United States
Mississippi
Mississippi is one of the 51 regions of the United States; its largest place is Jackson.
Best timeApr · Oct–Nov
Best weather in OctoberTupelo 80
October: highs74° – 80°
Rain this month, on average102mm
Mean of its 20 best-known places. Best: Apr · Oct–Nov.
Mississippi at a glance
The atlas follows 2,869 places here month by month, with 3 mountains and 481 monuments; across the most visited of them, the best months are April, October and November.
When to go to Mississippi
The best places of every month here, and the average climate of the best-known ones.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 49 | 58 | 70 | 75 | 57 | 40 | 34 | 34 | 52 | 77 | 77 | 53 |
| High | 56° | 60° | 68° | 75° | 83° | 89° | 91° | 91° | 87° | 78° | 67° | 59° |
| Low | 36° | 39° | 46° | 53° | 62° | 70° | 72° | 71° | 66° | 54° | 44° | 38° |
| Rain (mm) | 125 | 134 | 135 | 123 | 129 | 127 | 133 | 118 | 103 | 102 | 120 | 142 |
Places in Mississippi
The best-known places with their score this month; every town and village is in the A to Z list below.
76OctoberJackson
154k people
79° / 54°101 mm
76OctoberMeridian
35k people
79° / 53°94 mm
74OctoberBiloxi
49k people
79° / 60°88 mm
72OctoberHattiesburg
49k people
80° / 55°88 mm
79OctoberOxford
25k people
76° / 50°111 mm
74OctoberGulfport
73k people
79° / 61°89 mm
80OctoberTupelo
38k people
75° / 51°100 mm
75OctoberPascagoula
22k people
79° / 59°97 mm
82 districts, each with all of its towns and villages
Adams County23 places · 1,969 · Cloverdale
Alcorn County28 places · 17k · Corinth
Amite County38 places · 1,699 · Liberty
Attala County35 places · 7,696 · Kosciusko
Benton County15 places · 1,392 · Ashland
Bolivar County64 places · 10k · Shelby
Calhoun County24 places · 5,702 · Bruce
Carroll County23 places · 1,735 · North Carrollton
Chickasaw County26 places · 7,213 · Houston
Choctaw County15 places · 2,291 · Ackerman
Claiborne County25 places · 2,137 · Port Gibson
Clarke County40 places · 4,323 · Quitman
Clay County23 places · 10k · West Point
Coahoma County57 places · 18k · Clarksdale
Copiah County36 places · 11k · Hazlehurst
Covington County42 places · 3,542 · Collins
DeSoto County43 places · 142k · Hernando
Forrest County45 places · 63k · Hattiesburg
Franklin County28 places · 1,697 · Roxie
George County25 places · 3,280 · Lucedale
Greene County25 places · 4,540 · Leakesville
Grenada County27 places · 14k · Grenada
Hancock County27 places · 29k · Bay St. Louis
Harrison County90 places · 234k · Biloxi
Hinds County74 places · 203k · Jackson
Holmes County59 places · 8,084 · Lexington
Humphreys County27 places · 2,977 · Belzoni
Issaquena County17 places · 581 · Mayersville
Itawamba County28 places · 6,130 · Fulton
Jackson County62 places · 111k · Pascagoula
Jasper County31 places · 2,686 · Bay Springs
Jefferson County22 places · 1,445 · Fayette
Jefferson Davis County18 places · 1,168 · Prentiss
Jones County54 places · 25k · Laurel
Kemper County34 places · 1,655 · De Kalb
Lafayette County30 places · 26k · Oxford
Lamar County34 places · 9,649 · Purvis
Lauderdale County44 places · 42k · Meridian
Lawrence County20 places · 2,002 · Monticello
Leake County50 places · 6,768 · Carthage
Lee County42 places · 56k · Tupelo
Leflore County40 places · 2,433 · Sidon
Lincoln County32 places · 12k · Brookhaven
Lowndes County18 places · 6,388 · New Hope
Madison County44 places · 69k · Madison
Marion County41 places · 14k · Columbia
Marshall County35 places · 11k · Holly Springs
Monroe County36 places · 14k · Amory
Montgomery County20 places · 5,862 · Winona
Neshoba County43 places · 14k · Philadelphia
Newton County39 places · 9,698 · Newton
Noxubee County23 places · 3,896 · Macon
Oktibbeha County23 places · 26k · Starkville
Panola County37 places · 11k · Sardis
Pearl River County37 places · 33k · Picayune
Perry County28 places · 2,463 · New Augusta
Pike County30 places · 16k · McComb
Pontotoc County42 places · 9,021 · Pontotoc
Prentiss County25 places · 10k · Booneville
Quitman County24 places · 5,318 · Lambert
Rankin County53 places · 77k · Brandon
Scott County46 places · 11k · Forest
Sharkey County35 places · 2,813 · Rolling Fork
Simpson County33 places · 6,746 · Magee
Smith County36 places · 3,234 · Taylorsville
Stone County13 places · 4,778 · Wiggins
Sunflower County50 places · 18k · Indianola
Tallahatchie County34 places · 6,417 · Tutwiler
Tate County30 places · 11k · Senatobia
Tippah County24 places · 8,192 · Ripley
Tishomingo County28 places · 6,704 · Iuka
Tunica County34 places · 4,637 · Tunica
Union County45 places · 8,546 · New Albany
Walthall County22 places · 1,515 · Tylertown
Warren County50 places · 26k · Vicksburg
Washington County68 places · 38k · Greenville
Wayne County27 places · 7,277 · Waynesboro
Webster County22 places · 3,202 · Mathiston
Wilkinson County23 places · 2,186 · Woodville
Winston County30 places · 6,462 · Louisville
Yalobusha County25 places · 4,734 · Water Valley
Yazoo County54 places · 11k · Yazoo City
Mississippi from above
Every place scored for the month you pick: comfortable temperatures, dry days and clear skies.
