Climate averages 1991–2020
Jackson weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: the warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Jackson: daytime highs average 32.6°C and nights cool to about 22.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 95 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes August a wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 20 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Baton Rouge (227 km away). In August its highs average 32.0°C, 0.6°C cooler than Jackson, with 133 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Jackson ranks joint 113th of 498 for the warmest August highs and joint 358th of 498 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 498 cities is 29.9°C; Jackson is 2.7°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 2.3°C to 30.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 95 mm to 83 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Jackson climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13.2°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 121 | 9.7 | 10.310 h |
| February | 15.6°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 120 | 9.8 | 11.011 h |
| March | 19.5°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 121 | 10.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.7°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 114 | 8.6 | 13.013 h |
| May | 28.1°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 104 | 9.7 | 13.814 h |
| June | 31.4°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 87 | 11.4 | 14.214 h |
| July | 32.5°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 102 | 13.8 | 14.014 h |
| August, selected | 32.6°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 95 | 11.5 | 13.313 h |
| September | 30.4°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 83 | 7.3 | 12.412 h |
| October | 25.1°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 91 | 7.4 | 11.411 h |
| November | 18.6°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 92 | 7.8 | 10.511 h |
| December | 14.4°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 119 | 9.4 | 10.110 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
August in nearby cities
- Baton Rouge in AugustUnited States · 227 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 24.0°C · 133 mm rain
- Gulfport in AugustUnited States · 238 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 24.9°C · 161 mm rain
- Metairie in AugustUnited States · 257 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 25.3°C · 148 mm rain
- New Orleans in AugustUnited States · 261 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 25.4°C · 159 mm rain
- Tuscaloosa in AugustUnited States · 265 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 22.9°C · 91 mm rain
- Mobile in AugustUnited States · 270 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 24.4°C · 140 mm rain
- Lafayette (Louisiana), United States in AugustUnited States · 289 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 24.2°C · 121 mm rain
- Memphis in AugustUnited States · 317 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 22.6°C · 75 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 Jackson) is explained once on the Jackson year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.