It’s almost summer, and the weather is starting to heat up.
With this in mind, Stacker compiled a list of the counties with the warmest summers in Mississippi using data from the National Centers for Environmental Information. Data represents the average temperatures from June to August 2022; the historic average is the average for these months from 1901 to 2000.
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#25. Wilkinson County
– Summer 2022 average temperature: 82 degrees
– Historic average summer temperature: 80 degrees
— 2022 difference from historic average: 1.5 degrees
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#24. Jones County
– Summer 2022 average temperature: 82 degrees
– Historic average summer temperature: 80 degrees
— 2022 difference from historic average: 1.7 degrees
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#23. Oktibbeha County
– Summer 2022 average temperature: 82 degrees
– Historic average summer temperature: 79 degrees
— 2022 difference from historic average: 2.5 degrees
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#22. Pike County
– Summer 2022 average temperature: 82 degrees
– Historic average summer temperature: 80 degrees
— 2022 difference from historic average: 2.0 degrees
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#21. Claiborne County
– Summer 2022 average temperature: 82 degrees
– Historic average summer temperature: 81 degrees
— 2022 difference from historic average: 1.5 degrees
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#20. Pearl River County
– Summer 2022 average temperature: 82 degrees
– Historic average summer temperature: 80 degrees
— 2022 difference from historic average: 2.1 degrees
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#19. Clay County
– Summer 2022 average temperature: 82 degrees
– Historic average summer temperature: 80 degrees
— 2022 difference from historic average: 2.3 degrees
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#18. George County
– Summer 2022 average temperature: 82 degrees
– Historic average summer temperature: 80 degrees
— 2022 difference from historic average: 1.9 degrees
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#17. Lawrence County
– Summer 2022 average temperature: 82 degrees
– Historic average summer temperature: 80 degrees
— 2022 difference from historic average: 1.9 degrees
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#16. Lowndes County
– Summer 2022 average temperature: 82 degrees
– Historic average summer temperature: 80 degrees
— 2022 difference from historic average: 2.1 degrees
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#15. Warren County
– Summer 2022 average temperature: 82 degrees
– Historic average summer temperature: 81 degrees
— 2022 difference from historic average: 1.5 degrees
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#14. Walthall County
– Summer 2022 average temperature: 82 degrees
– Historic average summer temperature: 80 degrees
— 2022 difference from historic average: 2.1 degrees
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#13. Lee County
– Summer 2022 average temperature: 82 degrees
– Historic average summer temperature: 79 degrees
— 2022 difference from historic average: 2.8 degrees
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#12. Holmes County
– Summer 2022 average temperature: 82 degrees
– Historic average summer temperature: 80 degrees
— 2022 difference from historic average: 2.1 degrees
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#11. Adams County
– Summer 2022 average temperature: 82 degrees
– Historic average summer temperature: 81 degrees
— 2022 difference from historic average: 1.7 degrees
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#10. Washington County
– Summer 2022 average temperature: 82 degrees
– Historic average summer temperature: 81 degrees
— 2022 difference from historic average: 1.4 degrees
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#9. Leflore County
– Summer 2022 average temperature: 82 degrees
– Historic average summer temperature: 80 degrees
— 2022 difference from historic average: 1.9 degrees
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#8. Yazoo County
– Summer 2022 average temperature: 82 degrees
– Historic average summer temperature: 81 degrees
— 2022 difference from historic average: 1.7 degrees
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#7. Harrison County
– Summer 2022 average temperature: 82 degrees
– Historic average summer temperature: 80 degrees
— 2022 difference from historic average: 2.3 degrees
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#6. Marion County
– Summer 2022 average temperature: 82 degrees
– Historic average summer temperature: 80 degrees
— 2022 difference from historic average: 2.0 degrees
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#5. Jackson County
– Summer 2022 average temperature: 82 degrees
– Historic average summer temperature: 80 degrees
— 2022 difference from historic average: 2.2 degrees
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#4. Issaquena County
– Summer 2022 average temperature: 82 degrees
– Historic average summer temperature: 81 degrees
— 2022 difference from historic average: 1.8 degrees
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#3. Hancock County
– Summer 2022 average temperature: 83 degrees
– Historic average summer temperature: 80 degrees
— 2022 difference from historic average: 2.5 degrees
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#2. Sharkey County
– Summer 2022 average temperature: 83 degrees
– Historic average summer temperature: 81 degrees
— 2022 difference from historic average: 1.8 degrees
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#1. Humphreys County
– Summer 2022 average temperature: 83 degrees
– Historic average summer temperature: 81 degrees
— 2022 difference from historic average: 1.9 degrees
