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Has the climate in Southaven changed?

Southaven has warmed about 2.3°F since 1971.

About 0.4°F per decade, measured from Southaven's official daily weather records, 1971–2025. Individual years still bounce around — some recent ones came in cool — but the long-term line has clearly risen.

Is that a lot? Southaven's warming is broadly in line with other cities in United States — neither unusually fast nor unusually slow.

What has actually changed

Each card compares the 1970s (the first ten years of the record) with recent years (the last ten) — the same span the headline and the chart use.

Freezing nights
7 fewer nights
1970s
52 / yr
Recent
45 / yr
Milder winters — fewer frosts
Average temperature
+1.3°F
1970s
62.6°F
Recent
63.9°F
A steady upward drift
Hot days above 90°F
8 more days
1970s
67 / yr
Recent
75 / yr
More days of serious heat
Rainy days
5 more days
1970s
109 / yr
Recent
114 / yr
Wetter on average

Southaven's temperature, year by year

Average temperature for each year from 1971 to 2025.

59°61°63°65°67°1971: 62.2°F1972: 61.0°F1973: 62.8°F1974: 62.6°F1975: 62.8°F1976: 61.4°F1977: 64.0°F1978: 61.9°F1979: 61.2°F1980: 63.8°F1981: 63.6°F1982: 62.7°F1983: 61.5°F1984: 62.7°F1985: 62.1°F1986: 63.9°F1987: 63.6°F1988: 62.2°F1989: 61.5°F1990: 64.4°F1991: 63.8°F1992: 62.2°F1993: 62.2°F1994: 63.1°F1995: 62.5°F1996: 61.3°F1997: 61.3°F1998: 65.2°F1999: 64.9°F2000: 63.5°F2001: 63.5°F2002: 63.1°F2003: 62.4°F2004: 63.8°F2005: 64.8°F2006: 64.4°F2007: 65.6°F2008: 62.5°F2009: 62.5°F2010: 63.7°F2011: 64.1°F2012: 65.9°F2013: 62.2°F2014: 61.4°F2015: 64.3°F2016: 65.8°F2017: 64.7°F2018: 63.2°F2019: 63.6°F2020: 63.6°F2021: 64.0°F2022: 64.1°F2023: 65.2°F2024: 65.1°F2025: 64.3°Flong-term trend1971198019902000201020202025
a warmer-than-average year a cooler-than-average year

Each bar is one year. Most recent years sit above the older ones. Some recent years still came in cool — warming is a slope, not a straight climb.

In day-to-day terms, that long-term shift shows up as about 4 fewer freezing nights a year and about 5 more days above 90°F compared with the 1970s.

When in the year the change shows up

How much warmer each month is now than in the 1970s. Useful if you garden or care about a particular season — otherwise the headline above already has the answer.

-0.5°0.0°+0.5°+1.0°+1.5°+2.0°January: +1.8°F+1.8JFebruary: +0.9°F+0.9FMarch: +0.4°F+0.4MApril: +0.7°F+0.7AMay: +0.9°F+0.9MJune: +0.7°F+0.7JJuly: -0.1°F-0.1JAugust: +0.7°F+0.7ASeptember: +1.1°F+1.1SOctober: +0.7°F+0.7ONovember: +0.1°F+0.1NDecember: +1.1°F+1.1D

January has warmed the most — about 1.8°F. The warming runs across the whole year, not just one season.

Methodology & sources

Temperature — the official 1991–2020 climate normals from NOAA's U.S. Climate Normals, measured at Memphis Intl AP (NOAA GHCN station USW00013893), about 8 km from the city centre.

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