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Tupelo, MS

2026
NEAR NORMAL PRECIPITATION
32.19in
year to date · normal 36.79"
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rain ahead · next 3 days
1.51" of rain forecast
the 3-day record here is 10.88"
1.51in

Accumulation

TODAY
0.0in
no rain yet of 96 yrs
MONTH TO DATE
1.14in
33rd driest of 97 yrs
56% of normal
LAST 90 DAYS
9.05in
34th driest of 97 yrs
82% of normal
YEAR TO DATE
32.19in
29th driest of 96 yrs
87% of normal

Extremes & Streaks

Biggest Day on Record

9.4in
on Mar 21, 1955 · in 97 years

Dry Streak

1days
current run under 0.01" · longest ever 38 days (to Sep 2, 1983)

Wet Streak

0days
consecutive days with rain · longest ever 12 days

Year to Date vs Normal

87%
32.19" of a normal 36.79" · wettest 57.62" (1991) · driest 17.87" (1988)

Wettest & Driest Years

The extremes of a 95-year record (1930–2025) — full calendar-year totals. The long-run average is 54.81" a year.

Wettest Years on Record

1199181.05in
2201976.98in
3193275.95in
4197974.7in
5194672.18in

Driest Years on Record

1198130.98in
2194334.55in
3196536.21in
4194136.5in
5198837.63in

Rainfall by Month

The seasonal rhythm — each month's normal precipitation, with this year's totals in blue. Where the blue bar clears the band, the month ran wetter than usual.
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Normal (median)This year
Normally wettest in Mar (~5.8") and driest in Oct (~2.59"). Wettest calendar month ever: Dec 1982, 19.89".

This Day in History · Rainfall

Every year's rainfall on each of the next 7 dates at Tupelo — toggle a day below. The tallest bar (ringed) is the wettest on record for that date.

Wettest Aug 24 ever

2.00in
set in 2008

Rain on Aug 24

23%
of 96 years had measurable rain
1930: 0.00″1931: 0.00″1932: 0.00″1933: 0.00″1934: 0.00″1935: 0.00″1936: 0.04″1937: 0.31″1938: 0.00″1939: 0.00″1940: 0.00″1941: 0.00″1942: 0.00″1943: 0.00″1944: 0.04″1945: 0.00″1946: 0.00″1947: 1.51″1948: 0.00″1949: 0.05″1950: 0.06″1951: 0.00″1952: 0.00″1953: 0.00″1954: 0.02″1955: 0.00″1956: 0.00″1957: 0.00″1958: 0.82″1959: 0.00″1960: 0.00″1961: 0.00″1962: 0.76″1963: 0.00″1964: 0.00″1965: 0.04″1966: 0.00″1967: 0.00″1968: 0.14″1969: 0.00″1970: 0.00″1971: 0.00″1972: 0.04″1973: 0.00″1974: 0.00″1975: 0.00″1976: 0.00″1977: 0.00″1978: 0.00″1979: 0.00″1980: 0.00″1981: 0.00″1982: 0.00″1983: 0.00″1984: 0.00″1985: 0.87″1986: 0.00″1987: 0.00″1988: 0.00″1989: 0.01″1990: 0.00″1991: 0.00″1992: 0.77″1993: 0.00″1994: 0.00″1995: 0.00″1996: 0.00″1997: 0.00″1998: 0.00″1999: 0.20″2000: 0.00″2001: 0.00″2002: 0.56″2003: 0.00″2004: 0.83″2005: 0.00″2006: 0.00″2007: 0.00″2008: 2.00″2009: 0.00″2010: 0.00″2011: 0.00″2012: 0.00″2013: 0.01″2014: 0.00″2015: 0.00″2016: 0.00″2017: 0.00″2018: 0.00″2019: 1.26″2020: 0.00″2021: 0.00″2022: 0.10″2023: 0.00″2024: 0.00″2025: 0.00″0″1″2″1930194019501960197019801990200020102020

This Year's Rainfall

Tupelo's cumulative rainfall so far this year against its own record — the normal accumulation, and the wettest & driest years to date. The bright line is the running total; where it rides the band tells the story at a glance.
Tupelo, MS — cumulative rainfall this year vs the record
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Rainfall Calendar

Tupelo's entire daily record as one heatmap — each row a year, each cell a day, shaded by that day's rainfall. Dry spells read as dark blocks, wet seasons as brighter bands; the whole climate at a glance.
Tupelo, MS — daily rainfall every day on record
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Sun & Location

Sun & Daylight Today

Sunrise5:23 AM
Sunset6:31 PM
Solar noon11:57 AM
Daylight13h 07m
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.

Location

34.26°N, 88.77°W

Nearby Stations

Muscle Shoals, AL74 mi EMemphis, TN88 mi NWGreenwood, MS92 mi SWHuntsville, AL116 mi EBirmingham, AL125 mi EMeridian, MS133 mi S

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