Temperature
76 F at 9 PM; 93 F at its warmest, 3 PM, and 69 F at its coolest, 7 AM.
- Now
- 76F
- 9 PM
- Highest
- 93F
- 3 PM
- Lowest
- 69F
- 7 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/Mississippi/Fletcher Field
Fletcher Field, Mississippi
Small airport in Coahoma County, Mississippi68°
71°/60°
Overcast·
Feels like 68°·Fresh breeze 21 mph NNW
Now. Fletcher Field is 68° and overcast at 7 AM. The dew point is 59°, so the air feels a little humid. Fresh breeze from the north-northwest at 21 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 48° by 6 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 6, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour. Air quality is moderate (index 53): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 87°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 68°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:27 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:38 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 20 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
53Air quality
69%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
7:00 AM
68feels68
21mph
Today
Oct 16
7160
21mph
UV 6
Sat
Oct 17
6847
15mph
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
7341
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7744
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
8046
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8448
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
8750
overcast
68°
71°60°
68°47°
73°41°
77°44°
80°46°
84°48°
87°50°
As of 7:00 AM in Fletcher Field, Mississippi.
Air quality
The air at Fletcher Field
Index 53, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 7 AM from its reporting area, Cleveland (MS), 40 miles off.
53Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)53Moderate-
- Ozone30Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 58, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 58YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 43 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Fletcher Field
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 6 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.00in
Visibility
How far you can see at Fletcher Field, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 1 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- CKM
- ICAO
- KCKM
- IATA
- CKM
- Field elevation
- 173 ft
- Serves
- Clarksdale
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- CKM
- Wind now
- From 350° at 23 mph, read 16 Oct, 07:15
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 / 36 | 5,404 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 183° / 3° | 22 mph head, on 36 | 5 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Clarksdale (CKM), Fletcher Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 55 F, the air 47% saturated; the humidity ran from 27% at 5 PM to 69% at 12 AM.
- Dew point now
- 55F
- 9 PM
- Humidity now
- 47%
- Humidity, range
- 27 to 69%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
7 mph from the south at 9 PM; at its strongest 12 mph, 11 AM, with a gust of 21 mph at 11 AM.
- Now
- 7mph
- from the south
- Strongest
- 12mph
- 11 AM
- Highest gust
- 21mph
- 11 AM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.02 inHg at 9 PM, rising 0.03 inHg over 3 hours; 0.01 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.02inHg
- 9 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.03inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.01inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
10 miles or more every hour.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 10+mi
- Hours under a mile
- 0
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Precipitation
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Wettest hour
- -
- Hours with some
- 0
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Clarksdale: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Fletcher Field, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.0 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
ClarksdaleCKM
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/173 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
VanceS2035
At a soil climate station/18.6 mi away/150 ft/23 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
Vance ScanVNCM6
At a river or reservoir gauge/18.6 mi away/150 ft/23 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Lyon 6.7 NEMS-CH-6
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.8 mi away/173 ft/level with here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
ClarksdaleCLKM6
At a cooperative observer's station/8.2 mi away/161 ft/12 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Mississippi
21 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Fletcher Field
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Airports near Fletcher Field
- Tunica Municipal AirportUTA, 28 mi
- Panola County AirportPMU, 36 mi
- Cleveland Municipal AirportRNV, 40 mi
- University Oxford AirportUOX, 56 mi
- Greenwood-Leflore AirportGWO, 61 mi
- Olive Branch AirportOLV, 62 mi
- Mid Delta Regional AirportGLH, 63 mi
- Winona-Montgomery County Airport5A6, 73 mi