Ranked from NOAA 1991-2020 Climate Normals
Driest Counties in Mississippi
The least rainfall in the country. Dry is easier on a building than wet, but it moves the cost somewhere else: irrigation, foundation movement in shrink-swell soils, and in the driest counties the price and reliability of water itself. Figures are NOAA 1991-2020 Climate Normals from the weather station nearest each county seat, so they describe a thirty-year average rather than any single year.
Where does yours land?
Every county in America is somewhere on this scale, including the one you live in.
Mississippi ranked
| # | County | Annual rainfall | FEMA risk rating | Median home |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Washington County | 49.0" | Relatively Moderate | $99,300 |
| 2 | Carroll County | 51.8" | Very Low | $105,500 |
| 3 | Leflore County | 51.8" | Relatively Low | $98,200 |
| 4 | Monroe County | 54.3" | Relatively Low | $115,200 |
| 5 | Kemper County | 54.8" | Very Low | $90,200 |
| 6 | Sharkey County | 55.3" | Very Low | $108,000 |
| 7 | Marshall County | 55.5" | Relatively Low | $172,200 |
| 8 | Sunflower County | 55.8" | Relatively Low | $103,400 |
| 9 | Coahoma County | 55.9" | Relatively Low | $86,400 |
| 10 | Claiborne County | 56.3" | Very Low | $80,800 |
| 11 | Jefferson County | 56.3" | Very Low | $81,400 |
| 12 | Tunica County | 56.5" | Very Low | $154,500 |
| 13 | DeSoto County | 56.5" | Relatively Moderate | $248,700 |
| 14 | Holmes County | 56.5" | Relatively Low | $76,500 |
| 15 | Lowndes County | 56.6" | Relatively Low | $157,400 |
| 16 | Quitman County | 56.7" | Very Low | $68,600 |
| 17 | Lauderdale County | 57.0" | Relatively Moderate | $124,500 |
| 18 | Benton County | 57.0" | Very Low | $109,300 |
| 19 | Madison County | 57.0" | Relatively Moderate | $286,300 |
| 20 | Noxubee County | 57.2" | Very Low | $85,200 |
| 21 | Humphreys County | 57.3" | Very Low | $88,800 |
| 22 | Rankin County | 57.4" | Relatively Moderate | $223,400 |
| 23 | Winston County | 57.5" | Very Low | $121,200 |
| 24 | Simpson County | 57.5" | Relatively Low | $111,600 |
| 25 | Tippah County | 57.6" | Relatively Low | $128,400 |
| 26 | Lee County | 57.7" | Relatively Moderate | $187,800 |
| 27 | Union County | 57.7" | Relatively Low | $159,100 |
| 28 | Leake County | 57.8" | Relatively Low | $114,600 |
| 29 | Panola County | 57.9" | Relatively Low | $121,500 |
| 30 | Tate County | 57.9" | Very Low | $173,000 |
| 31 | Calhoun County | 57.9" | Very Low | $82,900 |
| 32 | Clay County | 58.0" | Very Low | $115,600 |
| 33 | Oktibbeha County | 58.0" | Relatively Low | $219,500 |
| 34 | Covington County | 58.1" | Relatively Low | $98,500 |
| 35 | Jasper County | 58.2" | Very Low | $118,600 |
| 36 | Neshoba County | 58.2" | Relatively Low | $96,600 |
| 37 | Newton County | 58.2" | Relatively Low | $102,700 |
| 38 | Scott County | 58.2" | Relatively Low | $89,900 |
| 39 | Yalobusha County | 58.6" | Very Low | $97,200 |
| 40 | Choctaw County | 58.7" | Very Low | $104,500 |
| 41 | Webster County | 58.7" | Very Low | $109,500 |
| 42 | Issaquena County | 58.8" | Very Low | $90,700 |
| 43 | Alcorn County | 58.8" | Relatively Low | $132,300 |
| 44 | Forrest County | 58.9" | Relatively Low | $152,900 |
| 45 | Lamar County | 58.9" | Relatively Low | $218,700 |
| 46 | Montgomery County | 59.0" | Very Low | $110,700 |
| 47 | Bolivar County | 59.3" | Relatively Low | $123,600 |
| 48 | Chickasaw County | 59.3" | Relatively Low | $100,400 |
| 49 | Jones County | 59.6" | Relatively Low | $126,800 |
| 50 | Wayne County | 60.0" | Relatively Low | $88,000 |
| 51 | Adams County | 60.1" | Relatively Low | $106,300 |
| 52 | Hinds County | 60.1" | Relatively Moderate | $151,200 |
| 53 | Jefferson Davis County | 60.4" | Very Low | $87,100 |
| 54 | Lawrence County | 60.4" | Very Low | $104,600 |
| 55 | Yazoo County | 60.4" | Relatively Low | $129,200 |
| 56 | Prentiss County | 60.4" | Relatively Low | $116,500 |
| 57 | Lafayette County | 60.5" | Relatively Low | $260,500 |
| 58 | Pike County | 60.6" | Relatively Low | $110,500 |
| 59 | Tallahatchie County | 60.7" | Very Low | $82,200 |
| 60 | Pontotoc County | 60.8" | Relatively Low | $141,700 |
| 61 | Clarke County | 61.5" | Very Low | $114,300 |
| 62 | Itawamba County | 61.5" | Relatively Low | $122,400 |
| 63 | Grenada County | 61.5" | Relatively Low | $123,400 |
| 64 | Lincoln County | 61.6" | Relatively Low | $131,800 |
| 65 | Smith County | 61.6" | Relatively Low | $114,000 |
| 66 | Copiah County | 61.6" | Relatively Low | $105,600 |
| 67 | Warren County | 61.7" | Relatively Moderate | $144,400 |
| 68 | Amite County | 61.7" | Relatively Low | $89,800 |
| 69 | Jackson County | 61.7" | Relatively Moderate | $181,700 |
| 70 | Franklin County | 61.8" | Very Low | $95,100 |
| 71 | Marion County | 61.9" | Relatively Low | $117,000 |
| 72 | Tishomingo County | 62.3" | Very Low | $132,500 |
| 73 | Walthall County | 62.5" | Very Low | $120,600 |
| 74 | Attala County | 62.5" | Very Low | $107,600 |
| 75 | Harrison County | 62.8" | Relatively High | $199,300 |
| 76 | Greene County | 63.9" | Very Low | $94,200 |
| 77 | Perry County | 63.9" | Very Low | $126,000 |
| 78 | Hancock County | 64.0" | Relatively Moderate | $206,600 |
| 79 | Pearl River County | 65.0" | Relatively Moderate | $174,500 |
| 80 | Wilkinson County | 66.5" | Very Low | $80,200 |
| 81 | George County | 67.1" | Relatively Low | $168,100 |
| 82 | Stone County | 67.4" | Relatively Low | $163,300 |
Every figure is modelled on the county's own median home with 20% down at 7.03%. Property tax and electricity are county and state specific; homeowners insurance uses the NAIC average premium for that state, which ranges from 0.16% of home value in Hawaii to 1.16% in Oklahoma. Maintenance and water are national estimates. Full methodology.
Nationwide
Driest Counties across all 3,133 US counties · Every county in Mississippi