The following is the 2000 year-end climatological summary for the Tupelo Regional Airport:

MONTH	AVGTEMP	DEPART.	PRECIP	DEPART.	RAINDAYS	SNOW	DEPART.
JANUARY	43.2°	+3.3°	3.35"	-1.54"	12 OF 31	4.0"	+4.0"
FEBRUARY	50.6°	+6.3°	3.67"	-1.05"	6 OF 29
MARCH	56.9°	+3.2°	5.14"	-0.93"	11 OF 31
APRIL	59.6°	-2.8°	8.01"	+2.76"	12 OF 30
MAY	73.7°	+3.5°	1.34"	-4.38"	8 OF 31
JUNE	78.2°	+1.0°	3.80"	-0.04"	12 OF 30
JULY	81.6°	+1.0°	1.11"	-3.19"	3 OF 31
AUGUST	83.5°	+3.9°	1.36"	-1.69"	2 OF 31
SEPTEMBER	74.8°	+0.8°	1.91"	-1.69"	7 OF 30
OCTOBER	66.1°	+3.7°	0.55"	-2.87"	1 OF 31
NOVEMBER	50.2°	-2.4°	9.39"	+4.54"	12 OF 30
DECEMBER	33.9°	-9.6°	5.43"	-0.73"	11 OF 31
YEARLY	62.7°	+1.0°	45.06"	-10.81"	108 OF 366
NOTE: RAINDAYS INDICATE NUMBER OF DAYS WITH AT LEAST 0.01" OF PRECIP.

 

MISCELLANEOUS CLIMATOLOGICAL INFORMATION:
PARAMETER MEASURED	2000	NORMAL	DEPART.
AVERAGE HIGH	74.3°	72.2°	+2.1°
AVERAGE LOW	51.1°	51.2°	-0.1°
HIGHEST TEMPERATURE	106° ON 08/28 AND 08/29
LOWEST TEMPERATURE	13° ON 12/19 AND 12/20
DAYS LOW 32 OR LESS	67 DAYS	60 DAYS	+ 7 DAYS
DAYS HIGH 90 OR MORE	94 DAYS	70 DAYS	+24 DAYS
DAYS HIGH 100 OR MORE	11 DAYS	3 DAYS	+ 8 DAYS
LAST FREEZE (SPRING)	4/09	4/03	- 6 DAYS
FIRST FREEZE (FALL)	10/09	10/28	-19 DAYS
GROWING SEASON	183 DAYS	208 DAYS	-25 DAYS
HEATING DEGREE DAYS	3028	3096	- 68
COOLING DEGREE DAYS	2284	1901	+383
GREATEST 24 HR RAIN	3.13 ON 11/24
SNOW	4.0"	1.4"	+2.6"

RECORD HIGHS OR LOWS SET OR TIED IN 2000: (PREVIOUS RECORDS INDICATE ONLY MOST RECENT YEAR SET)

JAN 03...TIE HIGHEST MIN...58 DEGREES...PREVIOUS RECORD 58 SET IN 1997
JAN 12...TIE RECORD HIGH...71 DEGREES...PREVIOUS RECORD 71 SET IN 1995
FEB 18...TIE RECORD HIGH...79 DEGREES...PREVIOUS RECORD 79 SET IN 1961
MAR 09...NEW HIGHEST MIN...60 DEGREES...PREVIOUS RECORD 57 SET IN 1992
MAY 12...NEW HIGHEST MIN...71 DEGREES...PREVIOUS RECORD 69 SET IN 1985
MAY 18...TIE HIGHEST MIN...70 DEGREES...PREVIOUS RECORD 70 SET IN 1962
JUN 06...TIE RECORD LOW....54 DEGREES...PREVIOUS RECORD 54 SET IN 1982
JUN 07...TIE RECORD LOW....51 DEGREES...PREVIOUS RECORD 51 SET IN 1998
JUN 29...TIE LOWEST MAX....82 DEGREES...PREVIOUS RECORD 82 SET IN 1985
JUL 24...TIE RECORD LOW....63 DEGREES...PREVIOUS RECORD 63 SET IN 1947
JUL 25...NEW RECORD LOW....62 DEGREES...PREVIOUS RECORD 65 SET IN 1980
JUL 26...NEW RECORD LOW....65 DEGREES...PREVIOUS RECORD 66 SET IN 1996
AUG 28...NEW RECORD HIGH..106 DEGREES...PREVIOUS RECORD 104 SET IN 1954
AUG 29...NEW RECORD HIGH..106 DEGREES...PREVIOUS RECORD 102 SET IN 1990
AUG 30...NEW RECORD HIGH..103 DEGREES...PREVIOUS RECORD 102 SET IN 1951
SEP 10...NEW HIGHEST MIN...74 DEGREES...PREVIOUS RECORD 73 SET IN 1991
SEP 11...TIE HIGHEST MIN...74 DEGREES...PREVIOUS RECORD 74 SET IN 1988
SEP 17...NEW RECORD LOW....47 DEGREES...PREVIOUS RECORD 49 SET IN 1981
SEP 24...NEW HIGHEST MIN...74 DEGREES...PREVIOUS RECORD 72 SET IN 1958
OCT 09...TIE RECORD LOW....31 DEGREES...PREVIOUS RECORD 31 SET IN 1978
OCT 10...NEW RECORD LOW....32 DEGREES...PREVIOUS RECORD 33 SET IN 1970
OCT 11...NEW RECORD LOW....35 DEGREES...PREVIOUS RECORD 36 SET IN 1971
OCT 28...TIE RECORD HIGH...86 DEGREES...PREVIOUS RECORD 86 SET IN 1971
OCT 29...NEW RECORD HIGH...86 DEGREES...PREVIOUS RECORD 84 SET IN 1950
NOV 01...NEW RECORD HIGH...86 DEGREES...PREVIOUS RECORD 85 SET IN 1935
NOV 06...NEW HIGHEST MIN...64 DEGREES...PREVIOUS RECORD 62 SET IN 1996
NOV 10...TIE LOWEST MAX....45 DEGREES...PREVIOUS RECORD 45 SET IN 1950
NOV 18...NEW LOWEST MAX....37 DEGREES...PREVIOUS RECORD 39 SET IN 1932
DEC 19...NEW LOWEST MAX....28 DEGREES...PREVIOUS RECORD 29 SET IN 1983
DECEMBER...COLDEST ON RECORD...33.9 DEGREES...OLD RECORD 34.1 IN 1963
DECEMBER...MOST HEATING DEGREE DAYS...956...OLD RECORD 949 IN 1963