Editing Hattiesburg, Mississippi (section)

==Geography==
Most of Hattiesburg is in Forrest County. A smaller portion on the west side is in [[Lamar County, Mississippi|Lamar County]], with abundant commercial land gained in a 2008 annexation. This consists of a narrow stretch of land east of [[Interstate 59|I-59]] and an irregularly shaped extension into [[West Hattiesburg, Mississippi|West Hattiesburg]]. In the 2000 census, 42,475 of the city's 44,779 residents (94.9%) lived in Forrest County and 2,304 (5.1%) in Lamar County.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/popest/data/cities/totals/2012/SUB-EST2012-3.html |title=Subcounty population estimates: Mississippi 2010-2012 |format=[[comma-separated values|CSV]] |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]], Population Division |date=2014-01-30 |access-date=2014-01-30 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019235623/http://www.census.gov/popest/data/cities/totals/2012/SUB-EST2012-3.html |archive-date=2013-10-19 }}</ref>

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has an area of {{convert|140.6|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|138.3|sqkm|order=flip}} is land and {{convert|2.3|km2|order=flip}}, or 1.63%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US2831020| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001), Hattiesburg city, Mississippi| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| work=American FactFinder| access-date=June 2, 2016| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213043005/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US2831020| archive-date=February 13, 2020| url-status=dead}}</ref>

Hattiesburg is {{convert|74|mi}} north of [[Biloxi, Mississippi|Biloxi]] and {{convert|90|mi}} southeast of [[Jackson, Mississippi|Jackson]], the state capital.

=== Geology and paleontology ===
Hattiesburg is on an outcrop of the Pascagoula and Hattiesburg formation that is thought to be [[Miocene]] in age.<ref name="Dockery2016">{{cite book |last1=Dockery |first1=David |title=The Geology of Mississippi |date=2016 |publisher=University Press of Mississippi |isbn=978-1-4968-0313-9 |pages=751}}</ref> Miocene plant and animal fossils discovered in Hattiesburg's vicinity indicate the area was once more swamp-like and dominated by low-growing palm trees.<ref name="MissisippiMiocene">{{cite journal |author1=McNair, D.M. |author2=D.Z. Stults |author3=B. Axsmith |author4=M.H. Alford |author5=J.E. Starnes |title=Preliminary investigation of a diverse megafossil floral assemblage from the middle Miocene of southern Mississippi, USA |journal=[[Palaeontologia Electronica]] |date=2019 |volume=22 |issue=2 |doi=10.26879/906 |url=https://palaeo-electronica.org/content/pdfs/906.pdf|doi-access=free }}</ref>

=== Climate ===
Hattiesburg has a [[humid subtropical climate]], with short, mild winters and hot, humid summers. Snowfall is extremely rare, but on December 11, 2008, areas around Hattiesburg received {{convert|3|to|5|in|m}}. As is the case throughout the southern United States, severe thunderstorms can pose a threat, particularly during spring. Such storms spawn frequent lightning, heavy rain, occasional large hail, and tornadoes.<ref>{{cite news|title=More snow by noon|newspaper=Hattiesburg American|date=2008-12-11|access-date=2008-12-29|url=http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/article/20081211/NEWS01/81211017 }} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=More snow by noon |url=http://archive.hattiesburgamerican.com/article/20081211/NEWS01/81211017/More-snow-by-noon |newspaper=Hattiesburg American |date=2008-12-11 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140907091135/http://archive.hattiesburgamerican.com/article/20081211/NEWS01/81211017/More-snow-by-noon |archive-date=2014-09-07 }}</ref>
[[2013 Hattiesburg, Mississippi tornado|An EF4 tornado]] struck the Hattiesburg area on February 10, 2013, between roughly 5:00&nbsp;p.m. and 5:30&nbsp;p.m. CST. It formed in Lamar County just west of Oak Grove and quickly increased in size and intensity. Although the most severe damage occurred in the Oak Grove area, especially near Oak Grove High School, the tornado continued eastward into Hattiesburg, causing widespread EF1-EF3 damage to the southern portion of the [[University of Southern Mississippi]] campus and the areas just north of downtown. It then moved into neighboring [[Petal, Mississippi|Petal]] and rural Forrest County. More than 80 injured were reported but no fatalities. The prevention of deaths was attributed to the nearly 30-minute lead time of the tornado warning.<ref>{{cite web|title=Pine Belt Tornado Event|url=http://www.srh.noaa.gov/jan/?n=2013_02_10_11_tor|work=National Weather Service Jackson, MS|publisher=NOAA/NWS|access-date=14 February 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Tornado hits Hattiesburg, Miss.|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/weather/2013/02/10/tornado-mississippi-hattiesburg-storm/1907859/|work=USAToday|publisher=Gannett|access-date=13 February 2013|date=February 10, 2013}}</ref>
The most recent tornado struck on [[Tornado outbreak of January 21–23, 2017|January 21, 2017]], when an [[EF3]] hit the city early in the morning, killing four and injuring 20. Some 10,000 people were left without power.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/21/us/mississippi-southeast-severe-weather/index.html|title=More severe weather expected after tornado kills 4 in Mississippi|author=Kelly McCleary, Azadeh Ansari and Joe Sutton|website=CNN|date=21 January 2017 |access-date=2017-01-23}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.accuweather.com/en/videos/trending-now/hattiesburg-tornado-kills-4-leaves-destruction-in-its-wake/5291785221001|title=Hattiesburg tornado kills 4, leaves destruction in its wake|website=Accuweather.com|access-date=2017-01-23}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2017/01/21/tornado-hits-hattiesburg/96877100/|title=Tornado leaves 3 dead, nearly 10,000 without power|newspaper=The Clarion Ledger|language=en|access-date=2017-01-23}}</ref><br />
{{Weather box
|location = Hattiesburg, Mississippi (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1893–present)
|single line = Y
|Jan record high F = 87
|Feb record high F = 86
|Mar record high F = 99
|Apr record high F = 94
|May record high F = 104
|Jun record high F = 106
|Jul record high F = 105
|Aug record high F = 107
|Sep record high F = 103
|Oct record high F = 106
|Nov record high F = 92
|Dec record high F = 90
|year record high F = 106

