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January Weather in Lucedale Mississippi, United States

Daily high temperatures are around 61°F, rarely falling below 46°F or exceeding 74°F. The lowest daily average high temperature is 60°F on January 6.

Daily low temperatures are around 39°F, rarely falling below 23°F or exceeding 58°F. The lowest daily average low temperature is 39°F on January 17.

For reference, on July 15, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Lucedale typically range from 71°F to 91°F, while on January 17, the coldest day of the year, they range from 39°F to 60°F.

Average High and Low Temperature in January in Lucedale

Average High and Low Temperature in January in LucedaleJan112233445566778899101011111212131314141515161617171818191920202121222223232424252526262727282829293030313120°F20°F25°F25°F30°F30°F35°F35°F40°F40°F45°F45°F50°F50°F55°F55°F60°F60°F65°F65°F70°F70°F75°F75°F80°F80°FDecFebJan 660°FJan 660°F39°F39°FJan 3161°FJan 3161°F39°F39°FJan 2161°FJan 2161°F39°F39°F
The daily average high (red line) and low (blue line) temperature, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands. The thin dotted lines are the corresponding average perceived temperatures.

The figure below shows you a compact characterization of the hourly average temperatures for the quarter of the year centered on January. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the color is the average temperature for that hour and day.

Average Hourly Temperature in January in Lucedale

Average Hourly Temperature in January in LucedaleJan112233445566778899101011111212131314141515161617171818191920202121222223232424252526262727282829293030313112 AM12 AM2 AM2 AM4 AM4 AM6 AM6 AM8 AM8 AM10 AM10 AM12 PM12 PM2 PM2 PM4 PM4 PM6 PM6 PM8 PM8 PM10 PM10 PM12 AM12 AMDecFebvery coldcoldcoldcoldcoolvery cold
frigid 15°F freezing 32°F very cold 45°F cold 55°F cool 65°F comfortable 75°F warm 85°F hot 95°F sweltering
The average hourly temperature, color coded into bands. The shaded overlays indicate night and civil twilight.

Pocito, Argentina (4,525 miles away) and Al Quwayrah, Jordan (6,861 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Lucedale (view comparison).

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The month of January in Lucedale experiences essentially constant cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy remaining about 47% throughout the month. The highest chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 48% on January 3.

The clearest day of the month is January 16, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 54% of the time.

For reference, on July 11, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 56%, while on October 25, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 67%.

Cloud Cover Categories in January in Lucedale

Cloud Cover Categories in January in LucedaleJan11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%DecFebOct 2567%Oct 2567%Jan 152%Jan 152%Jan 3153%Jan 3153%Jan 1153%Jan 1153%Jan 2153%Jan 2153%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercast
0% clear 20% mostly clear 40% partly cloudy 60% mostly cloudy 80% overcast 100%
The percentage of time spent in each cloud cover band, categorized by the percentage of the sky covered by clouds.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Lucedale, the chance of a wet day over the course of January is essentially constant, remaining around 32% throughout.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 58% on July 28, and its lowest chance is 21% on October 14.

Over the course of January in Lucedale, the chance of a day with only rain remains an essentially constant 30% throughout, the chance of a day with mixed snow and rain remains an essentially constant 2% throughout, and the chance of a day with only snow remains an essentially constant 0% throughout.

Probability of Precipitation in January in Lucedale

The percentage of days in which various types of precipitation are observed, excluding trace quantities: rain alone, snow alone, and mixed (both rain and snow fell in the same day).

Rainfall

To show variation within the month and not just the monthly total, we show the rainfall accumulated over a sliding 31-day period centered around each day.

The average sliding 31-day rainfall during January in Lucedale is gradually increasing, starting the month at 4.8 inches, when it rarely exceeds 8.2 inches or falls below 2.1 inches, and ending the month at 5.2 inches, when it rarely exceeds 8.7 inches or falls below 2.1 inches.

