eight years of ten and 4.31 in of precipitation, between 1.35 in and 7.06 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every May in Jackson, MS since 1896: 72.5°F in 2026; the lowest is 67.7°F, in 1954.

Normal range, 70.6 to 75.5°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every May 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	72.5	67	81.5	111	63.5	31	4.26	66	0
2025	74.5	29	83.8	67	65.2	8	11.75	2	0
2024	76.7	4	86.4	22	67.1	1	7.32	20	0
2023	74	37	85.2	40	62.8	40	1.88	112	0
2022	75.8	12	87.1	12	64.5	17	5.81	43	0
2021	71.5	88	81.6	109	61.3	63	5.97	39	0
2020	71.6	87	82.8	88	60.3	82	3.93	75	0
2019	75.3	18	85.7	35	64.8	13	7.02	25	0
2018	76.3	6	88.1	6	64.5	17	7.56	17	0
2017	71.2	92	82.3	97	60.1	84	6.30	35	0
2016	71.9	78	83	83	60.9	72	1.36	120	0
2015	73.6	48	84.5	50	62.8	40	7.06	24	0
2014	71.9	78	83.2	81	60.6	77	6.38	33	0
2013	69.9	113	80.7	122	59	104	5.29	48	0
2012	75.3	18	87.1	12	63.5	31	6.69	28	0
2011	72	76	84.2	55	59.8	89	0.83	126	0
2010	76.1	7	86.9	15	65.4	6	3.52	81	0
2009	73.3	54	82	103	64.5	17	4.77	54	0
2008	72.7	64	83.5	75	61.9	52	5.95	41	0
2007	73.2	55	85	44	61.5	59	2.02	110	0
2006	72.9	58	84	61	61.7	56	3.01	89	0
2005	70.4	107	82.2	99	58.7	109	3.22	87	0
2004	72.8	61	82.8	88	62.8	40	9.25	9	0
2003	74.1	33	83.9	63	64.4	22	4.57	59	0
2002	72.5	67	83.9	63	61.2	66	3.90	76	0
2001	72.3	71	83.8	67	60.8	74	4.71	55	0
2000	75.3	18	85.7	35	64.9	11	2.67	96	0
1999	71.5	88	83.6	71	59.4	97	2.66	97	0
1998	74.4	30	86.3	25	62.5	45	1.47	117	0
1997	69.8	116	80.5	124	59.1	102	6.83	26	0
1996	75.7	13	86.5	20	64.8	13	0.72	129	0
1995	73.5	49	83.4	78	63.6	29	4.30	64	0
1994	70.6	105	81.2	117	60	86	2.25	103	0
1993	71	95	82.9	87	59	104	4.31	63	0
1992	71.1	94	84.3	54	57.9	118	1.22	122	0
1991	75.5	15	84.2	55	66.9	2	7.11	23	0
1990	71.7	83	82.8	88	60.7	76	6.34	34	0
1989	72	76	82.3	97	61.6	57	7.92	16	0
1988	70.7	103	86	31	55.5	127	0.29	130	0
1987	75.9	10	86.5	20	65.3	7	4.98	52	0
1986	72.9	58	83.6	71	62.2	49	10.00	7	0
1985	72.2	72	83.9	63	60.5	78	0.86	123	0
1984	71	95	83	83	58.9	106	5.61	44	0
1983	70.7	103	81.4	114	59.9	87	9.41	8	0
1982	74.7	26	86.4	22	62.9	37	0.77	127	0
1981	69.8	116	81.3	115	58.4	115	6.64	29	0
1980	72.8	61	82.7	92	62.9	37	6.60	30	0
1979	70.3	110	81.9	105	58.7	109	5.52	46	0
1978	71.9	78	82.2	99	61.6	57	10.48	5	0
1977	75.4	16	87.3	9	63.6	29	0.74	128	0
1976	67.9	126	78.9	129	56.9	123	8.01	13	0
1975	74.1	33	83.7	69	64.4	22	6.53	31	0
1974	73.8	43	83.3	80	64.3	24	3.01	89	0
1973	70.9	98	82.7	92	59.1	102	5.96	40	0
1972	71.9	78	83.9	63	59.8	89	4.52	60	0
1971	67.9	126	81	118	54.7	129	8.05	12	0
1970	72.9	58	86.1	28	59.6	93	2.43	102	0
1969	72.2	72	84.9	45	59.6	93	1.52	116	0
1968	71.2	92	82.6	95	59.7	92	7.54	18	0
1967	69.6	118	81.6	109	57.6	120	10.82	4	0
1966	70.9	98	81.3	115	60.5	78	7.96	15	0
1965	73.9	39	86.9	15	61	69	1.36	120	0
1964	74.6	28	87.5	8	61.8	55	2.18	107	0
1963	74.4	30	86.2	26	62.5	45	1.47	117	0
1962	75.3	18	87.2	11	63.4	34	2.59	99	0
1961	70.4	107	82.1	102	58.7	109	2.96	92	0
1960	69.9	113	81.8	107	58	117	3.95	74	0
1959	74.9	25	85.1	43	64.7	16	4.69	57	0
1958	72.1	75	82.7	92	61.5	59	4.78	53	0
1957	73	57	83.5	75	62.4	48	3.70	78	0
1956	74.7	26	85.5	38	63.9	28	3.58	80	0
1955	76.1	7	87.6	7	64.5	17	5.18	49	0
1954	67.7	129	78.5	130	57	122	8.30	10	0
1953	75.3	18	85.9	32	64.8	13	7.12	22	0
1952	72.7	64	85.2	40	60.3	82	6.22	36	0
