Gulfport climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Gulfport?

Gulfport has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.5 °C and it receives 1,426 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Gulfport?

The hottest day measured in Gulfport between 1940 and 2025 was 25 June 2012, reaching 33.2 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Gulfport?

The coldest day measured in Gulfport between 1940 and 2025 was 21 January 1985, at -9.2 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Gulfport?

Almost never: Gulfport sees virtually no snow, with about 1 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Gulfport warmed?

Yes: Gulfport warmed by +0.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Gulfport?

The wettest day measured in Gulfport between 1940 and 2025 was 19 September 1947, with 219 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Gulfport?

The windiest day measured in Gulfport between 1940 and 2025 was 29 August 2005, with winds reaching 128.1 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Gulfport?

The warmest month in Gulfport is July (27.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (11.7 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Gulfport?

Gulfport receives on average 1,426 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 127 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Gulfport?

Gulfport gets on average 10.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,650 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Gulfport (United States) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 20.5 °C and it receives 1,426 mm of precipitation per year.

These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.

The warmest month is July (27.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (11.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in September.

Gulfport averages 1 frost days, 16 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 127 rainy days per year.

Gulfport has warmed by +0.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.10 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 33.2 °C (on 25 June 2012) and the coldest -9.2 °C (on 21 January 1985).

Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.

Climate normals · ERA5

GulfportMississippi

coords: 30.37°, -89.09°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CfaHumid subtropicalWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthSeptemberDriest monthOctober

Mean daily temperature

20.5°C

Average daily high

22.1°C

Average daily low

18.8°C

Annual rainfall

1,426mm

Sunshine / day

10.0h

Mean relative humidity

77%

Average peak wind

24.7km/h

Seasonal range

16.1°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

1 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

16 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

127 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.4 cm

Average feels-like high

23.4 °C

Average feels-like low

18.3 °C

Average peak gust

35.7 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

182 d/yr

Solar radiation

17.3 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+0.9 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.21 · p = < 0.001

19402025

Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).

A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.