Average Monthly Rainfall in January in Lucedale

The average rainfall (solid line) accumulated over the course of a sliding 31-day period centered on the day in question, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands. The thin dotted line is the corresponding average snowfall.

Snowfall

As with rainfall, we consider the snowfall accumulated over a sliding 31-day period centered around each day.

The average sliding 31-day snowfall during January in Lucedale is essentially constant, remaining about 1.0 inches throughout, and rarely exceeding 2.7 inches or falling below -0.0 inches.

The highest average 31-day accumulation is 1.2 inches on January 20.

Average Monthly Snowfall in January in Lucedale

The average snowfall (solid line) accumulated over the course of a sliding 31-day period centered on the day in question, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands. The thin dotted line is the corresponding average rainfall.

Over the course of January in Lucedale, the length of the day is increasing. From the start to the end of the month, the length of the day increases by 31 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 1 minute, 2 seconds, and weekly increase of 7 minutes, 12 seconds.

The shortest day of the month is January 1, with 10 hours, 11 minutes of daylight and the longest day is January 31, with 10 hours, 42 minutes of daylight.

Hours of Daylight and Twilight in January in Lucedale

The number of hours during which the Sun is visible (black line). From bottom (most yellow) to top (most gray), the color bands indicate: full daylight, twilight (civil, nautical, and astronomical), and full night.

The latest sunrise of the month in Lucedale is 6:53 AM on January 10 and the earliest sunrise is 6 minutes earlier at 6:46 AM on January 31.

The earliest sunset is 5:03 PM on January 1 and the latest sunset is 25 minutes later at 5:28 PM on January 31.

Daylight saving time is observed in Lucedale during 2024, but it neither starts nor ends during January, so the entire month is in daylight saving time.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 5:51 AM and sets 14 hours, 9 minutes later, at 8:00 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 6:48 AM and sets 10 hours, 9 minutes later, at 4:57 PM.

Sunrise & Sunset with Twilight in January in Lucedale

The solar day over the course of January. From bottom to top, the black lines are the previous solar midnight, sunrise, solar noon, sunset, and the next solar midnight. The day, twilights (civil, nautical, and astronomical), and night are indicated by the color bands from yellow to gray.

The figure below presents a compact representation of the sun's elevation (the angle of the sun above the horizon) and azimuth (its compass bearing) for every hour of every day in the reporting period. The horizontal axis is the day of the year and the vertical axis is the hour of the day. For a given day and hour of that day, the background color indicates the azimuth of the sun at that moment. The black isolines are contours of constant solar elevation.

Solar Elevation and Azimuth in January in Lucedale

Solar Elevation and Azimuth in January in LucedaleJan112233445566778899101011111212131314141515161617171818191920202121222223232424252526262727282829293030313112 AM12 AM2 AM2 AM4 AM4 AM6 AM6 AM8 AM8 AM10 AM10 AM12 PM12 PM2 PM2 PM4 PM4 PM6 PM6 PM8 PM8 PM10 PM10 PM12 AM12 AMDecFeb001010202020303040500001010202030303040
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Solar elevation and azimuth over the course of January 2024. The black lines are lines of constant solar elevation (the angle of the sun above the horizon, in degrees). The background color fills indicate the azimuth (the compass bearing) of the sun. The lightly tinted areas at the boundaries of the cardinal compass points indicate the implied intermediate directions (northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest).

The figure below presents a compact representation of key lunar data for January 2024. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the colored areas indicate when the moon is above the horizon. The vertical gray bars (new Moons) and blue bars (full Moons) indicate key Moon phases. The label associated with each bar indicates the date and time that the phase is obtained, and the companion time labels indicate the rise and set times of the Moon for the nearest time interval in which the moon is above the horizon.