1951	73.9	39	86.8	17	61	69	0.16	131	0
1950	75.9	10	86.6	19	65.2	8	4.12	72	0
1949	75.1	24	87.1	12	63.1	35	4.16	70	0
1948	73.9	39	86.2	26	61.5	59	4.46	61	0
1947	71.3	91	82	103	60.5	78	4.27	65	0
1946	71.4	90	81.5	111	61.3	63	10.19	6	0
1945	69.6	118	81.5	111	57.6	120	3.76	77	0
1944	73.4	50	84.9	45	61.9	52	6.02	38	0
1943	76.7	4	88.6	4	64.9	11	1.55	115	0
1942	71.9	78	84.2	55	59.6	93	2.22	105	0
1941	73.8	43	85.7	35	62	51	2.03	109	0
1940	70.5	106	83.4	78	57.7	119	1.37	119	0
1939	70.8	101	82.2	99	59.5	96	4.67	58	0
1938	72.7	64	84.5	50	60.8	74	1.71	113	0
1937	73.7	47	86.1	28	61.3	63	2.61	98	1
1936	72.4	70	83.7	69	61.1	67	2.52	100	0
1935	73.4	50	84.2	55	62.7	43	6.14	37	0
1934	72.2	72	83.5	75	60.9	72	3.33	84	0
1933	75.7	13	85.8	33	65.6	5	2.86	93	0
1932	69.4	121	80.1	126	58.6	112	4.15	71	0
1931	68.4	125	81	118	55.8	126	5.82	42	0
1930	73.8	43	84.6	49	62.9	37	7.13	21	1
1929	74	37	84	61	64	26	4.44	62	0
1928			84.2	55			2.68	95	10
1927	75.4	16	86.4	22	64.3	24	4.23	67	0
1926	71.7	83	83	83	60.4	81	3.70	78	0
1925	71.7	83	84.2	55	59.3	99	5.33	47	0
1924	69.9	113	80.9	121	58.9	106	4.70	56	0
1923	71	95	81	118	61.1	67	7.97	14	0
1922	74.1	33	84.8	47	63.5	31	3.01	89	0
1921	72.8	61	84.5	50	61	69	2.24	104	0
1920	73.8	43	83	83	64.5	17	3.29	85	0
1919	70.4	107	80.7	122	60.1	84	5.09	51	0
1918	75.3	18	88.3	5	62.2	49	1.67	114	0
1917	67.8	128	80	127	55.5	127	2.22	105	0
1916	74.1	33	85.8	33	62.5	45	7.42	19	0
1915	73.9	39	84.7	48	63.1	35	6.49	32	0
1914	72.5	67	85.2	40	59.8	89	0.85	124	0
1913	71.7	83	84.5	50	58.8	108	5.17	50	0
1912	73.4	50	85.5	38	61.4	62	4.22	68	0
1911	73.4	50	87.3	9	59.4	97	2.07	108	0
1910	70	112	81.8	107	58.1	116	4.04	73	2
1909					59.3	99	12.23	1	4
1908	73.1	56	83.6	71	62.6	44	8.19	11	0
1907	68.9	124	79.3	128	58.6	112	11.62	3	0
1906	70.9	98	81.9	105	59.3	99	6.70	27	2
1905	76.1	7	86.1	28	65.8	4	3.15	88	2
1904	69.5	120	82.8	88	56.3	124	3.45	82	0
1903	70.2	111	80.5	124	59.9	87	3.26	86	0
1902	77.6	3	91.1	1	64	26	4.19	69	1
1901	70.8	101	83.2	81	58.6	112	5.53	45	2
1900	69.4	121	83.6	71	54	130	2.85	94	3
1899	78.1	2	91	2	65.2	8	0.85	124	0
1898	74.3	32	86.8	17	61.9	52	3.45	82	0
1897	69.3	123	82.6	95	55.9	125	1.92	111	0
1896	78.2	1	90	3	66.4	3	2.46	101	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1896	78.2
1899	78.1
1902	77.6
2024	76.7
1943	76.7
2018	76.3
2010	76.1
1955	76.1
1905	76.1
1987	75.9
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1954	67.7
1917	67.8
1976	67.9
1971	67.9
1931	68.4
1907	68.9
1897	69.3
1932	69.4
1900	69.4
1904	69.5

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1909	12.23
2025	11.75
1907	11.62
1967	10.82
1978	10.48
1946	10.19
1986	10.00
1983	9.41
2004	9.25
1954	8.30

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1951	0.16
1988	0.29
1996	0.72
1977	0.74
1982	0.77
2011	0.83
1914	0.85
1899	0.85
1985	0.86
1992	1.22

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 93°F; 31 May 2026
Coldest night: 45°F; 3 May 2026
Wettest day: 0.93 in; 20 May 2026

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May 2026 brought 4.26 in of precipitation in Jackson, MS, the wettest May since 2025, 66th wettest of 131.
The hottest day of May 2026 in Jackson, MS: 93°F on Sunday 31 May 2026.
The coldest night of May 2026 in Jackson, MS: a low of 45°F on Sunday 3 May 2026.
The wettest day of May 2026 in Jackson, MS: 0.93 in on Wednesday 20 May 2026.