Weather in Jackson in October

Prime time. October is about as good as Jackson gets. Highs average 26.2 °C, lows 13.1 °C, and rain falls on 8 days — nothing in the month is working against you.

October is the highest-scoring month of the twelve. The nearest rival is November, and the month at the other end of the year is July.

Rain on 8 days, 3 of them heavy. Enough to need a plan B, not enough to need a plan around it. Nothing specialised needed — this is the month you pack for the trip rather than for the weather.

What the averages hide

Averages flatten a month, and this one hides a few things: 8 days top 30 °C — hot spells arrive, but they break. Across the twenty years measured, the hottest October day reached 38.3 °C and the coldest night fell to -0.1 °C, and the wettest single day dropped 99 mm — roughly 94% of the month's rain in one day.

This is the volatile part. October rainfall has ranged from 0 mm to 322 mm across the twenty years measured — a 322 mm spread around an average of 105 mm. The average is real but almost no individual October looks like it, so treat the figure as the middle of a wide range rather than a forecast.

Wind is light at 3.2 km/h, so the temperature on the page is close to the temperature on your skin, and humidity is unremarkable at 72%.

How October sits in the year

The month is on the way down: 5.3 °C cooler than September, with November dropping another 6.7 °C. The first week and the last are not the same trip.

Daylight in October

11.4 hours of daylight, losing 1 hours across the month. That is between Jackson's extremes of 14.3 and 10.1 hours, so days are long enough not to constrain the plan.

An inland climate

With no coast nearby, the year swings a fair way — 31.6 °C between the warmest afternoons and the coldest nights, wider than any coastal city at this latitude would manage.

How busy it gets

Peak season. Expect the highest prices of the year and to be booking well ahead.

Crowd levels are estimated from climate desirability and school-holiday calendars, not from visitor numbers.

October in Jackson versus nearby

If Jackson is one option among several, the nearby comparison is worth making. Baton Rouge is close enough to be a coin toss — within a degree on temperature, 1 day more rain. New Orleans is close enough to be a coin toss — within a degree on temperature, 1 day more rain.

So: October is the answer for Jackson. If it is booked out or priced out, November is the next best thing at 2 points behind, and July is the month to keep off the shortlist.

Every month in Jackson

See all twelve months in Jackson, or where else to go in October.