Annual Mississippi rainfall

Driest location ranked by lowest annual average precipitation: Cleveland, northwest Mississippi, 50.97"

Wettest location ranked by highest annual average precipitation: Vancleave, southeast Mississippi, 72.10"

Snowiest location ranked by highest annual average snowfall: Cleveland, northwest Mississippi, 4.9"

State precipitation record for 24 hours - Fort Ripley, central Minnesota, 7/21-22/1972, 10.84"

State precipitation record for 1 year - Waveland, southern Mississippi, 1991, 104.36"

State snowfall record for 24 hours - Mt. Pleasant, northern Mississippi, 12/23/1963, 18.0"

State snow record for 1 season - Senatobia, northern Mississippi, 1967-1968, 25.2"

With a state annual average of 59.23 inches of precipitation, Mississippi is the third wettest U.S. state

95% of Mississippi's weather reporting stations average over 50 inches of precipitation annually

Measurable snow or sleet falls on some part of of Mississippi in 95 percent of all years

The Gulf Coast of Mississippi suffered near total devastation from Hurricane Katrina on August 28-29, 2005 
with hurricane winds, 28-foot storm surge, and 55-foot sea waves pushing casino barges, boats and debris 
into towns, leaving an estimated $125 billion in damages

City	Avg Annual Precip	Avg Snow Annual	Avg. days of Precip	Avg # thunderstorm days	Avg # hail days
Jackson	55.95	1.0	110	68	1
Meridian	58.65	1.2	106	59	1
Tupelo	55.86	2.8	109	58	1
State Average - 59.23 inches, 3rd wettest in U.S.