Will La Niña bring rain or warmer weather to MS Gulf Coast over Thanksgiving? Here’s the forecast
If it’s felt like the Mississippi Gulf Coast has had unseasonably warm weather this year, you may be crossing your fingers for a cooler Thanksgiving.
However, it looks like the warmer temperatures — caused by a complex weather pattern — are here to stay a bit longer.
“La Niña continued over the past month, as indicated by the strengthening of below-average sea surface temperatures across the central and eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean,” scientists at the National Weather Service Climate Prediction Center said in a Nov. 13 statement.
What is La Niña?
La Niña is a phase of a climate pattern called El Niño-Southern Oscillation, according to the NWS.
The phase typically causes a warmer, drier climate than average in certain parts of the country, like the Southeast and the Gulf Coast, while it causes wetter, cooler conditions in places like the Great Lakes and the Pacific Northwest, scientists said.
What is the MS Gulf Coast Thanksgiving forecast?
The Mississippi Gulf Coast usually sees mild temperatures around Thanksgiving and this year will be no different, according to weather experts.
The holiday falls on the 27th this year, which will have partly sunny skies, a high temperature of 68 degrees Fahrenheit and a low of 49 degrees Fahrenheit, according to AccuWeather’s extended forecast for Gulfport.
The Farmer’s Almanac’s long range weather forecast shows similar conditions.
The week of Thanksgiving is expected to be sunny with warmer-than-average temperatures, according to the weather prediction.
This story was originally published November 22, 2025 at 5:00 AM.
