Pluto, Mississippi
Pluto, Mississippi | |
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Coordinates: 33°03′12″N 90°22′52″W / 33.05333°N 90.38111°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Mississippi |
County | Holmes |
Elevation | 115 ft (35 m) |
Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
Area code | 662 |
GNIS feature ID | 676158[1] |
Pluto is an unincorporated community in Holmes County, Mississippi, United States.[1] Pluto is located on the Yazoo River.[2] A post office operated under the name Pluto from 1886 to 1918.[3]
Climate data for Pluto, MS (1991-2020 normals) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 58.4 (14.7) | 62.6 (17.0) | 70.8 (21.6) | 78.9 (26.1) | 86.0 (30.0) | 92.1 (33.4) | 94.3 (34.6) | 94.9 (34.9) | 90.5 (32.5) | 80.5 (26.9) | 68.8 (20.4) | 60.7 (15.9) | 78.2 (25.7) |
Daily mean °F (°C) | 48.5 (9.2) | 52.0 (11.1) | 59.4 (15.2) | 67.5 (19.7) | 75.6 (24.2) | 82.1 (27.8) | 84.7 (29.3) | 84.6 (29.2) | 79.3 (26.3) | 68.7 (20.4) | 57.5 (14.2) | 51.0 (10.6) | 67.6 (19.8) |
Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 38.6 (3.7) | 41.4 (5.2) | 48.0 (8.9) | 56.1 (13.4) | 65.1 (18.4) | 72.1 (22.3) | 75.1 (23.9) | 74.4 (23.6) | 68.2 (20.1) | 57.0 (13.9) | 46.1 (7.8) | 41.2 (5.1) | 56.9 (13.8) |
Average precipitation inches (mm) | 5.69 (145) | 5.57 (141) | 5.94 (151) | 6.58 (167) | 5.74 (146) | 4.37 (111) | 4.02 (102) | 4.51 (115) | 3.31 (84) | 4.27 (108) | 4.57 (116) | 5.81 (148) | 60.38 (1,534) |
Average snowfall inches (cm) | 0.1 (0.25) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.1 (0.25) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in) | 8.9 | 8.8 | 8.9 | 7.6 | 8.1 | 7.5 | 7.9 | 7.2 | 5.0 | 5.9 | 7.2 | 9.0 | 92.0 |
Average snowy days (≥ 0.1 in) | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
Source: NOAA[4][5] |
In popular culture
[edit]- Pluto is the setting for Dispatches from Pluto written by Richard Grant.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Pluto, Mississippi". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. Vol. 2. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 438.
- ^ "Holmes County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved June 5, 2021.
- ^ "NOWData - NOAA Online Weather Data". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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(help) - ^ "Monthly Normals 1991-2020". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved June 9, 2022.
- ^ Upholt, Boyce (October 10, 2015). "Review: 'Dispatches from Pluto, by Richard Grant'". Clarion-Ledger.