Records for the period

Hottest day

33.2 °C

25 June 2012

Coldest day

-9.2 °C

21 January 1985

Wettest day

219 mm

19 September 1947

Windiest day

128.1 km/h

29 August 2005

Strongest gust

200.2 km/h

29 August 2005

Hottest feels-like

41.0 °C

1 August 2010

Coldest feels-like

-17.3 °C

21 January 1985

Snowiest day

9.0 cm

21 January 2025

Sunniest day

14.0 h

22 June 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	32.7 °C28 July 2025	-3.4 °C22 January 2025	21.5 °C	1,220 mm	33	3
2024	33.1 °C5 August 2024	-1.4 °C17 January 2024	21.8 °C	1,775 mm	38	2
2023	32.9 °C26 August 2023	4.4 °C14 January 2023	21.9 °C	1,172 mm	57	0
2022	32.7 °C23 June 2022	-2.1 °C24 December 2022	21.0 °C	1,568 mm	22	2
2021	32.0 °C23 August 2021	-1.7 °C16 February 2021	21.0 °C	2,033 mm	15	1
2020	32.0 °C5 September 2020	2.6 °C21 January 2020	21.6 °C	1,676 mm	18	0
2019	32.1 °C6 July 2019	2.3 °C13 November 2019	21.3 °C	1,313 mm	33	0
2018	32.3 °C22 July 2018	-3.0 °C17 January 2018	21.3 °C	1,598 mm	26	4
2017	31.3 °C27 July 2017	0.4 °C7 January 2017	21.6 °C	1,672 mm	11	0
2016	31.9 °C1 September 2016	3.0 °C24 January 2016	21.6 °C	1,549 mm	20	0
2015	32.2 °C29 July 2015	-1.7 °C8 January 2015	21.4 °C	1,315 mm	30	1
2014	33.0 °C24 August 2014	-3.1 °C7 January 2014	20.2 °C	1,437 mm	7	3
2013	31.2 °C14 June 2013	2.5 °C3 March 2013	20.6 °C	1,700 mm	9	0
2012	33.2 °C25 June 2012	1.2 °C12 February 2012	21.5 °C	1,540 mm	12	0
2011	32.8 °C26 August 2011	-0.8 °C13 January 2011	21.0 °C	1,259 mm	39	1
2010	32.7 °C1 August 2010	-2.5 °C9 January 2010	20.4 °C	1,647 mm	34	4
2009	31.4 °C23 June 2009	1.3 °C16 January 2009	20.9 °C	1,513 mm	14	0
2008	31.3 °C22 August 2008	0.0 °C3 January 2008	20.7 °C	1,406 mm	5	0
2007	31.7 °C11 August 2007	0.4 °C16 February 2007	21.0 °C	1,002 mm	25	0
2006	31.9 °C24 June 2006	0.8 °C8 December 2006	21.1 °C	932 mm	15	0
2005	31.6 °C24 July 2005	0.6 °C23 January 2005	20.7 °C	1,666 mm	23	0
2004	31.3 °C6 August 2004	1.6 °C24 December 2004	20.7 °C	1,510 mm	13	0
2003	30.6 °C14 August 2003	-2.4 °C24 January 2003	20.2 °C	1,485 mm	1	1
2002	31.1 °C20 July 2002	0.6 °C27 February 2002	20.5 °C	1,807 mm	7	0
2001	30.5 °C21 July 2001	-0.6 °C2 January 2001	20.4 °C	1,321 mm	5	1
2000	32.6 °C15 July 2000	-0.3 °C20 December 2000	20.8 °C	974 mm	31	1
1999	32.1 °C29 August 1999	-0.6 °C5 January 1999	21.2 °C	892 mm	29	2
1998	32.5 °C5 July 1998	1.2 °C12 March 1998	21.2 °C	1,764 mm	38	0
1997	32.3 °C4 July 1997	0.0 °C17 January 1997	20.2 °C	1,536 mm	18	0
1996	30.7 °C11 July 1996	-4.1 °C4 February 1996	20.1 °C	1,181 mm	7	6
1995	32.1 °C16 August 1995	1.1 °C10 December 1995	20.6 °C	1,783 mm	32	0
1994	29.9 °C16 June 1994	-0.5 °C19 January 1994	20.4 °C	1,404 mm	0	1
1993	32.3 °C31 July 1993	2.0 °C14 March 1993	20.3 °C	1,646 mm	18	0
1992	30.8 °C8 July 1992	2.4 °C16 January 1992	20.2 °C	1,694 mm	6	0
1991	31.7 °C14 July 1991	2.2 °C16 February 1991	20.8 °C	1,989 mm	21	0
1990	31.7 °C4 August 1990	1.9 °C24 December 1990	21.2 °C	939 mm	25	0
1989	32.5 °C2 September 1989	-8.4 °C23 December 1989	20.2 °C	1,364 mm	12	4
1988	30.5 °C26 August 1988	0.2 °C12 February 1988	19.8 °C	1,666 mm	4	0
1987	32.0 °C21 August 1987	1.1 °C27 January 1987	20.1 °C	1,460 mm	16	0
1986	32.4 °C1 August 1986	0.2 °C12 February 1986	20.7 °C	1,163 mm	16	0
1985	30.8 °C31 August 1985	-9.2 °C21 January 1985	20.5 °C	1,472 mm	5	4
1984	30.3 °C22 June 1984	-0.6 °C6 February 1984	20.0 °C	1,030 mm	2	2
1983	31.9 °C29 August 1983	-7.1 °C25 December 1983	19.6 °C	1,768 mm	19	4
1982	31.2 °C28 August 1982	-5.8 °C11 January 1982	20.6 °C	1,488 mm	12	4
1981	32.4 °C9 July 1981	-1.0 °C12 January 1981	20.2 °C	1,051 mm	23	3
1980	33.0 °C15 July 1980	-1.2 °C2 March 1980	20.5 °C	1,718 mm	29	3
1979	31.2 °C16 July 1979	-1.6 °C3 January 1979	20.0 °C	1,713 mm	9	3
1978	31.5 °C3 August 1978	-0.3 °C15 January 1978	19.9 °C	1,328 mm	10	2
1977	31.1 °C14 July 1977	-5.3 °C19 January 1977	20.0 °C	1,533 mm	7	5
1976	30.8 °C16 July 1976	-0.4 °C9 January 1976	19.7 °C	1,202 mm	7	1
1975	31.6 °C5 July 1975	0.0 °C19 December 1975	20.7 °C	1,906 mm	8	0
1974	31.5 °C12 July 1974	2.1 °C26 February 1974	21.1 °C	1,050 mm	6	0
1973	32.2 °C21 August 1973	0.4 °C10 February 1973	20.6 °C	1,629 mm	11	0
1972	31.9 °C21 August 1972	0.2 °C16 January 1972	21.0 °C	1,063 mm	20	0
1971	31.1 °C16 August 1971	0.1 °C10 February 1971	20.5 °C	1,147 mm	7	0
1970	30.5 °C3 July 1970	-2.1 °C9 January 1970	19.8 °C	1,550 mm	8	5
1969	32.2 °C9 July 1969	-0.2 °C5 January 1969	19.8 °C	1,446 mm	17	1
1968	31.1 °C27 August 1968	0.1 °C14 January 1968	19.6 °C	746 mm	9	0
1967	31.4 °C26 June 1967	1.5 °C8 February 1967	20.2 °C	1,156 mm	6	0
1966	31.8 °C8 July 1966	-5.5 °C30 January 1966	19.8 °C	1,397 mm	7	2
1965	30.8 °C20 July 1965	-1.6 °C17 January 1965	20.5 °C	1,163 mm	4	1
1964	31.7 °C31 August 1964	-1.4 °C14 January 1964	20.0 °C	1,363 mm	16	1
1963	30.9 °C13 August 1963	-6.0 °C24 January 1963	20.2 °C	1,113 mm	9	6
1962	32.5 °C8 August 1962	-8.1 °C11 January 1962	20.6 °C	825 mm	38	5
1961	31.6 °C5 September 1961	-0.5 °C29 January 1961	20.0 °C	1,707 mm	6	1
1960	30.9 °C30 August 1960	0.6 °C22 December 1960	19.7 °C	997 mm	6	0
1959	30.7 °C29 August 1959	0.4 °C5 January 1959	20.0 °C	1,786 mm	2	0
1958	32.0 °C12 August 1958	-0.6 °C13 February 1958	19.7 °C	1,407 mm	13	1
1957	32.3 °C11 July 1957	1.1 °C12 December 1957	20.7 °C	1,514 mm	12	0
1956	31.2 °C7 August 1956	3.6 °C13 January 1956	20.7 °C	1,544 mm	8	0
1955	31.9 °C22 August 1955	0.5 °C16 December 1955	20.5 °C	1,230 mm	7	0
1954	32.4 °C29 June 1954	2.2 °C8 February 1954	20.7 °C	857 mm	30	0
1953	30.8 °C18 June 1953	3.1 °C24 December 1953	20.8 °C	1,715 mm	7	0
1952	32.5 °C24 July 1952	1.3 °C15 December 1952	20.6 °C	1,159 mm	18	0
1951	32.1 °C30 August 1951	-5.4 °C2 February 1951	20.7 °C	1,043 mm	21	3
1950	31.5 °C4 September 1950	1.2 °C25 November 1950	20.9 °C	1,186 mm	5	0
1949	31.4 °C27 August 1949	1.8 °C31 January 1949	21.2 °C	1,916 mm	8	0
1948	30.9 °C15 August 1948	-2.2 °C18 January 1948	20.8 °C	2,356 mm	11	2
1947	32.0 °C21 July 1947	0.4 °C10 February 1947	20.6 °C	1,848 mm	22	0
1946	30.7 °C20 August 1946	3.3 °C23 January 1946	20.7 °C	1,767 mm	8	0
1945	30.7 °C2 September 1945	0.5 °C20 December 1945	20.7 °C	1,161 mm	3	0
1944	31.4 °C24 June 1944	3.7 °C12 December 1944	21.2 °C	1,608 mm	20	0
1943	32.7 °C16 August 1943	0.9 °C3 March 1943	20.4 °C	1,369 mm	29	0
1942	31.8 °C13 July 1942	0.1 °C8 January 1942	20.5 °C	1,192 mm	9	0
1941	31.9 °C9 August 1941	3.9 °C9 February 1941	20.3 °C	1,154 mm	18	0
1940	30.7 °C14 August 1940	-3.1 °C27 January 1940	19.5 °C	1,664 mm	8	4

