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Temperature and Precipitation Data for Mississippi for May 1998
District/Station Temperature Precipitation
Average Departure
from
Normal
Normal Total Departure
from
Normal
Normal
   1 . Upper Delta 75.9 5.0 70.9 2.63 -2.76 5.39
        Tunica 86.2 5.9 80.3 1.92 -3.79 5.71
        Clarksdale 86.9 5.6 81.3 1.63 -3.58 5.21
        Cleveland 86.7 2.40
   2 . North-Central 72.3 3.3 69.0 2.73 -2.77 5.50
        Holly Springs 84.6 5.0 79.6 2.56 -2.93 5.49
        Oxford 84.4 4.7 79.7 1.71 -4.04 5.75
   3 . Northeast 72.3 3.2 69.1 4.12 -1.37 5.49
        Corinth 85.5 5.1 80.4 5.96 .74 5.22
        Iuka 80.9 7.64
        Booneville 81.4 3.1 78.3 3.66 -2.02 5.68
        Pontotoc 82.5 3.6 78.9 3.84 -1.32 5.16
        Tupelo 84.5 3.0 81.5 1.91 -3.81 5.72
        Verona 85.8 3.93
   4 . Lower Delta 76.1 4.0 72.1 5.37 .19 5.18
        Stoneville 86.9 4.9 82.0 4.62 -.15 4.77
        Greenwood
        Belzoni 86.5 4.0 82.5 6.96 1.60 5.36
        Rolling Fork 87.2 3.9 83.3 5.24 .57 4.67
        Yazoo City 86.9 3.6 83.3 3.52 -1.97 5.49
   5 . Central 72.7 2.3 70.4 2.40 -2.72 5.12
        Winona 81.7 1.2 80.5 1.38 -3.48 4.86
        Carthage 85.4 2.3 83.1 3.35 -1.68 5.03
        Jackson 86.3 2.4 83.9 1.47 -3.58 5.05
   6 . East-Central 73.0 2.8 70.2 3.35 -1.46 4.81
        State University
        Columbus 87.2 4.2 83.0 2.32 -2.66 4.98
        Brooksville 4.69 .43 4.26
   7 . Southwest 74.5 2.5 72.0 .52 -4.83 5.35
        Vicksburg 86.2 3.4 82.8 .91 -4.41 5.32
        Oakley 87.0 3.8 83.2 .10 -4.82 4.92
        Crystal Springs 86.2 .02
        Natchez 86.1 2.3 83.8 .16 -5.34 5.50
   8 . South-Central 74.4 2.4 72.0 1.11 -4.30 5.41
        McComb 87.7 3.8 83.9 2.32 -3.25 5.57
        Columbia 86.8 2.9 83.9 1.10 -4.14 5.24
   9 . Southeast 73.8 2.4 71.4 .93 -3.65 4.58
        Newton 85.9 2.7 83.2 .43 -3.87 4.30
        Meridian 86.5 1.8 84.7 1.10 -3.32 4.42
        Laurel 86.4 2.6 83.8 .36 -4.68 5.04
        Hattiesburg 88.2 3.5 84.7 .52 -4.67 5.19
        Beaumont 89.9 1.52
 10 . Coastal 76.2 2.4 73.8 1.34 -3.63 4.97
        Poplarville 88.3 3.8 84.5 .76 -4.27 5.03
        Gulfport 85.1 1.2 83.9 2.20 -2.74 4.94
        Biloxi 85.6 3.5 82.1 1.94 -2.86 4.80
        Pascagoula 83.4 -.8 84.2 4.89 -.19 5.08

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