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Snowiest towns in Mississippi

Holly Springs gets the most snow of Mississippi’s 27 towns of 2,500+ with a snow record: about 2 inches in a normal winter at its NOAA station. Brandon gets the least, about 1 inches; 0 of the 27 average 60 inches or more.

NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020, at each town’s nearest station with a snow record (named in each row). A described list: no letters. How grades work

#1

Holly Springs

Marshall County · 6,402 people
2in

1 days a year with an inch or more·Holly Springs 4 N station, 5 km

#2

Cleveland

Bolivar County · 10,138 people
2in

0 days a year with an inch or more·Cleveland station, 2 km

#T3

Fulton

Itawamba County · 4,640 people
2in

0 days a year with an inch or more·Fulton 3 W station, 5 km

All 27 towns

Snow in a normal winter, most first. Towns that share a station share its figure and rank (T = tied; 16 towns here share a station).

27 towns ranked. Not here? See why a town may be missing.

#TownSnow a yearDays with 1″+NOAA station
1Holly SpringsMarshall County · 6,402 people2 in1Holly Springs 4 N5.0 km
2ClevelandBolivar County · 10,138 people2 in0Cleveland1.7 km
T3FultonItawamba County · 4,640 people2 in0Fulton 3 W5.1 km
T3RipleyTippah County · 5,377 people2 in1Ripley1.5 km
5Olive BranchDeSoto County · 47,563 people2 in1Olive Branch1.1 km
T6Bridgetownunincorporated, DeSoto County · 3,195 people1 in0Pleasant Hill4.9 km
T6Horn LakeDeSoto County · 26,741 people1 in0Pleasant Hill10.4 km
T6SouthavenDeSoto County · 57,819 people1 in0Pleasant Hill4.6 km
9KosciuskoAttala County · 6,722 people1 in0Kosciusko0.9 km
T10New AlbanyUnion County · 7,756 people1 in1NEW Albany2.7 km
T10OxfordLafayette County · 26,773 people1 in0University2.4 km
T10PontotocPontotoc County · 6,156 people1 in1Pontotoc1.0 km
T10Universityunincorporated, Lafayette County · 5,315 people1 in0University1.0 km
T10Water ValleyYalobusha County · 3,414 people1 in0Water Valley0.4 km
T15BoonevillePrentiss County · 9,257 people1 in1Booneville3.4 km
T15GrenadaGrenada County · 12,088 people1 in0Grenada2.3 km
T17BrandonRankin County · 26,122 people1 in0Jackson Intl AP9.4 km
T17ByramHinds County · 12,707 people1 in0Jackson Intl AP24.2 km
T17ClintonHinds County · 26,640 people1 in0Jackson Intl AP25.1 km
T17FlorenceRankin County · 4,816 people1 in0Jackson Intl AP18.7 km
T17FlowoodRankin County · 11,003 people1 in0Jackson Intl AP1.9 km
T17GluckstadtMadison County · 3,500 people1 in0Jackson Intl AP23.1 km
T17JacksonHinds County · 141,196 people1 in0Jackson Intl AP12.7 km
T17MadisonMadison County · 28,575 people1 in0Jackson Intl AP17.9 km
T17PearlRankin County · 28,864 people1 in0Jackson Intl AP5.6 km
T17RichlandRankin County · 7,630 people1 in0Jackson Intl AP12.6 km
T17RidgelandMadison County · 24,750 people1 in0Jackson Intl AP14.0 km

A station’s normal can differ from the town’s own when the station sits higher or lower; each town’s Climate page names its station and checks it.

Quick answers

Questions people ask

Which Mississippi town gets the most snow?

Holly Springs (Marshall County), about 2 inches in a normal winter at the Holly Springs 4 N station.

What part of Mississippi gets the least amount of snow?

Among towns of 2,500+, the least snow falls in Brandon (Rankin County, about 1 in), Byram (Hinds County, about 1 in), Clinton (Hinds County, about 1 in), on NOAA’s 1991–2020 normals at each town’s station. See the towns with the least snow.

Why isn’t my town on this list?

The list covers towns of 2,500+ residents (101 in Mississippi) whose nearest station has a snow normal of an inch or more; 74 have no station with a snow record. Smaller towns show their snow on their own Climate page.

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