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Gulfport, MS

2026
NEAR NORMAL PRECIPITATION
41.48in
year to date · normal 41.81"
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rain ahead · next 3 days
1.14" of rain forecast
the 3-day record here is 13.55"
1.14in

Accumulation

TODAY
0.0in
no rain yet of 125 yrs
MONTH TO DATE
2.9in
36th driest of 123 yrs
66% of normal
LAST 90 DAYS
18.49in
54th wettest of 132 yrs
108% of normal
YEAR TO DATE
41.48in
65th driest of 130 yrs
99% of normal

Extremes & Streaks

Biggest Day on Record

10.7in
on Oct 30, 1967 · in 134 years

Dry Streak

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current run under 0.01" · longest ever 45 days (to Nov 5, 1952)

Wet Streak

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consecutive days with rain · longest ever 13 days

Year to Date vs Normal

99%
41.48" of a normal 41.81" · wettest 68.07" (1900) · driest 18.18" (2006)

Wettest & Driest Years

The extremes of a 109-year record (1897–2025) — full calendar-year totals. The long-run average is 61.79" a year.

Wettest Years on Record

1202199.13in
2190089.6in
3199887.84in
4194885.94in
5197984.94in

Driest Years on Record

1193834.64in
2196235.9in
3202338.21in
4200838.55in
5195439.45in

Rainfall by Month

The seasonal rhythm — each month's normal precipitation, with this year's totals in blue. Where the blue bar clears the band, the month ran wetter than usual.
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Normal (median)This year
Normally wettest in Jul (~6.21") and driest in Oct (~2.28"). Wettest calendar month ever: Jul 1945, 27.57".

This Day in History · Rainfall

Every year's rainfall on each of the next 7 dates at Gulfport — toggle a day below. The tallest bar (ringed) is the wettest on record for that date.

Wettest Aug 24 ever

2.74in
set in 1923

Rain on Aug 24

34%
of 125 years had measurable rain
1893: 0.00″1894: 0.52″1895: 0.00″1896: 0.45″1897: 0.00″1898: 0.00″1899: 0.00″1900: 0.00″1901: 0.00″1902: 0.00″1903: 0.00″1904: 0.00″1906: 0.39″1907: 0.00″1908: 0.00″1909: 2.65″1911: 0.56″1913: 0.00″1914: 0.00″1915: 0.00″1916: 0.49″1917: 0.00″1918: 0.00″1919: 0.90″1921: 0.11″1922: 0.00″1923: 2.74″1924: 0.00″1925: 0.55″1926: 0.00″1928: 0.00″1929: 0.00″1930: 0.00″1931: 0.00″1932: 0.43″1933: 0.00″1934: 0.42″1935: 0.95″1936: 0.06″1937: 0.00″1938: 0.00″1939: 0.01″1940: 0.00″1941: 0.27″1942: 0.11″1944: 0.00″1945: 0.00″1946: 0.00″1947: 0.00″1948: 0.00″1949: 0.00″1950: 0.00″1951: 0.00″1952: 1.70″1953: 0.00″1954: 0.00″1955: 0.00″1956: 0.00″1957: 0.00″1958: 1.01″1959: 0.00″1960: 0.00″1961: 0.17″1962: 0.28″1963: 0.00″1964: 0.00″1965: 0.00″1966: 0.00″1967: 0.09″1968: 0.00″1970: 1.81″1971: 2.55″1972: 0.00″1973: 0.00″1974: 0.00″1975: 0.11″1976: 0.00″1977: 0.56″1978: 0.00″1979: 0.09″1980: 0.00″1981: 0.00″1982: 0.00″1983: 0.00″1984: 0.41″1985: 0.19″1986: 0.05″1987: 0.00″1988: 0.00″1989: 0.00″1990: 0.00″1991: 0.00″1992: 0.00″1993: 0.05″1995: 0.00″1996: 0.00″1997: 0.00″1998: 0.00″1999: 0.23″2000: 0.00″2001: 0.00″2002: 0.00″2003: 0.00″2004: 0.04″2005: 1.25″2006: 0.01″2007: 0.00″2008: 0.17″2009: 0.00″2010: 0.00″2011: 0.08″2012: 0.15″2013: 0.34″2014: 0.00″2015: 0.00″2016: 0.00″2017: 0.02″2018: 0.00″2019: 0.00″2020: 0.09″2021: 0.00″2022: 2.02″2023: 0.00″2024: 0.00″2025: 0.00″0″1″2″3″19001930194019501960197019801990200020102020

This Year's Rainfall

Gulfport's cumulative rainfall so far this year against its own record — the normal accumulation, and the wettest & driest years to date. The bright line is the running total; where it rides the band tells the story at a glance.
Gulfport, MS — cumulative rainfall this year vs the record
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Rainfall Calendar

Gulfport's entire daily record as one heatmap — each row a year, each cell a day, shaded by that day's rainfall. Dry spells read as dark blocks, wet seasons as brighter bands; the whole climate at a glance.
Gulfport, MS — daily rainfall every day on record
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Drought History

Every week of the U.S. Drought Monitor for Gulfport's county since 2000, coloured by intensity — dry spells and multi-year droughts read as warm bands.
Gulfport, MS — county drought history since 2000
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Sun & Location

Sun & Daylight Today

Sunrise5:28 AM
Sunset6:29 PM
Solar noon11:58 AM
Daylight13h 00m
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.

Location

30.41°N, 89.08°W

Nearby Stations

Mobile, AL53 mi EHattiesburg, MS60 mi NNew Orleans, LA76 mi WPensacola, FL112 mi EBaton Rouge, LA123 mi WMeridian, MS134 mi N

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