Mississippi

Long Beach, Mississippi Climate

NOAA 1991-2020 normals for Gulfport Naval Ctr, 4.1 km from Long Beach

The warmest month is July, with an average high of 90°F; the coldest is January, with an average low of 44°F. A normal year brings 68.2 in of precipitation and 0.2 in of snow.

Temperature through the year

The normal daily high and low and the record for every date at Gulfport-Biloxi (GPT), since 1998. The line marks today.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Long Beach through the year, in °F, with the record for each date.020406080100120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Normals for Sep 24

Normal high
85°F
Normal low
69°F
Record high
95°Fin 2016
Record low
53°Fin 1999
Chance of a wet day
27%
Daylight
12 h 05 min

Month by month

Averages for 1991-2020. Wet days have at least 0.01 inch of precipitation. Freeze nights have a low of 32°F or colder; degree days are on a 65°F base. Each month links to its own page.

MonthAvg highAvg lowRecord highRecord lowPrecipitationWet daysSnowfallFreeze nightsHeating DDCooling DD
January61°F44°F81°F (2009)7°F (2025)5.79 in10.50.0 in5.23973
February64°F47°F83°F (2018)19°F (2026)4.86 in8.30.0 in2.32748
March70°F53°F88°F (2003)23°F (2002)5.52 in8.20.1 in0.715540
April76°F60°F91°F (2020)34°F (2000)5.63 in7.20.0 in0.045131
May83°F67°F98°F (2018)43°F (2013)5.31 in6.70.0 in0.02314
June87°F73°F103°F (2011)59°F (2000)7.39 in11.60.0 in0.00453
July90°F75°F102°F (2015)65°F (2000)7.99 in14.40.0 in0.00547
August90°F75°F107°F (2023)60°F (2004)7.02 in12.30.0 in0.00541
September87°F71°F99°F (2010)49°F (2001)5.94 in9.40.0 in0.00414
October79°F61°F95°F (2019)35°F (2008)3.45 in6.30.0 in0.036193
November70°F51°F88°F (2016)25°F (2014)4.35 in7.90.0 in1.118540
December63°F46°F80°F (2022)21°F (2000)4.99 in8.60.1 in3.533610
Year77°F60°F68.24 in1110.2 in131,4302,694

Precipitation

Rain and melted snow together. The chance of a wet day is the share of days with at least 0.01 inch of precipitation.

68.2 in in a normal year, most in July.

Chance of a wet day

The chance of at least 0.01 inch of precipitation on each date at Long Beach, in percent, and of at least 0.1 inch of snowfall.01020304050JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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  • Chance of snowfall

Snow

NOAA 1991-2020 snowfall normals for Gulfport Naval Ctr.

0.2 in of snow in a normal year.

Frost and the growing season

NOAA's 1991-2020 freeze probabilities for Gulfport Naval Ctr. A median date has an even chance of a later freeze in spring, or an earlier one in fall.

The last spring freeze typically comes around February 18 and the first fall freeze around December 14, a growing season of about 300 days.

Median at 36°F
last March 5, first November 26
Median at 32°F
last February 18, first December 14
Median at 28°F
last January 31, first January 2

Frost dates, growing season and degree days

Humidity and comfort

NASA POWER reanalysis, 1991-2020, for the grid cell around Long Beach.

The muggiest month is July, when 99 percent of days are muggy or worse, with a mean dew point of 65°F or more.

MonthDew pointHumidityDryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable
January47°F82%71%13%13%3%0%0%
February50°F82%64%16%16%5%0%0%
March55°F81%44%17%23%16%0%0%
April61°F79%24%17%21%29%9%0%
May67°F76%6%7%16%31%39%2%
June72°F75%0%0%3%15%61%20%
July74°F76%0%0%1%5%47%47%
August74°F76%0%0%1%7%45%47%
September71°F76%2%5%7%19%51%17%
October62°F75%23%15%17%22%20%3%
November54°F78%52%15%17%14%3%0%
December49°F82%66%13%14%7%1%0%

Comfort is judged by the day's mean dew point: dry below 55°F, comfortable to 60°F, humid to 65°F, muggy to 70°F, oppressive to 75°F, miserable above.

Clouds

Average share of the sky covered, from satellite (CERES and GEWEX SRB) by way of NASA POWER, 1991-2020.

The clearest month is October, with the sky 43 percent covered on average; the cloudiest is December, at 62 percent.

Wind

The mean wind speed over the whole day, from the MERRA-2 reanalysis by way of NASA POWER. Gusts run well above it.

The windiest month is January, averaging 10.3 mph at 10 meters (33 feet) above the ground.

Daylight and sunshine

The longest day is Jun 16, with 14 h 07 min of daylight; the shortest is Dec 16, with 10 h 11 min.

Hours of daylight at Long Beach through the year.0510152025JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Solar energy

Average daily sunshine reaching the ground on a flat surface, in kilowatt-hours per square meter, clouds included.

Sunrise and sunset calendar

How Harrison County is running

NOAA NCEI Climate at a Glance, from the nClimGrid analysis of every station, updated early each month. A rank of 1 is the highest or lowest of all years since 1895.

August 2026 in Harrison County: 84.8°F (+3.5 °F against 1991-2020), the 2nd warmest in 132 years on record.

August 2026 in Harrison County: 3.31 in (-3.10 in against 1991-2020), the 12th driest in 132 years on record.

January to August 2026 in Harrison County: 71.1°F (+2.6 °F against 1991-2020), the 2nd warmest in 132 years on record.

January to August 2026 in Harrison County: 49.73 in (+2.48 in against 1991-2020), the 46th wettest in 132 years on record.

Warmest August
87.4°F in 2023
Coolest August
78.2°F in 1967
Wettest August
15.57 in in 2012
Driest August
0.84 in in 1954

Every year since 1895

Each year's average temperature in Harrison County against the 1991-2020 average, in °F, 1895 to 2025.-4-20+2+41900192019401960198020002020NOAA NCEI Climate at a Glance

Mississippi climate and rankings

Month pages

The weather in Long Beach in each month, day by day.

What this means

A normal is the average of the thirty years 1991 to 2020, the period the World Meteorological Organization and NOAA use for comparison. It is an average, not a forecast: most days depart from it, and some by a long way.

A record is the highest or lowest value on the date in every year the station has reported, back to 1998. It rests on one station, so a neighbor a few miles away can hold different ones.

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine come from a reanalysis: a weather model run over the past with every observation fed in, averaged over a grid cell about 50 km across. It is consistent everywhere on Earth; it smooths local detail such as a lake shore or a valley.

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Sources

Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00223671 (Gulfport Naval Ctr), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00093874, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus. Rankings: NOAA NCEI Climate at a Glance, public domain.