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Morton, Mississippi Climate

NOAA 1991-2020 normals for Raleigh 6N, 25.3 km from Morton

The warmest month is July, with an average high of 90°F; the coldest is January, with an average low of 33°F. A normal year brings 61.6 in of precipitation and 0.9 in of snow.

Temperature through the year

The normal daily high and low and the record for every date at Jackson/Thompson (JAN), since 1942. The line marks today.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Morton through the year, in °F, with the record for each date.0255075100125JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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  • Normal high
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Normals for Sep 24

Normal high
84°F
Normal low
59°F
Record high
96°Fin 2016
Record low
46°Fin 1982
Chance of a wet day
25%
Daylight
12 h 04 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
January55°F33°F85°F (2022)2°F (1985)5.57 in9.60.3 in16.76443
February60°F36°F87°F (2023)10°F (1996)5.98 in9.50.3 in11.64794
March67°F43°F89°F (1982)15°F (1980)5.93 in9.00.0 in4.932914
April74°F49°F94°F (1987)27°F (1987)5.91 in8.00.0 in0.714953
May82°F58°F99°F (1964)36°F (2013)4.16 in9.40.0 in0.033182
June88°F66°F105°F (1988)47°F (1984)5.57 in9.90.0 in0.00345
July90°F68°F106°F (1980)51°F (1967)4.60 in11.80.0 in0.00436
August90°F67°F107°F (2000)54°F (2004)4.67 in12.70.0 in0.00414
September85°F62°F104°F (2000)35°F (1967)4.21 in8.20.0 in0.09267
October77°F50°F99°F (2019)26°F (1993)4.33 in5.90.0 in1.213876
November66°F40°F88°F (1971)17°F (1966)4.74 in7.60.0 in8.437410
December58°F35°F84°F (1978)4°F (1989)5.94 in9.00.3 in15.45795
Year74°F51°F61.61 in1110.9 in592,7331,808

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.

61.6 in in a normal year, most in February.

Chance of a wet day

The chance of at least 0.01 inch of precipitation on each date at Morton, 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 Raleigh 6N.

0.9 in of snow in a normal year.

Frost and the growing season

NOAA's 1991-2020 freeze probabilities for Raleigh 6N. 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 March 28 and the first fall freeze around November 3, a growing season of about 221 days.

Median at 36°F
last April 10, first October 25
Median at 32°F
last March 28, first November 3
Median at 28°F
last March 12, first November 15

Frost dates, growing season and degree days

Humidity and comfort

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

The muggiest month is July, when 91 percent of days are muggy or worse, with a mean dew point of 65°F or more.

MonthDew pointHumidityDryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable
January39°F84%87%8%4%1%0%0%
February43°F84%81%11%7%1%0%0%
March49°F82%64%18%15%3%0%0%
April56°F80%42%20%21%16%1%0%
May63°F77%14%14%24%36%12%0%
June68°F74%2%6%14%32%46%1%
July71°F74%1%1%7%18%69%4%
August70°F73%1%4%12%25%54%4%
September64°F71%13%12%19%33%22%0%
October54°F72%50%17%15%14%4%0%
November46°F78%76%12%8%4%0%0%
December42°F85%85%8%6%1%0%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 February, at 63 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 February, averaging 4.7 mph at 10 meters (33 feet) above the ground.

Daylight and sunshine

The longest day is Jun 16, with 14 h 17 min of daylight; the shortest is Dec 18, with 10 h 01 min.

Hours of daylight at Morton 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 Scott 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 Scott County: 82.9°F (+3.0 °F against 1991-2020), the 6th warmest in 132 years on record.

August 2026 in Scott County: 3.20 in (-1.51 in against 1991-2020), the 51st driest in 132 years on record.

January to August 2026 in Scott County: 68.7°F (+3.0 °F against 1991-2020), the 2nd warmest in 132 years on record.

January to August 2026 in Scott County: 37.52 in (-4.22 in against 1991-2020), the 54th driest in 132 years on record.

Warmest August
85.7°F in 2023
Coolest August
75.7°F in 1967
Wettest August
13.25 in in 2022
Driest August
0.36 in in 2023

Every year since 1895

Each year's average temperature in Scott 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 Morton 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 1942. 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 USC00227276 (Raleigh 6N), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00003940, 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.