Climate averages 1991–2020
Jackson weather
in October.
A warm, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Jackson: daytime highs average 25.1°C and nights cool to about 14.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 91 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes October a wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 24 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Baton Rouge (227 km away). In October its highs average 26.2°C, 1.0°C warmer than Jackson, with 86 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Jackson ranks joint 145th of 498 for the warmest October highs and joint 346th of 498 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 498 cities is 21.4°C; Jackson is 3.8°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 6.5°C to 18.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 91 mm to 92 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Baton Rouge in OctoberUnited States · 227 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 16.7°C · 86 mm rain
- Gulfport in OctoberUnited States · 238 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 18.1°C · 95 mm rain
- Metairie in OctoberUnited States · 257 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 18.9°C · 89 mm rain
- New Orleans in OctoberUnited States · 261 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 18.9°C · 88 mm rain
- Tuscaloosa in OctoberUnited States · 265 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 14.1°C · 91 mm rain
- Mobile in OctoberUnited States · 270 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 17.1°C · 88 mm rain
- Lafayette (Louisiana), United States in OctoberUnited States · 289 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 17.1°C · 96 mm rain
- Memphis in OctoberUnited States · 317 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 12.7°C · 102 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.