Moon Rise, Set & Phases in January in Lucedale

Moon Rise, Set & Phases in January in LucedaleJan112233445566778899101011111212131314141515161617171818191920202121222223232424252526262727282829293030313112 AM12 AM4 AM4 AM8 AM8 AM12 PM12 PM4 PM4 PM8 PM8 PM12 AM12 AMDecFebDec 125:33 PMDec 125:33 PMDec 266:34 PMDec 266:34 PMJan 115:58 AMJan 115:58 AMJan 2511:55 AMJan 2511:55 AMFeb 95:00 PMFeb 95:00 PMFeb 246:31 AMFeb 246:31 AM6:29 AM6:29 AM4:32 PM4:32 PM4:36 PM4:36 PM7:38 AM7:38 AM7:18 AM7:18 AM5:28 PM5:28 PM4:24 PM4:24 PM7:04 AM7:04 AM6:43 AM6:43 AM5:29 PM5:29 PM5:12 PM5:12 PM6:43 AM6:43 AM
The time in which the moon is above the horizon (light blue area), with new moons (dark gray lines) and full moons (blue lines) indicated. The shaded overlays indicate night and civil twilight.
Jan 2024IlluminationMoonriseMoonsetMoonriseMeridian PassingDistance
1
75%-10:39 AMW10:20 PME4:05 AMS251,582 mi
2
66%-11:04 AMW11:14 PME4:44 AMS251,357 mi
3
50%-11:29 AMW-5:23 AMS250,311 mi
4
47%12:07 AME11:55 AMW-6:02 AMS248,442 mi
5
37%1:03 AMESE12:23 PMWSW-6:43 AMS245,818 mi
6
27%2:01 AMESE12:55 PMWSW-7:28 AMS242,581 mi
7
18%3:03 AMESE1:32 PMWSW-8:17 AMS238,944 mi
8
10%4:08 AMESE2:17 PMWSW-9:13 AMS235,188 mi
9
4%5:15 AMESE3:12 PMWSW-10:13 AMS231,641 mi
10
1%6:19 AMESE4:17 PMWSW-11:18 AMS228,637 mi
11
0%7:18 AMESE5:28 PMWSW-12:23 PMS226,461 mi
12
2%8:09 AMESE6:41 PMWSW-1:26 PMS225,294 mi
13
8%8:53 AMESE7:54 PMWSW-2:23 PMS225,179 mi
14
16%9:30 AMESE9:04 PMW-3:16 PMS226,028 mi
15
25%10:03 AME10:11 PMW-4:06 PMS227,661 mi
16
37%10:35 AME11:16 PMW-4:53 PMS229,848 mi
17
50%11:06 AME--5:40 PMS232,361 mi
18
60%-12:20 AMWNW11:38 AMENE6:28 PMS235,002 mi
19
70%-1:25 AMWNW12:13 PMENE7:18 PMS237,625 mi
20
80%-2:30 AMWNW12:53 PMENE8:11 PMS240,137 mi
21
88%-3:34 AMWNW1:38 PMENE9:05 PMS242,489 mi
22
94%-4:36 AMWNW2:29 PMENE10:01 PMS244,660 mi
23
98%-5:32 AMWNW3:25 PMENE10:55 PMS246,635 mi
24
100%-6:22 AMWNW4:24 PMENE11:47 PMS248,395 mi
25
100%-7:04 AMWNW5:23 PMENE--
26
100%-7:41 AMWNW6:22 PMENE12:35 AMS249,899 mi
27
98%-8:12 AMWNW7:18 PMENE1:20 AMS251,084 mi
28
94%-8:40 AMWNW8:13 PME2:02 AMS251,863 mi
29
89%-9:06 AMW9:06 PME2:41 AMS252,139 mi
30
82%-9:31 AMW9:59 PME3:20 AMS251,811 mi
31
74%-9:56 AMW10:53 PME3:59 AMS250,796 mi

We base the humidity comfort level on the dew point, as it determines whether perspiration will evaporate from the skin, thereby cooling the body. Lower dew points feel drier and higher dew points feel more humid. Unlike temperature, which typically varies significantly between night and day, dew point tends to change more slowly, so while the temperature may drop at night, a muggy day is typically followed by a muggy night.

