Climate averages 1991–2020
Jackson weather
in February.
A mild, wet month: the 10th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a mild month in Jackson: daytime highs average 15.6°C and nights cool to about 5.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 120 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes February a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 01 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Baton Rouge (227 km away). In February its highs average 18.1°C, 2.5°C warmer than Jackson, with 115 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Jackson ranks joint 167th of 498 for the warmest February highs and 468th of 498 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 498 cities is 11.1°C; Jackson is 4.5°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 3.9°C to 19.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 120 mm to 121 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Baton Rouge in FebruaryUnited States · 227 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 8.7°C · 115 mm rain
- Gulfport in FebruaryUnited States · 238 kmHigh 16.7°C · Low 9.8°C · 121 mm rain
- Metairie in FebruaryUnited States · 257 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 10.7°C · 112 mm rain
- New Orleans in FebruaryUnited States · 261 kmHigh 17.8°C · Low 10.7°C · 108 mm rain
- Tuscaloosa in FebruaryUnited States · 265 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 4.7°C · 129 mm rain
- Mobile in FebruaryUnited States · 270 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 8.9°C · 110 mm rain
- Lafayette (Louisiana), United States in FebruaryUnited States · 289 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 9.0°C · 107 mm rain
- Memphis in FebruaryUnited States · 317 kmHigh 11.8°C · Low 2.3°C · 104 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.