Climate averages 1991–2020
Gulfport weather
in January.
A cool, wet month: the coolest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cool month in Gulfport: daytime highs average 14.8°C and nights cool to about 8.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 129 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes January a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 25 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is New Orleans (105 km away). In January its highs average 15.9°C, 1.1°C warmer than Gulfport, with 113 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Gulfport ranks joint 139th of 498 for the warmest January highs and joint 471st of 498 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 498 cities is 9.5°C; Gulfport is 5.4°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.9°C to 16.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 129 mm to 121 mm.
The annual picture
January in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Gulfport climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 14.8°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 129 | 9.8 | 10.410 h |
| February | 16.7°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 121 | 8.8 | 11.111 h |
| March | 19.8°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 135 | 9.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.2°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 106 | 7.5 | 12.913 h |
| May | 27.1°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 96 | 8.9 | 13.714 h |
| June | 29.8°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 137 | 13.5 | 14.114 h |
| July | 30.6°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 139 | 16.4 | 13.914 h |
| August | 30.5°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 161 | 16.9 | 13.213 h |
| September | 28.8°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 144 | 12.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 24.9°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 95 | 7.7 | 11.511 h |
| November | 19.7°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 101 | 7.3 | 10.711 h |
| December | 16.2°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 115 | 9.6 | 10.210 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
January in nearby cities
- New Orleans in JanuaryUnited States · 105 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 9.1°C · 113 mm rain
- Mobile in JanuaryUnited States · 107 kmHigh 15.2°C · Low 7.1°C · 119 mm rain
- Metairie in JanuaryUnited States · 110 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 9.1°C · 119 mm rain
- Baton Rouge in JanuaryUnited States · 201 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 6.9°C · 124 mm rain
- Jackson in JanuaryUnited States · 238 kmHigh 13.2°C · Low 3.6°C · 121 mm rain
- Lafayette (Louisiana), United States in JanuaryUnited States · 281 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 7.2°C · 127 mm rain
- Montgomery in JanuaryUnited States · 346 kmHigh 13.4°C · Low 3.7°C · 106 mm rain
- Tuscaloosa in JanuaryUnited States · 347 kmHigh 12.3°C · Low 3.0°C · 123 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Gulfport) is explained once on the Gulfport year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.