The chance that a given day will be muggy in Lucedale is gradually decreasing during January, falling from 6% to 3% over the course of the month.

The lowest chance of a muggy day during January is 3% on January 29.

For reference, on July 22, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 97% of the time, while on January 29, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 3% of the time.

Humidity Comfort Levels in January in Lucedale

Humidity Comfort Levels in January in LucedaleJan11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310%0%10%10%20%20%30%30%40%40%50%50%60%60%70%70%80%80%90%90%100%100%DecFebJan 293%Jan 293%Jan 16%Jan 16%Jan 114%Jan 114%Jan 213%Jan 213%humidhumidcomfortablecomfortabledrydrymuggymuggy
dry 55°F comfortable 60°F humid 65°F muggy 70°F oppressive 75°F miserable
The percentage of time spent at various humidity comfort levels, categorized by dew point.

This section discusses the wide-area hourly average wind vector (speed and direction) at 10 meters above the ground. The wind experienced at any given location is highly dependent on local topography and other factors, and instantaneous wind speed and direction vary more widely than hourly averages.

The average hourly wind speed in Lucedale is essentially constant during January, remaining within 0.1 miles per hour of 6.1 miles per hour throughout.

For reference, on March 6, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 6.3 miles per hour, while on August 7, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 4.0 miles per hour.

Average Wind Speed in January in Lucedale

The average of mean hourly wind speeds (dark gray line), with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.

The hourly average wind direction in Lucedale throughout January is predominantly from the north, with a peak proportion of 40% on January 1.

Wind Direction in January in Lucedale

Wind Direction in January in LucedaleJan11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310%100%20%80%40%60%60%40%80%20%100%0%DecFebsoutheastnorthwest
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The percentage of hours in which the mean wind direction is from each of the four cardinal wind directions, excluding hours in which the mean wind speed is less than 1.0 mph. The lightly tinted areas at the boundaries are the percentage of hours spent in the implied intermediate directions (northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest).

Lucedale is located near a large body of water (e.g., ocean, sea, or large lake). This section reports on the wide-area average surface temperature of that water.

The average surface water temperature in Lucedale is essentially constant during January, remaining within 1°F of 62°F throughout.

Average Water Temperature in January in Lucedale

Average Water Temperature in January in LucedaleJan112233445566778899101011111212131314141515161617171818191920202121222223232424252526262727282829293030313156°F56°F58°F58°F60°F60°F62°F62°F64°F64°F66°F66°F68°F68°F70°F70°FDecFebJan 163°FJan 163°FJan 3161°FJan 3161°FJan 1162°FJan 1162°FJan 2161°FJan 2161°F
The daily average water temperature (purple line), with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.

Definitions of the growing season vary throughout the world, but for the purposes of this report, we define it as the longest continuous period of non-freezing temperatures (≥ 32°F) in the year (the calendar year in the Northern Hemisphere, or from July 1 until June 30 in the Southern Hemisphere).

The growing season in Lucedale typically lasts for 7.8 months (240 days), from around March 16 to around November 11, rarely starting before February 20 or after April 6, and rarely ending before October 22 or after November 30.

The month of January in Lucedale is reliably fully outside of the growing season.

Time Spent in Various Temperature Bands and the Growing Season in January in Lucedale

Time Spent in Various Temperature Bands and the Growing Season in January in LucedaleJan11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%DecFeb0%Jan 160%Jan 16Feb 2010%Feb 2010%freezingvery coldcoldcoolcomfortablewarm
frigid 15°F freezing 32°F very cold 45°F cold 55°F cool 65°F comfortable 75°F warm 85°F hot 95°F sweltering
The percentage of time spent in various temperature bands. The black line is the percentage chance that a given day is within the growing season.

