Meridian, MS: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 46.7°F in Meridian, MS, the coldest January since 2025, tied 67th coldest of 137 (with 1969).

January 2026

Mean temperature: 46.7°F; Coldest since 2025; 67th coldest of 137
Precipitation: 6.64 in; Wettest since 2024; 35th wettest of 137

A normal January in Meridian, MS (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 46.9°F, between 41.9°F and 51.3°F in eight years of ten and 5.13 in of precipitation, between 2.98 in and 9.36 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Meridian, MS since 1890: 46.7°F in 2026; the lowest is 33.6°F, in 1940.

Normal range, 41.9 to 51.3°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in Meridian, MS from 1890 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	46.7	70	58.4	59	34.9	83	6.64	35	0
2025	42.7	111	54.6	101	30.7	113	5.15	60	0
2024	44.5	93	56.4	80	32.7	98	8.18	19	0
2023	52.7	16	64	14	41.1	22	6.88	31	1
2022	45.9	74	59.2	47	32.6	100	4.57	71	0
2021	47.6	60	58.1	60	37.1	56	2.91	108	0
2020	52.1	18	62.3	23	41.9	18	9.31	9	0
2019	47.8	58	58.7	56	36.8	62	5.25	57	0
2018	42.7	111	55	95	30.4	116	2.48	120	0
2017	55.1	7	66.2	3	44	10	7.37	26	0
2016	44.8	90	56.7	73	32.9	96	3.24	97	0
2015	44.4	95	56.6	77	32.2	103	6.71	34	0
2014	38	134	51.8	128	24.2	136	2.47	121	0
2013	49.9	36	59.8	41	40	30	9.76	8	0
2012	51.2	24	64.1	12	38.3	44	6.28	41	0
2011	42.1	114	53.4	112	30.8	111	4.33	77	0
2010	40.1	127	52.2	125	28	131	4.61	70	0
2009	47	65	59	51	35.1	81	3.37	94	0
2008	43.9	102	54.1	107	33.8	92	6.49	37	0
2007	46.8	66	57.2	68	36.5	65	3.23	98	0
2006	52.7	16	65.9	4	39.4	33	5.06	61	0
2005	50.4	32	61.8	27	39	36	3.94	83	0
2004	45.9	74	57.6	65	34.1	91	3.04	105	0
2003	40.6	123	52.3	121	29	125	1.58	131	0
2002	48.6	45	60.8	33	36.5	65	5.96	47	0
2001	42	117	54.2	105	29.8	121	5.98	46	0
2000	47.9	57	59.2	47	36.6	64	3.11	104	0
1999	50.7	29	63.1	15	38.3	44	7.78	22	0
1998	48	55	59	51	36.9	59	13.19	2	0
1997	46.8	66	57.5	66	36.1	72	4.44	74	0
1996	45	86	57.9	61	32	104	5.19	59	0
1995	48.2	49	58.5	58	37.9	48	3.60	89	0
1994	42.9	110	52.5	116	33.4	94	8.25	17	0
1993	50.4	32	59.5	43	41.3	21	11.37	4	0
1992	45.8	76	56.2	83	35.4	79	5.06	61	0
1991	47.2	62	55.8	87	38.6	43	5.78	50	0
1990	50.9	28	63	18	38.7	40	11.23	5	0
1989	52.1	18	64.2	10	40.1	28	3.94	83	0
1988	41.7	119	52.9	114	30.5	115	3.14	102	0
1987	44	99	55.3	94	32.7	98	8.76	12	0
1986	44	99	57.7	62	30.3	117	1.21	133	0
1985	40.1	127	52.3	121	28	131	2.45	122	0
1984	40	130	52.4	118	27.7	134	2.86	110	0
1983	44.9	87	55.5	90	34.2	90	4.54	73	0
1982	48.1	52	60.9	32	35.4	79	3.16	100	0
1981	43	108	57	69	28.9	126	1.59	130	0
1980	49	41	59	51	39	36	7.49	24	0
1979	38	134	47.5	134	28.4	129	8.72	13	0
1978	38.8	133	47.5	134	30.1	119	5.78	50	0
1977	34.7	136	45.1	136	24.3	135	5.61	53	0
1976	42.6	113	56.4	80	28.8	127	3.00	106	0
1975	50.4	32	62.5	22	38.3	44	8.39	16	0
1974	57.2	4	66.9	2	47.5	4	7.74	23	0
1973	45.4	79	56.1	85	34.6	85	5.03	63	0
1972	51.5	21	63	18	40.1	28	11.02	6	0
1971	48.1	52	58.9	55	37.3	53	4.25	80	0
1970	41.3	120	52.7	115	29.9	120	2.74	113	0
1969	46.7	70	56.9	71	36.5	65	2.71	115	0
1968	44.6	92	56.2	83	32.9	96	3.70	87	0
1967	46.8	66	58.7	56	35	82	2.19	125	0
1966	40.4	124	50.6	130	30.2	118	7.26	28	0
1965	48.1	52	61.3	28	34.9	83	3.46	91	0
1964	43.3	106	55.4	91	31.1	110	4.78	67	0
1963	40.1	127	52.1	126	28.1	130	7.07	29	0
1962	43	108	54.6	101	31.5	107	8.12	20	0
1961	40.4	124	52.1	126	28.6	128	2.57	119	0
1960	45.2	83	54.7	98	35.7	75	6.14	44	0
1959	43.8	103	57.7	62	29.8	121	3.75	86	0
1958	40.9	121	52.3	121	29.5	124	2.63	117	0
1957	50.7	29	61.2	29	40.2	26	3.26	96	0
1956	44	99	55.4	91	32.5	101	1.70	129	0
1955	44.9	87	55.6	88	34.3	87	3.40	92	0
1954	48.6	45	60.6	35	36.5	65	4.11	81	0