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

23.0 °C

+0.9 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

33 d/yr

+17

Frost days (< 0 °C)

3 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1220 mm

-206 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	12.4 °C	-1.4 °C	106 mm	-16 mm
Feb	16.3 °C	+1.4 °C	134 mm	+11 mm
Mar	19.4 °C	+1.6 °C	115 mm	-28 mm
Apr	23.5 °C	+2.1 °C	70 mm	-31 mm
May	26.0 °C	+0.7 °C	221 mm	+131 mm
Jun	28.8 °C	+0.8 °C	95 mm	-19 mm
Jul	30.4 °C	+1.5 °C	110 mm	-30 mm
Aug	29.4 °C	+0.4 °C	114 mm	-35 mm
Sep	28.7 °C	+1.1 °C	23 mm	-133 mm
Oct	25.2 °C	+1.5 °C	116 mm	+41 mm
Nov	20.0 °C	+1.0 °C	6 mm	-93 mm
Dec	16.2 °C	+0.6 °C	110 mm	-4 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

32.7 °C

28 Jul 2025

Coldest day

-3.4 °C

22 Jan 2025

Wettest day

66.7 mm

5 Oct 2025

Windiest day

52.3 km/h

4 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

77.4 km/h

15 Mar 2025

Hottest feels-like

39.5 °C

28 Jul 2025

Coldest feels-like

-10.4 °C

22 Jan 2025

Snowiest day

9.0 cm

21 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

14.0 h

22 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Gulfport?

Gulfport has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.5 °C and it receives 1,426 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Gulfport?

The hottest day measured in Gulfport between 1940 and 2025 was 25 June 2012, reaching 33.2 °C.

What is the coldest day in Gulfport?

The coldest day measured in Gulfport between 1940 and 2025 was 21 January 1985, at -9.2 °C.

Does it snow in Gulfport?

Almost never: Gulfport sees virtually no snow, with about 1 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Gulfport warmed?

Yes: Gulfport warmed by +0.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Gulfport?

The wettest day measured in Gulfport between 1940 and 2025 was 19 September 1947, with 219 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Gulfport?

The windiest day measured in Gulfport between 1940 and 2025 was 29 August 2005, with winds reaching 128.1 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Gulfport?

The warmest month in Gulfport is July (27.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (11.7 °C).

How much does it rain in Gulfport?

Gulfport receives on average 1,426 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 127 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Gulfport?

Gulfport gets on average 10.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,650 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Gulfport?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Gulfport between 1940 and 2025 was 21 January 2025, with 9.0 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Gulfport?

Yes: Gulfport has on average 182 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Gulfport?

In Gulfport, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.0 °C on 1 August 2010, and the lowest was -17.3 °C on 21 January 1985.

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