Tupelo, MS

Mississippi · Records since 1930–2026

☀️ 92°F Feels like 102°
Currently in Tupelo
As of 1:30 PM CDT

Records for September 11

🔥 Record High

100°F

September 11, 1939

+12° from 88° normal

❄ Record Low

42°F

September 11, 1976

-24° from 66° normal
🌞 Normal high: 88°F 🌑 Normal low: 66°F 1991–2020 normals

All-Time Records — Tupelo

🔥
109°F
Hottest Day Ever
Jul 29, 1930
❄
-14°F
Coldest Day Ever
Jan 27, 1940
🌧
9.40"
Wettest Day Ever
Mar 21, 1955
☃
8.0"
Most Snow in One Day
Jan 24, 1940

First & Last Dates — Tupelo

How early and how late each seasonal turning point has ever arrived, across the full period of record

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Range ever recorded Normal date (1991–2020)
267 days
Longest growing season
2009
166 days
Shortest growing season
1976
226 days
Normal growing season
1991–2020 average

Top 10 Record Highs — September 11

# Temp Date
🏆 100°F September 11, 1939
2 97°F September 11, 1936
3 96°F September 11, 1983
4 95°F September 11, 2019
5 95°F September 11, 2002
6 95°F September 11, 1980
7 95°F September 11, 1978
8 95°F September 11, 1942
9 95°F September 11, 1938
10 95°F September 11, 1934

Top 5 Record Lows — September 11

# Temp Date
🥶 42°F September 11, 1976
2 46°F September 11, 1969
3 49°F September 11, 1940
4 50°F September 11, 1980
5 52°F September 11, 1993
About this data — Records are sourced from the NOAA Threadex dataset via RCC ACIS, a quality-controlled record for long-term climate stations. Threadex adjusts for station relocations and observation-time changes, making records comparable across all years since 1930–2026. Climate normals represent the 1991–2020 average.

Heat Wave Summary — Tupelo

threshold: 97°F (90th percentile of historical Jun–Aug highs)
5.0
Avg heat wave length
days (historical)
101°
Avg peak temp
during heat waves
84
Dangerous nights 2026
Overnights ≥ 70°F
2
Heat waves 2026
so far

Days ≥ 90°F Per Year

1930–2026
76
2026 so far
75
Avg/year 1970–2025
86
Avg/year (last 10 complete)
113
Most in a year (1954)

Average Daily High by Decade

Full year · complete decades only

Longest Heat Waves — Tupelo

# Dates Days Peak Avg High Avg Overnight Low
🏆 Aug 6, 1980 – Aug 26, 1980 21 105°F (Aug 20) 99°F 67°F
2 Jul 1, 1980 – Jul 20, 1980 20 105°F (Jul 14) 101°F 71°F
3 Jul 29, 1935 – Aug 14, 1935 17 107°F (Aug 8) 102°F 73°F
4 Aug 3, 2007 – Aug 18, 2007 16 107°F (Aug 15) 101°F 75°F
5 Jul 30, 2006 – Aug 10, 2006 12 105°F (Aug 9) 101°F 75°F
6 Sep 3, 1939 – Sep 14, 1939 12 103°F (Sep 9) 101°F 67°F
7 Aug 3, 1956 – Aug 14, 1956 12 102°F (Aug 6) 99°F 74°F
8 Jun 27, 2012 – Jul 7, 2012 11 106°F (Jun 29) 101°F 71°F
9 Aug 2, 1934 – Aug 12, 1934 11 105°F (Aug 7) 100°F 74°F
10 Jun 13, 1936 – Jun 22, 1936 10 108°F (Jun 20) 102°F 69°F

Heat Waves Per Year

Warm Summer Nights (Jun–Aug)

Nights where the overnight low exceeded the 1991–2020 normal low

52
2026 total
above-normal nights
30.6
Avg / summer
1970–2020
77
Most in a summer
2010

Above-Normal Summer Nights Per Year

Average June–August Low by Decade

Overnight lows · complete decades only

Precipitation

Annual totals and trend across the full period of record · see this year's standing →

Monthly Precipitation — Last 24 Months

Blue = actual · dashed line = monthly normal

Annual Precipitation Per Year (1930–2026)

Blue = above average · tan = below average · gold = 2026 (partial)
Since 1930, annual totals have trended +0.77" per decade, about +7.3" across the record.

Heavy Rain Days Per Year (≥ 1.0")

Compare year-to-year changes in days with heavy rainfall (≥ 1.0")

This Year — 2026

How Tupelo is tracking against normal, year to date

Daily High Temperature vs Normal

Above normal Below normal

137 of 253 days with data were above the 1991–2020 normal high for their date.

Precipitation, Year to Date

32.74"
2026 YTD
Normal: 40.91"
-8.17"
0.16"
September so far
September normal: 3.57"
-3.41"
6
2026 heavy rain days
Days with ≥ 1.0"

Accumulation vs. Normal

Running total since Jan 1 against the normal pace for the same date · Tupelo is 8.17" behind the normal pace

Period Review — Mar 1 – May 31, 2026

Any window, evaluated against every other year on record — 92 days

Quick picks: Last 7 days Last 30 days Last 90 days This month
Seasons: Spring (Mar–May) Summer (Jun–Aug) Fall (Sep–Nov)
66.2°F
Average temperature
3rd-warmest of 95
+3.6°
vs. average
Normal: 62.5°F (1991–2020)
15.59"
Precipitation
42nd-driest of 93
-0.51"
vs. average
Normal: 16.10" · 97% of normal

Average Temperature by Year — Mar 1 – May 31

1930–2026 · 2026 highlighted · trend +0.12° per decade (warming since 1930)

Precipitation by Year — Mar 1 – May 31

1930–2026 · 2026 highlighted · trend +0.19" per decade (wetter since 1930)

Warmest Mar 1 – May 31 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 2012 67.6°F
2 1938 66.2°F
3 2026 66.2°F
4 2024 66.1°F
5 1955 65.6°F
6 2007 65.4°F
7 2025 65.3°F
8 2006 65.2°F
9 1945 65.2°F
10 1948 65.1°F

Coolest Mar 1 – May 31 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 1931 57.4°F
2 1971 57.8°F
3 1960 58.5°F
4 1983 59.1°F
5 1980 59.3°F
6 2013 59.3°F
7 1993 59.5°F
8 1947 59.7°F
9 1996 60.0°F
10 1969 60.0°F

Wettest Mar 1 – May 31 on Record

# Year Total
1 1991 35.97"
2 1955 29.38"
3 1980 28.35"
4 1983 26.02"
5 1973 25.96"
6 1978 24.29"
7 1944 23.43"
8 2015 23.25"
9 1979 23.07"
10 1970 22.86"

Driest Mar 1 – May 31 on Record

# Year Total
1 2007 6.21"
2 1941 6.70"
3 1992 7.77"
4 2005 8.71"
5 1986 9.03"
6 1987 9.09"
7 1937 9.27"
8 1958 9.69"
9 1989 9.78"
10 1932 9.85"
About this data. Pick any start and end date and this becomes the same kind of review as the Month and Fall tabs, just for exactly the window you asked for — the generalized version of the same engine, evaluated across every year on record. Average temperature is the mean of each day's (high + low) / 2; precipitation is the sum of daily totals. A year missing more than about a fifth of the window's days is excluded from the temperature ranking; any missing day excludes a year from the precipitation ranking, since an unreported day is unreported rain. Ranges that cross from December into January aren't supported yet. Normals are the 1991–2020 mean for the same window.
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