Rainy days · Mississippi
How often does it rain in Jackson?
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Jackson gets measurable rain or snow on about 110 days a year, adding up to about 57 inches.
November usually brings Jackson about 9 wet days and 4.4 inches. The wettest month is usually July, with about 11 wet days, and the driest is September, with about 7 wet days. That makes Jackson number 79 of the 129 US cities we track, rainiest first.
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Rainy days, month by month
| Month | Wet days | Inches |
|---|---|---|
| January | 10 | 5.4 |
| February | 10 | 5.1 |
| March | 10 | 5.7 |
| April | 9 | 5.8 |
| May | 9 | 4.4 |
| June | 10 | 4.4 |
| July | 11 | 5.0 |
| August | 11 | 4.7 |
| September | 7 | 3.5 |
| October | 7 | 3.8 |
| November | 9 | 4.4 |
| December | 10 | 5.1 |
Cities with about as many rainy days
- Springfield, Missouri: about 110 wet days a year
- Memphis, Tennessee: about 111 wet days a year
- Columbia, South Carolina: about 109 wet days a year
Source: NOAA daily precipitation records for the Jackson area, 1991 to 2020 (at least 30 complete years behind every month), via the Applied Climate Information System. A wet day here means at least a hundredth of an inch of rain or melted snow.