Black CreekBLCM6
At a river or reservoir gauge/13.3 mi away/279 ft/104 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Weather/Mississippi/Benndale
Alert. A Fire Weather Watch is in force for Benndale until 7 PM Saturday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Benndale is 70° and clear at 10 PM. The dew point is 67°, so the air feels oppressive. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 66° by 4 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. Air quality is moderate (index 51): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 89°, and the coolest Saturday, near 71°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the 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 27 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 10:00 PM in Benndale, Mississippi.
Air quality
Index 51, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Mississippi Gulf Coast (MS), 38 miles off.
Highest 51, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 67, moderate.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 7 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Benndale, MississippiReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 6 instruments nearest Benndale, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 13.3 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Black CreekBLCM6
At a river or reservoir gauge/13.3 mi away/279 ft/104 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
In a volunteer observer's own ground/25.5 mi away/80 ft/95 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Tnc Fort BayouS2082
At a soil climate station/27.5 mi away/43 ft/132 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
At an airfield/32.1 mi away/33 ft/142 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Latimer 11.7 NNWMS-HR-58
In a volunteer observer's own ground/15.7 mi away/132 ft/43 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
WigginsWIGM6
At a cooperative observer's station/19.1 mi away/269 ft/94 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 32.1 mi from Benndale, Mississippi. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 9:55 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
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Snow on the ground
21 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.