CDUS44 KJAN 060640 CLIMEI CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 140 AM CDT WED MAY 06 2026 ................................... ...THE MERIDIAN CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 5 2026... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1889 TO 2026 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL ................................................................... TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 79 3:33 PM 94 1952 83 -4 77 MINIMUM 52 4:47 AM 39 2011 58 -6 46 AVERAGE 66 70 -4 62 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 4.04 1908 0.14 -0.14 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.71 0.75 -0.04 0.00 SINCE MAR 1 10.59 11.97 -1.38 8.36 SINCE JAN 1 18.63 22.93 -4.30 16.44 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 MM 0.0 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 0.0 0.3 -0.3 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 T 0.6 -0.6 T DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 3 MONTH TO DATE 20 5 15 6 SINCE MAR 1 177 327 -150 255 SINCE JUL 1 1760 2111 -351 1892 COOLING YESTERDAY 1 6 -5 0 MONTH TO DATE 1 28 -27 21 SINCE MAR 1 226 162 64 264 SINCE JAN 1 251 178 73 287 ................................................................... WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (220) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 25 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (210) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 97 4:00 AM LOWEST 54 1:00 PM AVERAGE 76 .......................................................... THE MERIDIAN CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 83 94 1952 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 58 40 1945 1957 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 6 2026...........SUNRISE 6:04 AM CDT SUNSET 7:40 PM CDT MAY 7 2026...........SUNRISE 6:03 AM CDT SUNSET 7:40 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$