Pluto, Mississippi | |
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  Pluto  Pluto | |
| 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
- Pluto is the setting for Dispatches from Pluto written by Richard Grant. [6]
References
- ^ 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.
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^ "NOWData - NOAA Online Weather Data".
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
{{ cite web}}: Missing or empty|url=( 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.
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