Scott ScanSCOM6
At a river or reservoir gauge/5.7 mi away/165 ft/25 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Weather/Mississippi/Benoit
Benoit, Mississippi
Town in Bolivar County, MississippiRed Flag Warning, in full · Every severe alert
* WIND...North winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph behind a cold front. * HUMIDITY...Minimum Relative Humidity values between 25 to 40 percent. * FUELS...Critically dry. * IMPACTS...Any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not recommended.
A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now, or will shortly. A combination of strong winds, low relative humidity, and warm temperatures will create favorable weather for rapid fire growth and spread. Avoid activities that promote open flames and sparks. A Fire Weather Watch means that the potential for critical fire weather conditions exists. These conditions could promote the rapid spread of wildfires which could become life-threatening. Check www.weather.gov/jan/fireweather for forecast updates and a possible upgrade of this watch to a Red Flag Warning.
73°
72°/62°
Clear·
Feels like 73°·Light breeze 5 mph SW
Alert. A Red Flag Warning is in force for Benoit until 8 PM today. 1 more alert is in force here as well. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Benoit is 73° and clear at 12 AM. The dew point is 54°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the southwest at 5 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 60° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 49° by 7 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 55): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 88°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 69°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:29 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:42 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 21 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
55Air quality
56%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
12:00 AM
73feels73
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
7262
14%
21mph
UV 6
Sat
Oct 17
6947
17mph
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
7342
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7745
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
8249
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8551
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
8853
overcast
73°
72°62°
69°47°
73°42°
77°45°
82°49°
85°51°
88°53°
As of 12:00 AM in Benoit, Mississippi.
Air quality
The air at Benoit
Index 55, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Cleveland (MS), 18 miles off.
55Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)55Moderate17.3 mi
- Ozone38Good40 ppb17.3 mi
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 40, good.
GoodModerate
- 40YesterdayOct 14
Smoke, the next 44 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Benoit
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. 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 Benoit, the next 44 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 7 PM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Benoit, MississippiReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
Weather instrument stations by state
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Benoit, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.7 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Rank341of 459
ScottS2070
At a soil climate station/5.8 mi away/165 ft/25 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
At an airfield/11.8 mi away/131 ft/9 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Citizen station FW5442FW5442
In a volunteer observer's own ground/22.9 mi away/152 ft/12 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Stoneville Exp Station CoopSTNM6
At a cooperative observer's station/16.4 mi away/121 ft/19 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Boyle 0.3 NNWMS-BV-4
In a volunteer observer's own ground/16.7 mi away/145 ft/5 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Station report
The weather at Greenville Muni, drawn
The nearest airport reporting now, 11.8 mi from Benoit, Mississippi. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:53 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
The sky
No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
The air
70.0 F with a dew point of 55.0 F, 59 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 3,500 ft up.
The wind
From the southwest (220 degrees) at 5 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 22 mph.
The full report of Greenville Muni, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
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Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Mississippi
21 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Benoit
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.