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Meridian, MS 32.335°N, 88.751°W · station MEIthr · 138 years of record
94°F
HOTTEST JUL 18 SINCE 2024
forecast high · Jul 18
NWS NDFD forecast high temperature for Meridian.
87° MON 7/13 84° TUE 7/14 87° WED 7/15 90° THU 7/16 92° FRI 7/17 94° SAT 7/18 94° SUN 7/19 This Day in History · Jul 18
Today ranks #37 / 136
warmest Jul 18 in 136 yrs of record
Hottest Jul 18 ever 103°F
set in 1981
Coolest Jul 18 ever 75°F
set in 1923
Hottest Jul 18 — Year by Year
Every year's high on Jul 18 at Meridian. The forecast line shows where today lands; the ringed bar is the hottest on record.
75 89 103 1890: 90°F 1891: 86°F 1892: 89°F 1893: 95°F 1894: 86°F 1895: 94°F 1896: 89°F 1897: 90°F 1898: 88°F 1899: 91°F 1900: 89°F 1901: 85°F 1902: 94°F 1903: 93°F 1904: 90°F 1905: 86°F 1906: 81°F 1907: 90°F 1908: 95°F 1909: 91°F 1910: 80°F 1911: 80°F 1912: 88°F 1913: 96°F 1914: 83°F 1915: 96°F 1916: 89°F 1917: 87°F 1918: 91°F 1919: 90°F 1920: 89°F 1921: 91°F 1922: 87°F 1923: 75°F 1924: 95°F 1925: 92°F 1926: 89°F 1927: 92°F 1928: 88°F 1929: 89°F 1930: 96°F 1931: 91°F 1932: 95°F 1933: 86°F 1934: 95°F 1935: 92°F 1936: 92°F 1937: 94°F 1938: 83°F 1939: 96°F 1940: 85°F 1941: 94°F 1942: 96°F 1943: 97°F 1944: 100°F 1945: 91°F 1946: 92°F 1947: 80°F 1948: 92°F 1949: 91°F 1950: 92°F 1951: 100°F 1952: 96°F 1953: 92°F 1954: 95°F 1955: 92°F 1956: 98°F 1957: 93°F 1958: 98°F 1959: 93°F 1960: 90°F 1961: 92°F 1962: 96°F 1963: 94°F 1964: 90°F 1965: 94°F 1966: 91°F 1967: 88°F 1968: 95°F 1969: 83°F 1970: 92°F 1971: 94°F 1972: 92°F 1973: 91°F 1974: 94°F 1975: 91°F 1976: 85°F 1977: 91°F 1978: 94°F 1979: 91°F 1980: 97°F 1981: 103°F 1982: 93°F 1983: 92°F 1984: 86°F 1985: 96°F 1986: 95°F 1987: 93°F 1988: 92°F 1989: 94°F 1990: 92°F 1991: 92°F 1992: 90°F 1993: 96°F 1994: 92°F 1995: 99°F 1996: 92°F 1997: 90°F 1998: 93°F 1999: 88°F 2000: 102°F 2001: 94°F 2002: 96°F 2003: 90°F 2004: 84°F 2005: 92°F 2006: 102°F 2007: 90°F 2008: 93°F 2009: 88°F 2010: 91°F 2011: 88°F 2012: 95°F 2013: 89°F 2014: 77°F 2015: 97°F 2016: 97°F 2017: 93°F 2018: 95°F 2019: 96°F 2020: 95°F 2021: 90°F 2022: 94°F 2023: 95°F 2024: 97°F 2025: 86°F 94° forecast 1890 1981 2025 Forecast high · Jul 18 94°F Hottest this date since 2024 This-date record 103°F This-date rank #37 of 136
Hottest at any time since 2026 All-time record 107°F (1980) Odds to tie/break 0.0% (daily) Period of record 1889–2026
The hottest and coldest ever recorded at Meridian in each calendar month, and for the whole 1889–2026 record — with the year each was set.
Month Record High Record Low Jan 83°F 1949 0°F 1962 Feb 86°F 2018 -6°F 1899 Mar 93°F 1929 15°F 1943 Apr 95°F 1987 28°F 1891 May 99°F 1951 38°F 1960 Jun 104°F 1988 42°F 1984 Jul 107°F 1980 54°F 1947 Aug 106°F 2000 49°F 1891 Sep 105°F 1990 34°F 1967 Oct 102°F 2019 24°F 1952 Nov 89°F 2016 16°F 1950 Dec 84°F 1998 2°F 1989 All-time 107°F 1980 -6°F 1899
Records set or tied at Meridian so far this year — through Jul 11.
Record Highs in 2026 0 broke
plus 1 tied — daily record highs set this year
Record Lows in 2026 0 broke
plus 0 tied — daily record lows set this year
Current run 16 days
consecutive days with a high ≥ 90°F
Longest ever 69 days
record run, ended Sep 9 1951
So far in 2026 26 days
days with a high ≥ 90°F this year
Normal high & low by month, from Meridian's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal high: 92°F · forecast is +2° vs normal .
Jan: 58°F Jan: 35°F Feb: 63°F Feb: 39°F Mar: 70°F Mar: 45°F Apr: 77°F Apr: 52°F May: 84°F May: 60°F Jun: 90°F Jun: 68°F Jul: 92°F Jul: 71°F Aug: 92°F Aug: 70°F Sep: 88°F Sep: 64°F Oct: 78°F Oct: 53°F Nov: 68°F Nov: 42°F Dec: 60°F Dec: 38°F J F M A M J J A S O N D Sun & Daylight Today Sunrise 4:57 AM Sunset 7:04 PM Solar noon 12:01 PM Daylight 14h 06m · losing 6 min/wk
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.
Location 32.34°N, 88.75°W Meridian's observed daily high for the last six weeks — a white ring marks any day that broke or tied its daily record for that date.
Every day this year against Meridian's own record — the record high, the normal, and the full span ever seen. A shareable look at where the year stands.
Each cell is one day's high at Meridian, coloured by temperature — 138 years of record, so heat waves read as warm streaks and cold snaps as blue.
How many days a year hit a given high at Meridian — counted through Jul 18 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running hot. Pick a threshold:
70° 75° 80° 85° 90° 95° 100° 105° 110°
26 days ≥90°F so far in 2026 — tied for the 87th most in 138 years. Normal for this point: 31 . Record: 53 in 1898.
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