CDUS44 KJAN 070648 CLIMEI CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 148 AM CDT THU MAY 07 2026 ................................... ...THE MERIDIAN CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 6 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 76 5:21 PM 94 1952 83 -7 73 MINIMUM 66 11:59 PM 40 1945 58 8 MM 1957 AVERAGE 71 71 0 MM PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 1.86 3.12 1935 0.15 1.71 1.17 MONTH TO DATE 2.57 0.90 1.67 1.17 SINCE MAR 1 12.45 12.12 0.33 9.53 SINCE JAN 1 20.49 23.08 -2.59 17.61 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 MM MONTH TO DATE 20 6 14 6 SINCE MAR 1 177 328 -151 255 SINCE JUL 1 1760 2112 -352 1892 COOLING YESTERDAY 6 6 0 MM MONTH TO DATE 7 34 -27 21 SINCE MAR 1 232 168 64 264 SINCE JAN 1 257 184 73 287 ................................................................... WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (10) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 24 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (360) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 12:00 PM LOWEST 87 12:00 AM AVERAGE 94 ..........................................................THE MERIDIAN CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 83 92 1952 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 59 40 1944 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 7 2026...........SUNRISE 6:03 AM CDT SUNSET 7:40 PM CDT MAY 8 2026...........SUNRISE 6:02 AM CDT SUNSET 7:41 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$