|Jan avg record high F = 76.3
|Feb avg record high F = 79.4
|Mar avg record high F = 84.6
|Apr avg record high F = 87.6
|May avg record high F = 92.5
|Jun avg record high F = 96.2
|Jul avg record high F = 97.8
|Aug avg record high F = 97.7
|Sep avg record high F = 95.3
|Oct avg record high F = 90.3
|Nov avg record high F = 83.1
|Dec avg record high F = 78.4
|year avg record high F = 99.2

|Jan high F = 59.7
|Feb high F = 64.0
|Mar high F = 71.1
|Apr high F = 77.5
|May high F = 84.2
|Jun high F = 89.7
|Jul high F = 91.2
|Aug high F = 91.4
|Sep high F = 87.9
|Oct high F = 79.4
|Nov high F = 69.3
|Dec high F = 61.8
|year high F =

|Jan mean F = 48.8
|Feb mean F = 52.6
|Mar mean F = 59.5
|Apr mean F = 65.8
|May mean F = 73.3
|Jun mean F = 79.6
|Jul mean F = 81.5
|Aug mean F = 81.4
|Sep mean F = 77.4
|Oct mean F = 67.7
|Nov mean F = 57.5
|Dec mean F = 51.1
|year mean F =

|Jan low F = 37.8
|Feb low F = 41.2
|Mar low F = 47.9
|Apr low F = 54.1
|May low F = 62.4
|Jun low F = 69.5
|Jul low F = 71.8
|Aug low F = 71.5
|Sep low F = 66.9
|Oct low F = 56.0
|Nov low F = 45.7
|Dec low F = 40.3
|year low F =

|Jan avg record low F = 21.3
|Feb avg record low F = 25.6
|Mar avg record low F = 29.8
|Apr avg record low F = 37.5
|May avg record low F = 47.7
|Jun avg record low F = 61.2
|Jul avg record low F = 66.6
|Aug avg record low F = 64.9
|Sep avg record low F = 53.8
|Oct avg record low F = 37.8
|Nov avg record low F = 28.6
|Dec avg record low F = 25.0
|year avg record low F = 19.5

|Jan record low F = 4
|Feb record low F = -1
|Mar record low F = 17
|Apr record low F = 29
|May record low F = 38
|Jun record low F = 49
|Jul record low F = 55
|Aug record low F = 55
|Sep record low F = 40
|Oct record low F = 23
|Nov record low F = 18
|Dec record low F = 4
|year record low F = -1

|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation inch = 6.50
|Feb precipitation inch = 5.68
|Mar precipitation inch = 5.89
|Apr precipitation inch = 5.70
|May precipitation inch = 4.53
|Jun precipitation inch = 5.26
|Jul precipitation inch = 6.44
|Aug precipitation inch = 6.26
|Sep precipitation inch = 4.82
|Oct precipitation inch = 3.54
|Nov precipitation inch = 3.85
|Dec precipitation inch = 5.97
|year precipitation inch =

|unit precipitation days = 0.01 in
|Jan precipitation days = 11.4
|Feb precipitation days = 10.6
|Mar precipitation days = 9.4
|Apr precipitation days = 8.0
|May precipitation days = 8.7
|Jun precipitation days = 11.3
|Jul precipitation days = 13.1
|Aug precipitation days = 11.1
|Sep precipitation days = 8.6
|Oct precipitation days = 6.4
|Nov precipitation days = 7.4
|Dec precipitation days = 10.2

|Jan snow inch = 0.2
|Feb snow inch = 0.1
|Mar snow inch = 0.1
|Apr snow inch = 0.0
|May snow inch = 0.0
|Jun snow inch = 0.0
|Jul snow inch = 0.0
|Aug snow inch = 0.0
|Sep snow inch = 0.0
|Oct snow inch = 0.0
|Nov snow inch = 0.0
|Dec snow inch = 0.5
|year snow inch =

|unit snow days = 0.1 in
|Jan snow days = 0.1
|Feb snow days = 0.1
|Mar snow days = 0.0
|Apr snow days = 0.0
|May snow days = 0.0
|Jun snow days = 0.0
|Jul snow days = 0.0
|Aug snow days = 0.0
|Sep snow days = 0.0
|Oct snow days = 0.0
|Nov snow days = 0.0
|Dec snow days = 0.2

|source 1 = NOAA<ref name = NOAA>
{{cite web
|url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-2020&stations=USC00223887&format=pdf&dataTypes=MLY-TMAX-NORMAL,MLY-TMIN-NORMAL,MLY-TAVG-NORMAL,MLY-PRCP-NORMAL,MLY-SNOW-NORMAL
|publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
|title = U.S. Climate Normals Quick Access – Station: Hattiesburg 5SW, MS
|access-date = March 2, 2023
}}
</ref>
|source 2 = National Weather Service<ref name = NOWData>
{{cite web
|url = https://www.weather.gov/wrh/climate?wfo=jan
|publisher = National Weather Service
|title = NOAA Online Weather Data – NWS Jackson
|access-date = March 2, 2023
}}
</ref>
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