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Weather extremes in Jackson

Jackson ranks T#87 of 134 US cities for mild weather, with a mildness score of 35 — Some Fun. That puts it in the 36th percentile nationally and #1 of 1 in Mississippi.

mildness score
35
Some Fun
National rank
T#87 of 134
In Mississippi
#1 of 1
Percentile
36th

The typical city scores 50 for mild weather; Jackson sits 15 points below the median.

How weather extremes is measured

Punishing heat, cold and storm extremes.

The mildness score is the flip side of our weather extremes measure — 100 minus the raw weather extremes score — so a city with less of it scores higher.

Data sources: NOAA Storm Events and climate-extremes data.

Full methodology → Glossary The raw measurement is part of the Data plan →

Ranked around Jackson

  1. T#84 Raleigh, NC 37
  2. #86 Denver, CO 36
  3. T#87 Jackson, MS — this page 35
  4. #89 Indianapolis, IN 34
  5. #90 Memphis, TN 33

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Top US cities for mild weather

  1. #1 Seattle, WA 100
  2. #2 San Francisco, CA 99
  3. T#3 Key West, FL 98
  4. T#3 Telluride, CO 98
  5. #5 Portland, OR 97

More about Jackson

Jackson scores 25 overall (Quiet) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: