Mississippi, 2024Drought in Mississippi, January 1 to 31, 2024
January 1 to 31, 2024 · NWS MEG · 22 events in 22 counties and zones
Exceptional (D4) drought conditions and Extreme (D3) drought conditions continued across north Mississippi during much of January as below-normal rainfall and warmer-than-normal temperatures started the month. Mid to late month a cold snap and heavy snow event brought wetter conditions and below-normal temperatures to Mississippi.
Every event with a place to put it; 22 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 22
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
Exceptional (D4) drought conditions and Extreme (D3) drought conditions continued across north Mississippi during much of January as below-normal rainfall and warmer-than-normal temperatures started the month. Mid to late month a cold snap and heavy snow event brought wetter conditions and below-normal temperatures to Mississippi. Lake and river levels started the month below normal flow, but upstream snowmelt was able to increase flow to near and above normal. Drought conditions improved toward the end of the month.
Drought, Coahoma
- When
- January 1, 12:00 AM CST to January 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Coahoma forecast zone
- Reported by
- Drought Monitor
- Coordinates
- 34.229, -90.603 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Exceptional Drought (D4) conditions improved to Extreme Drought (D3) conditions by the end of the month.
Drought, Quitman
- When
- January 1, 12:00 AM CST to January 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Quitman forecast zone
- Reported by
- Drought Monitor
- Coordinates
- 34.251, -90.289 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Exceptional Drought (D4) conditions persisted through the month.
Drought, Tallahatchie
- When
- January 1, 12:00 AM CST to January 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Tallahatchie forecast zone
- Reported by
- Drought Monitor
- Coordinates
- 33.951, -90.173 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Exceptional Drought (D4) conditions persisted through the month.
Drought, Tate
- When
- January 1, 12:00 AM CST to January 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Tate forecast zone
- Reported by
- Drought Monitor
- Coordinates
- 34.650, -89.945 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Exceptional Drought (D4) conditions improved to Extreme Drought (D3) conditions by the end of the month.
Drought, Panola
- When
- January 1, 12:00 AM CST to January 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Panola forecast zone
- Reported by
- Drought Monitor
- Coordinates
- 34.364, -89.951 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Exceptional Drought (D4) conditions persisted through the month.
Drought, Yalobusha
- When
- January 1, 12:00 AM CST to January 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Yalobusha forecast zone
- Reported by
- Drought Monitor
- Coordinates
- 34.028, -89.708 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Exceptional Drought (D4) conditions improved to Extreme Drought (D3) conditions by the end of the month.
Drought, Tunica
- When
- January 1, 12:00 AM CST to January 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Tunica forecast zone
- Reported by
- Drought Monitor
- Coordinates
- 34.652, -90.375 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extreme Drought (D3) conditions persisted through the month.
Drought, De Soto
- When
- January 1, 12:00 AM CST to January 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- De Soto forecast zone
- Reported by
- Drought Monitor
- Coordinates
- 34.875, -89.992 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extreme Drought (D3) conditions improved to Severe Drought (D2) conditions by the end of the month.
Drought, Tippah
- When
- January 1, 12:00 AM CST to January 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Tippah forecast zone
- Reported by
- Drought Monitor
- Coordinates
- 34.768, -88.909 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extreme Drought (D3) conditions improved to Severe Drought (D2) conditions by the end of the month.
Drought, Alcorn
- When
- January 1, 12:00 AM CST to January 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Alcorn forecast zone
- Reported by
- Drought Monitor
- Coordinates
- 34.881, -88.580 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extreme Drought (D3) conditions improved to Severe Drought (D2) conditions by the end of the month.
Drought, Tishomingo
- When
- January 1, 12:00 AM CST to January 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Tishomingo forecast zone
- Reported by
- Drought Monitor
- Coordinates
- 34.740, -88.239 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extreme Drought (D3) conditions improved to Severe Drought (D2) conditions by the end of the month.
Drought, Monroe
- When
- January 1, 12:00 AM CST to January 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Monroe forecast zone
- Reported by
- Drought Monitor
- Coordinates
- 33.892, -88.480 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extreme Drought (D3) conditions improved to Severe Drought (D2) by the end of the month.
