Laurel climate — normals and trends
Laurel (United States) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 18.5 °C and it receives 1,177 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 (27.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (8.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.
Laurel averages 24 frost days, 115 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 124 rainy days per year.
Laurel has warmed by +1.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.12 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.7 °C (on 26 August 1943) and the coldest -17.8 °C (on 12 January 1962).
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
LaurelMississippi
- coords
- 31.69°, -89.13°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
18.5°C
Average daily high
24.5°C
Average daily low
13.5°C
Annual rainfall
1,177mm
Sunshine / day
9.3h
Mean relative humidity
72%
Average peak wind
13.5km/h
Seasonal range
18.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
24 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
115 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
124 d/yr
Annual snowfall
2.0 cm
Average feels-like high
25.4 °C
Average feels-like low
13.2 °C
Average peak gust
32.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
113 d/yr
Solar radiation
16.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.0 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.18 · p = < 0.001
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
40.7 °C
26 August 1943
Coldest day
-17.8 °C
12 January 1962
Wettest day
138 mm
4 October 1964
Windiest day
69.9 km/h
29 August 2005
Strongest gust
173.5 km/h
29 August 2005
Hottest feels-like
45.6 °C
24 August 2023
Coldest feels-like
-22.6 °C
12 January 1962
Snowiest day
13.5 cm
23 January 1940
Sunniest day
14.0 h
21 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 13.1 °C | -1.1 °C | 87 mm | -23 mm |
| Feb | 19.8 °C | +3.2 °C | 102 mm | -8 mm |
| Mar | 23.3 °C | +2.8 °C | 110 mm | -20 mm |
| Apr | 26.7 °C | +2.0 °C | 89 mm | -18 mm |
| May | 28.5 °C | -0.2 °C | 229 mm | +132 mm |
| Jun | 32.1 °C | 0.0 °C | 67 mm | -16 mm |
| Jul | 33.4 °C | +0.7 °C | 87 mm | -24 mm |
| Aug | 32.4 °C | -0.4 °C | 115 mm | +26 mm |
| Sep | 31.9 °C | +1.5 °C | 33 mm | -48 mm |
| Oct | 26.9 °C | +1.2 °C | 93 mm | +26 mm |
| Nov | 21.4 °C | +1.7 °C | 36 mm | -48 mm |
| Dec | 16.8 °C | +1.2 °C | 52 mm | -56 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Laurel?
Laurel has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.5 °C and it receives 1,177 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Laurel?
The hottest day measured in Laurel between 1940 and 2025 was 26 August 1943, reaching 40.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Laurel?
The coldest day measured in Laurel between 1940 and 2025 was 12 January 1962, at -17.8 °C.
Does it snow in Laurel?
Yes. Laurel gets on average 2.0 cm of snow per year and has around 24 frost days.
Has the climate of Laurel warmed?
Yes: Laurel warmed by +1.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Laurel?
The wettest day measured in Laurel between 1940 and 2025 was 4 October 1964, with 138 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Laurel?
The windiest day measured in Laurel between 1940 and 2025 was 29 August 2005, with winds reaching 69.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Laurel?
The warmest month in Laurel is July (27.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (8.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Laurel?
Laurel receives on average 1,177 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 124 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Laurel?
Laurel gets on average 9.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,395 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Laurel?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Laurel between 1940 and 2025 was 23 January 1940, with 13.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Laurel?
Yes: Laurel has on average 113 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Laurel?
In Laurel, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 45.6 °C on 24 August 2023, and the lowest was -22.6 °C on 12 January 1962.
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