Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 14 h 8 min5:53 am – 8:00 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 10 h 10 min6:48 am – 4:58 pm
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ClimateWarmest month July: highs 91°F, lows 73°FColdest month January: highs 63°F, lows 41°F62 in of rain a year, on about 75 dayswettest month AugustSnow is rare80 days above 90°F, 27 nights below freezing in a typical yearSource: NOAA 1991-2020 Climate Normals, Pascagoula Lott Intl Ap station, 17 mi away; snow from Vancleave
Parks and public landsMississippi Sandhill Crane National Wildlife Refugenational wildlife refuge · 8.1 mi · 18,435 acresPascagoula River Marshes (Feb 2003)state conservation land · 12.3 mi · 1,065 acresOld Fort Bayou Coastal Reservestate conservation land · 12.4 mi · 1,134 acresRed Creek Purchase Unitnational forest · 16.1 mi · 1,035 acresPascagoula River Marshes (Sept 2002)state conservation land · 14.2 mi · 79 acresPascagoula River Marshes (Dec 2011)state conservation land · 14.4 miSource: USGS Protected Areas Database (PAD-US)
EarthquakesNone of magnitude 3 or more within 50 miles since 1970Source: USGS Earthquake Catalog
Natural hazardsOverall risk Relatively ModerateJackson County, MS, compared with all US countiesHigher-risk hazardsHurricane Relatively HighLightning Relatively HighCoastal flooding Relatively HighSource: FEMA National Risk Index (county level)
Air quality70% of days had good air in 2025255 of 365 days measured110 moderate daysMedian index 44, worst day 93main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)Source: US EPA Air Quality Index, Jackson County monitors, MS
Drinking waterWest Jackson Co Utility Distserves 28,544 people from ground waterNo health-based violations since 2021Source: US EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System, largest system serving the town
Elevation138 ft42 m above sea levelSource: USGS 3D Elevation Program
Local servicesHospitalOcean Springs Hospital13.7 miPost officeVancleave Post Office7.5 miFire stationCentral Jackson County Fire Station 32.7 miSource: USGS National Structures Dataset
Getting aroundAirportGulfport Biloxi International Airport GPT23 miMajor airportPensacola International Airport PNS94 miInterstateI-1011 miUS highwayUS 9014 miAmtrakBiloxi, MS BIX17 miCoachBiloxi MS (BIG)FlixBus17 miSources: OurAirports; US Census Bureau TIGER roads; Bureau of Transportation Statistics NTAD
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the 39566 ZIP area.