Drought, Itawamba
- When
- January 1, 12:00 AM CST to January 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Itawamba forecast zone
- Reported by
- Drought Monitor
- Coordinates
- 34.280, -88.361 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extreme Drought (D3) conditions improved to Severe Drought (D2) by the end of the month.
Drought, Marshall
- When
- January 1, 12:00 AM CST to January 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Marshall forecast zone
- Reported by
- Drought Monitor
- Coordinates
- 34.762, -89.503 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Exceptional Drought (D4) conditions improved to Severe Drought (D2) conditions by the end of the month.
Drought, Benton
- When
- January 1, 12:00 AM CST to January 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Benton forecast zone
- Reported by
- Drought Monitor
- Coordinates
- 34.817, -89.188 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Exceptional Drought (D4) conditions improved to Severe Drought (D2) conditions by the end of the month.
Drought, Lafayette
- When
- January 1, 12:00 AM CST to January 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Lafayette forecast zone
- Reported by
- Drought Monitor
- Coordinates
- 34.357, -89.485 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Exceptional Drought (D4) conditions improved to Severe Drought (D2) conditions by the end of the month.
Drought, Calhoun
- When
- January 1, 12:00 AM CST to January 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Calhoun forecast zone
- Reported by
- Drought Monitor
- Coordinates
- 33.937, -89.336 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Exceptional Drought (D4) conditions improved to Severe Drought (D2) conditions by the end of the month.
Drought, Union
- When
- January 1, 12:00 AM CST to January 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Union forecast zone
- Reported by
- Drought Monitor
- Coordinates
- 34.491, -89.004 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Exceptional Drought (D4) conditions improved to Severe Drought (D2) conditions by the end of the month.
Drought, Pontotoc
- When
- January 1, 12:00 AM CST to January 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Pontotoc forecast zone
- Reported by
- Drought Monitor
- Coordinates
- 34.225, -89.037 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Exceptional Drought (D4) conditions improved to Severe Drought (D2) conditions by the end of the month.
Drought, Chickasaw
- When
- January 1, 12:00 AM CST to January 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Chickasaw forecast zone
- Reported by
- Drought Monitor
- Coordinates
- 33.921, -88.948 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Exceptional Drought (D4) conditions improved to Severe Drought (D2) conditions by the end of the month.
Drought, Lee
- When
- January 1, 12:00 AM CST to January 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Lee forecast zone
- Reported by
- Drought Monitor
- Coordinates
- 34.290, -88.680 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Exceptional Drought (D4) conditions improved to Severe Drought (D2) conditions by the end of the month.
Drought, Prentiss
- When
- January 1, 12:00 AM CST to January 30, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Prentiss forecast zone
- Reported by
- Drought Monitor
- Coordinates
- 34.618, -88.520 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extreme Drought (D3) conditions improved by the end of the month.
- Drought
- A drought reaching severe (D2) or worse on the US Drought Monitor, or with notable impacts.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Drought in Missouri, January 1 to 31, 2024$523,000 · 18 events
- Drought in Iowa, January 1 to 31, 202444 events
- Drought in Tennessee, January 1 to 31, 202436 events
- Drought in New Mexico, January 1 to 31, 202436 events
- Dense Fog in California, January 1 to 2, 20241 injured · $20,000 · 6 events
- Drought in Georgia, January 1 to 29, 202424 events
- Drought in Alabama, January 1 to 31, 202424 events
- Drought in Tennessee, January 1 to 31, 202419 events
- Drought in New Mexico, January 1 to 31, 202418 events
- Drought in Nebraska, January 1 to 31, 202417 events
- Drought in Indiana, January 1 to 16, 202414 events
- Drought in Kansas, January 1 to 31, 202413 events
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1157811, 1157812, 1157813, 1157814, 1157815, 1157816, 1157817, 1157818, 1157819, 1157820, 1157821, 1157822, 1157823, 1157824, 1157825, 1157826, 1157827, 1157828, 1157829, 1157830, 1157831, 1157832.