Best time to visit Natchez Trace Parkway
October and November are the best balance at Natchez Trace Parkway: mild and dry for the park (average highs 67° to 78°F), with very busy crowds. October is busiest, with about 693,000 visitors. January is the quietest.
- Quiet
- Moderate
- Busy
- Very busy
- Few or no visits (may be closed)
- Best months
Month by month
- Station
- Carthage, MS USC00221489
- Lat / lon
- 32.75, -89.54
- Elevation
- 370 ft
- From park center
- 10.7 mi
- Normals
- 1991–2020
- Visits
- 2023–2025
| Field | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Octbest | Novbest | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High, °F | 57° | 61° | 69° | 76° | 83° | 89° | 92° | 92° | 88° | 78° | 67° | 58° | 76° |
| Low, °F | 34° | 37° | 44° | 51° | 59° | 67° | 71° | 70° | 64° | 51° | 41° | 35° | 52° |
| Precipitation, in | 5.7 | 5.3 | 5.0 | 6.3 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 5.1 | 4.7 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 5.3 | 57.8 |
| Snow, in | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 |
| Daylight, h:mm | 10:12 | 10:58 | 11:53 | 12:57 | 13:50 | 14:18 | 14:07 | 13:22 | 12:20 | 11:18 | 10:25 | 10:00 | |
| Visitors, thousands | 515 | 550 | 599 | 621 | 599 | 642 | 602 | 624 | 667 | 693 | 658 | 610 | 7,381 |
| Crowds | Busy | Busy | Very busy | Very busy | Very busy | Very busy | Very busy | Very busy | Very busy | Very busy | Very busy | Very busy | |
| Weather | Mild, wet | Mild, wet | Mild, wet | Mild, wet | Hot | Hot | Very hot | Very hot | Hot | Mild | Mild | Mild, wet |
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip., in | Snow, in | Daylight | Visitors | Crowds | Weather |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 57° | 34° | 5.7 | 0.1 | 10:12 | 515,000 | Busy | Mild, wet |
| February | 61° | 37° | 5.3 | 0.1 | 10:58 | 550,000 | Busy | Mild, wet |
| March | 69° | 44° | 5.0 | 0 | 11:53 | 599,000 | Very busy | Mild, wet |
| April | 76° | 51° | 6.3 | 0 | 12:57 | 621,000 | Very busy | Mild, wet |
| May | 83° | 59° | 4.4 | 0 | 13:50 | 599,000 | Very busy | Hot |
| June | 89° | 67° | 3.9 | 0 | 14:18 | 642,000 | Very busy | Hot |
| July | 92° | 71° | 5.1 | 0 | 14:07 | 602,000 | Very busy | Very hot |
| August | 92° | 70° | 4.7 | 0 | 13:22 | 624,000 | Very busy | Very hot |
| September | 88° | 64° | 3.8 | 0 | 12:20 | 667,000 | Very busy | Hot |
| Octoberbest | 78° | 51° | 3.9 | 0 | 11:18 | 693,000 | Very busy | Mild |
| Novemberbest | 67° | 41° | 4.3 | 0 | 10:25 | 658,000 | Very busy | Mild |
| December | 58° | 35° | 5.3 | 0 | 10:00 | 610,000 | Very busy | Mild, wet |
| Year | 76° | 52° | 57.8 | 0.2 | 7,381,000 | |||
Year: average high and low, total precipitation and snowfall, total visitors. T = trace (under 0.05 in). – = not measured at this station. Updated .
- Hottest July, average high 92°F
- Coldest nights January, average low 34°F
- Source NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information; National Park Service
- Visitors a year about 7,381,000 (2023–2025 average)
- States Mississippi, Tennessee and Alabama
Closures, reservations and alerts: Natchez Trace Parkway on nps.gov
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