1953	51.4	22	64.2	10	38.7	40	4.97	65	0
1952	54.9	8	65.4	9	44.4	7	3.19	99	0
1951	48.6	45	61.1	30	36.2	71	4.77	68	0
1950	61.4	1	70.3	1	52.5	1	7.06	30	0
1949	55.5	6	65.7	5	45.3	6	5.39	55	0
1948	39.3	132	50.7	129	27.8	133	4.39	76	0
1947	50	35	59.2	47	40.8	25	13.09	3	0
1946	47.6	60	57.7	62	37.5	51	5.67	52	0
1945	45.4	79	56.5	78	34.4	86	2.89	109	0
1944	47.2	62	56.7	73	37.7	49	3.39	93	0
1943	49.1	40	59.4	46	38.8	38	1.16	135	0
1942	43.3	106	54.9	96	31.8	105	2.60	118	0
1941	48.8	43	59.9	40	37.7	49	1.95	127	0
1940	33.6	137	43.6	137	23.7	137	3.61	88	0
1939	51.2	24	62.2	24	40.2	26	4.83	66	0
1938	48.2	49	57.5	66	38.8	38	4.42	75	0
1937	57.6	3	65.6	7	49.6	3	18.77	1	0
1936	44.4	95	54.9	96	33.8	92	6.82	32	0
1935	48.9	42	59.5	43	38.2	47	3.14	102	0
1934	51	27	60.2	38	41.9	18	3.16	100	0
1933	53.5	10	63.1	15	44	10	2.16	126	0
1932	53	14	62	25	44	10	6.19	42	0
1931	46.2	73	56.5	78	35.9	73	2.66	116	0
1930	45.1	85	54.4	103	35.9	73	4.56	72	0
1929	49.8	37	60.5	37	39.1	35	6.44	39	0
1928	46.8	66	56.7	73	37	58	0.86	136	0
1927	51.7	20	60.8	33	42.5	17	0.72	137	0
1926	45.4	79	53.9	110	36.9	59	7.81	21	0
1925	48	55	56.7	73	39.3	34	8.61	14	0
1924	42.1	114	53.5	111	30.6	114	6.46	38	0
1923	54.1	9	64.1	12	44.2	9	2.77	112	0
1922	47.7	59	55.4	91	40	30	8.49	15	0
1921	51.3	23	61.1	30	41.5	20	3.27	95	0
1920	48.7	44	56.4	80	41	23	6.50	36	0
1919	44.5	93	54.7	98	34.3	87	6.31	40	0
1918	39.6	131	49.4	132	29.8	121	9.82	7	0
1917	51.2	24	59.5	43	42.9	16	5.89	48	0
1916	52.9	15	62	25	43.8	14	5.83	49	0
1915	44.9	87	54.1	107	35.6	76	6.77	33	0
1914	49.7	38	59.6	42	39.8	32	1.17	134	0
1913	53.2	13	62.9	20	43.5	15	8.89	11	0
1912	42.1	114	52.4	118	31.8	105	6.18	43	0
1911	53.4	12	62.6	21	44.3	8	5.22	58	0
1910	48.2	49	59.2	47	37.3	53	2.84	111	0
1909	50.7	29	60.6	35	40.9	24	1.30	132	0
1908	45.8	76	56	86	35.5	78	5.46	54	0
1907	56.2	5	65.6	7	46.9	5	2.23	124	0
1906	47.1	64	57	69	37.1	56	3.49	90	0
1905	40.7	122	50	131	31.5	107	6.06	45	0
1904	43.4	104	54.4	103	32.5	101	4.31	78	0
1903	45.4	79	54	109	36.8	62	4.99	64	0
1902	44.4	95	55.6	88	33.1	95	2.93	107	0
1901	48.3	48	59	51	37.5	51	3.86	85	0
1900	45.2	83	54.7	98	35.6	76	2.41	123	0
1899	46.5	72	56.8	72	36.3	70	7.32	27	0
1898	53.5	10	63.1	15	43.9	13	4.29	79	0
1897	43.4	104	52.5	116	34.3	87	5.37	56	0
1896	44.7	91	52.4	118	36.9	59	3.98	82	0
1895	44.4	95	52.3	121	36.5	65	7.42	25	0
1894	49.5	39	60.2	38	38.7	40	4.70	69	0
1893	41.9	118	53	113	30.8	111	1.74	128	0
1892	40.3	126	49.3	133	31.4	109	8.20	18	0
1891	45.7	78	54.2	105	37.3	53	9.18	10	0
1890	57.8	2	65.7	5	49.8	2	2.73	114	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1950	61.4
1890	57.8
1937	57.6
1974	57.2
1907	56.2
1949	55.5
2017	55.1
1952	54.9
1923	54.1
1933	53.5
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1940	33.6
1977	34.7
2014	38
1979	38
1978	38.8
1948	39.3
1918	39.6
1984	40
2010	40.1
1985	40.1
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1937	18.77
1998	13.19
1947	13.09
1993	11.37
1990	11.23
1972	11.02
1918	9.82
2013	9.76
2020	9.31
1891	9.18

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1927	0.72
1928	0.86
1943	1.16
1914	1.17
1986	1.21
1909	1.30
2003	1.58
1981	1.59
1956	1.70
1893	1.74

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 76°F; 8 January 2026
Coldest night: 16°F; 27 January 2026
Wettest day: 2.09 in; 10 January 2026

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January 2026 brought 6.64 in of precipitation in Meridian, MS, the wettest January since 2024, 35th wettest of 137.
The hottest day of January 2026 in Meridian, MS: 76°F on Thursday 8 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Meridian, MS: a low of 16°F on Tuesday 27 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Meridian, MS: 2.09 in on Saturday 10 January 2026.