This weather has a price Keeping the median Hancock County home comfortable runs roughly $405 a year in heating and cooling alone. See where it lands in the monthly bill

30-year climate normals

Hancock County Climate and Weather Averages

Hottest month: July

88.8°

average daily high. The coldest month is January, averaging a low of 39.8°F.

Hancock County gets 64.01" of precipitation a year, and 31% of it falls in Jun, Jul, Aug.

Temperature through the year

Each bar spans the average daily low to the average daily high for that month.

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Precip
January	59.6°	39.8°	5.63"
February	63.5°	42.6°	4.10"
March	68.6°	48.4°	4.29"
April	74.6°	54.2°	6.52"
May	81.8°	61.8°	4.45"
June	86.8°	69.0°	5.62"
July	88.8°	71.4°	7.77"
August	88.8°	71.0°	6.53"
September	84.9°	66.9°	5.01"
October	77.8°	56.4°	5.09"
November	68.9°	45.3°	4.53"
December	61.2°	41.4°	4.47"

Rainfall by month

Precipitation is spread fairly evenly through the year here, with 31% falling in the wettest three months (Jun, Jul, Aug).

January 5.63"

February 4.10"

March 4.29"

April 6.52"

May 4.45"

June 5.62"

July 7.77"

August 6.53"

September 5.01"

October 5.09"

November 4.53"

December 4.47"

Annual total 64.01"

What this climate costs you

Degree days measure how hard a building has to work to stay comfortable. They are the reason two identical houses have very different power bills, and they are the link between the weather here and what you pay every month.

Cooling degree days How much air conditioning the climate demands 2,140

Heating degree days How much heating the climate demands 1,911

Approximate annual cooling cost At 14.43¢/kWh, Mississippi average $309

Approximate annual electric heating cost Lower where heating is gas rather than electric $97

These are rough planning figures from degree days and the state electricity price, not a bill estimate. House size, insulation and fuel type move them a lot. See the full cost of owning a home in Hancock County, where electricity is one line of eight.

Common questions

What is the weather like in Hancock County?

Hancock County averages a high of 88.8°F in July and a low of 39.8°F in January. Annual precipitation is 64.01 inches, with essentially no snow.

When is the rainy season in Hancock County?

The wettest stretch is Jun, Jul, Aug, which accounts for 31% of the year's precipitation. Precipitation is relatively evenly distributed across the year.

How hot does it get in Hancock County?

The average daily high in July, the hottest month, is 88.8°F. That drives 2,140 cooling degree days a year, which is what your air conditioning has to work against.

Does it snow in Hancock County?

The weather station used for Hancock County, BAY ST LOUIS NASA, MS US, reports temperature and precipitation but not snowfall, so there is no snow normal to quote here. Precipitation that falls as snow is still counted in the 64.01 inches above, measured as melted water.

Sources

Temperature, precipitation and snowfall normals: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, 1991 to 2020 Monthly Climate Normals, station BAY ST LOUIS NASA, MS US (USC00220521), 7 miles from the county centroid.
Heating and cooling degree days: NOAA, same station and period.
Annual figures on this page are the sum of that station's twelve monthly normals. NOAA also publishes a separately-computed annual normal, which can differ from the monthly sum by a few percent; we use the monthly series because the month-by-month breakdown above has to come from it.
Electricity price: US Energy Information Administration, Electric Power Monthly Table 5.6.A, Mississippi residential average.
Wet-season share is the wettest three consecutive months as a percentage of annual precipitation, calculated from the monthly normals.