Annual Mississippi rainfall, severe weather and climate data

Mississippi Annual Rainfall and Climate Data, see below for individual cities

Mississippi Average Annual Precipitation

Mississippi city precipitation totals

City	Avg Annual Precip	Avg Annual Snow	Avg. days of Precip	Avg # thunderstorm days	Avg # hail days	Avg # severe thunderstorm watches per year	Avg # tornado watches per year	# of tornadoes reported in county, 1960-2010
Jackson	55.95	1.0	110	68	1	13	8	57
Meridian	58.65	1.2	106	59	1	14	8	36
Tupelo	55.86	2.8	109	58	1	10	8	19
Mississippi Annual Precipitation Average - 59.23 inches, 3rd wettest state in the U.S. Mississippi Tornado Average - 23.6 per year - 12th most in the U.S.

Mississippi Precipitation Records

Driest location ranked by lowest annual average precipitation: Cleveland, northwest Mississippi, 50.97"
Wettest location ranked by highest annual average precipitation: Vancleave, southeast Mississippi, 72.10"
Snowiest location ranked by highest annual average snowfall: Cleveland, northwest Mississippi, 4.9"
State precipitation record for 24 hours - Fort Ripley, central Minnesota, 7/21-22/1972, 10.84"
State precipitation record for 1 year - Waveland, southern Mississippi, 1991, 104.36"
State snowfall record for 24 hours - Mt. Pleasant, northern Mississippi, 12/23/1963, 18.0"
State snow record for 1 season - Senatobia, northern Mississippi, 1967-1968, 25.2"
With a state annual average of 59.23 inches of precipitation, Mississippi is the third wettest U.S. state
95% of Mississippi's weather reporting stations average over 50 inches of precipitation annually. Only Hawaii and Louisiana receive more precipitation than Mississippi
Measurable snow or sleet falls on some part of of Mississippi in 95 % of all years
The Gulf Coast of Mississippi suffered near total devastation from Hurricane Katrina on August 28-29, 2005 with hurricane winds, 28-foot storm surge and 55-foot sea waves pushing casino barges, boats and debris into towns, leaving an estimated $125 billion in damages
Mississippi temperature averages and extremes, precipitation and temperature data for all U.S. states and Top 10 U.S. climate extremes

Data sources: National Climatic Data Center, severe thunderstorm / tornado watch data period is 1999 - 2008, NOAA Storm Prediction Center