Growing degree days are a measure of yearly heat accumulation used to predict plant and animal development, and defined as the integral of warmth above a base temperature, discarding any excess above a maximum temperature. In this report, we use a base of 50°F and a cap of 86°F.

The average accumulated growing degree days in Lucedale are gradually increasing during January, increasing by 136°F, from 4°F to 141°F, over the course of the month.

Growing Degree Days in January in Lucedale

The average growing degree days accumulated over the course of January, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.

This section discusses the total daily incident shortwave solar energy reaching the surface of the ground over a wide area, taking full account of seasonal variations in the length of the day, the elevation of the Sun above the horizon, and absorption by clouds and other atmospheric constituents. Shortwave radiation includes visible light and ultraviolet radiation.

The average daily incident shortwave solar energy in Lucedale is gradually increasing during January, rising by 0.6 kWh, from 3.0 kWh to 3.6 kWh, over the course of the month.

Average Daily Incident Shortwave Solar Energy in January in Lucedale

Average Daily Incident Shortwave Solar Energy in January in LucedaleJan11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310.0 kWh0.0 kWh0.5 kWh0.5 kWh1.0 kWh1.0 kWh1.5 kWh1.5 kWh2.0 kWh2.0 kWh2.5 kWh2.5 kWh3.0 kWh3.0 kWh3.5 kWh3.5 kWh4.0 kWh4.0 kWh4.5 kWh4.5 kWh5.0 kWh5.0 kWh5.5 kWh5.5 kWh6.0 kWh6.0 kWhDecFebJan 13.0 kWhJan 13.0 kWhJan 313.6 kWhJan 313.6 kWhJan 113.1 kWhJan 113.1 kWhJan 213.3 kWhJan 213.3 kWh
The average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground per square meter (orange line), with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Lucedale are 30.925 deg latitude, -88.590 deg longitude, and 292 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Lucedale contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 210 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 239 feet. Within 10 miles also contains only modest variations in elevation (312 feet). Within 50 miles also contains only modest variations in elevation (407 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Lucedale is covered by cropland (45%), trees (26%), and herbaceous vegetation (13%), within 10 miles by trees (45%) and herbaceous vegetation (26%), and within 50 miles by trees (53%) and herbaceous vegetation (22%).

This report illustrates the typical weather in Lucedale, based on a statistical analysis of historical hourly weather reports and model reconstructions from January 1, 1980 to December 31, 2016.

Temperature and Dew Point

There are 3 weather stations near enough to contribute to our estimation of the temperature and dew point in Lucedale.

For each station, the records are corrected for the elevation difference between that station and Lucedale according to the International Standard Atmosphere , and by the relative change present in the MERRA-2 satellite-era reanalysis between the two locations.

The estimated value at Lucedale is computed as the weighted average of the individual contributions from each station, with weights proportional to the inverse of the distance between Lucedale and a given station.

The stations contributing to this reconstruction are:

To get a sense of how much these sources agree with each other, you can view a comparison of Lucedale and the stations that contribute to our estimates of its temperature history and climate. Please note that each source's contribution is adjusted for elevation and the relative change present in the MERRA-2 data.

Other Data

All data relating to the Sun's position (e.g., sunrise and sunset) are computed using astronomical formulas from the book, Astronomical Algorithms 2nd Edition , by Jean Meeus.

All other weather data, including cloud cover, precipitation, wind speed and direction, and solar flux, come from NASA's MERRA-2 Modern-Era Retrospective Analysis . This reanalysis combines a variety of wide-area measurements in a state-of-the-art global meteorological model to reconstruct the hourly history of weather throughout the world on a 50-kilometer grid.

Land Use data comes from the Global Land Cover SHARE database , published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

Elevation data comes from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) , published by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Names, locations, and time zones of places and some airports come from the GeoNames Geographical Database .

Time zones for airports and weather stations are provided by AskGeo.com .

Maps are © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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