OctoberMonth scores for Mississippi
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Nature in Mississippi
Summit807 ft
Woodall MountainSummit2,900 ft
Jackson VolcanoSummit938 ft
Mount Bond, Mississippi
River
White River, Mississippi
River
Yazoo River
River
Pearl RiverWildlife in October
The birds and mammals of United States seen most this month, compared with the rest of their year.
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Outdoors in Mississippi
Culture in Mississippi
Graceland, SouthavenBuilt 1939 · Colonial Revival
Eudora Welty HouseBuilt 1925 · Tudor Revival
King Edward HotelBuilt 1923 · Colonial Revival
The Old Courthouse MuseumBuilt 1800 · Greek Revival
Mississippi State CapitolBeaux-Arts
Meridian City HallBuilt 1914 · Beaux-Arts
Museum
Elvis Presley Birthplace
Museum
Jefferson Davis Presidential Library and MuseumWhat's on in Mississippi
Getting to Mississippi
Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International AirportJAN · Jackson
10 kmHattiesburg Laurel Regional AirportPIB · Jackson
122 kmKey Field / Meridian Regional AirportMEI · Jackson
135 kmJacksonJackson
0.7 kmMeridian Union Station;MeridianMeridian
0.7 kmBiloxiBiloxi
0.7 kmHattiesburgHattiesburg
0.4 kmTowns in Mississippi from A to Z
The 337 main places; every village is listed on its district's page.
AAbbeville · Aberdeen · Ackerman …11
BBaird · Baldwyn · Batesville …37
- Baird
- Baldwyn
- Batesville
- Bay Springs
- Bay St. Louis
- Beaumont
- Beauvoir
- Beechwood
- Belmont
- Belzoni
- Benoit
- Benton
- Bentonia
- Bethlehem
- Beulah
- Big Point
- Biloxi
- Black Hawk
- Blue Mountain
- Blue Springs
- Bogue Chitto
- Bogue Chitto
- Bolton
- Bond
- Booneville
- Bovina
- Boyle
- Brandon
- Brookhaven
- Brooksville
- Browning
- Bruce
- Buckatunna
- Burdette
- Burnsville
- Byhalia
- Byram
CCaledonia · Calhoun City · Canton …27
DD'Iberville · D'Lo · De Kalb …12
EEcru · Edwards · Elizabeth …9
FFalkner · Farmington · Fayette …12
GGautier · Glendale · Gloster …11
HHamilton · Hatley · Hattiesburg …19
JJackson · Jonestown · Jumpertown3
KKearney Park · Kilmichael · Kiln …4
LLake · Lambert · Lamont …16
MMaben · Macon · Madison …30
NNellieburg · Nettleton · New Albany …13
OO'Reilly · Oak Grove · Ocean Springs …9
PPaden · Pascagoula · Pass Christian …24
QQuitman1
RRaleigh · Rawls Springs · Raymond …19
SSaint Martin · Saltillo · Sandersville …32
TTaylor · Taylorsville · Tchula …14
WWade · Walls · Walnut …20
YYazoo City1
Other regions of United States
Alabama4,917Alaska844Arizona1,862Arkansas3,554California4,950Colorado1,499Connecticut995Delaware1,600District of Columbia77Florida6,471Georgia5,446Hawaii479Idaho1,215Illinois4,125Indiana3,494Iowa2,310Kansas1,959Kentucky4,306Louisiana3,510Maine1,392Maryland6,783Massachusetts2,085Michigan3,515Minnesota2,463Missouri4,016Montana1,519Nebraska1,165Nevada601New Hampshire901New Jersey2,342New Mexico1,581New York5,213North Carolina5,137North Dakota872Ohio6,156Oklahoma1,888Oregon1,284Pennsylvania9,220Rhode Island283South Carolina3,783South Dakota915Tennessee5,857Texas8,320Utah1,818Vermont861Virginia7,846Washington2,781West Virginia3,790Wisconsin2,448Wyoming554