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Bentonia, Mississippi

Town in Yazoo County, Mississippi

Air quality

The air at Bentonia

Index 65, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Jackson (MS), 24 miles off.

65Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)65Moderate21.9 mi
  • Ozone22Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)13Good24.1 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0.7 ppb24.1 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0.2 ppm24.1 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 66, moderate.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Bentonia

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
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Last 3 days
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Visibility

How far you can see at Bentonia, the next 41 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

On the radar over Bentonia, MississippiReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Bentonia, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 7.4 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Mayday ScanMAYM6

At a river or reservoir gauge/17.5 mi away/108 ft/91 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank348of 459

MaydayS2110

At a soil climate station/17.5 mi away/108 ft/91 ft below here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank358of 459

MadisonMBO

At an airfield/21.0 mi away/327 ft/128 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank334of 459

measured daily2 instruments

Bentonia 7.3 WMS-YZ-3

In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.4 mi away/357 ft/158 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Canton CoopCNTM6

At a cooperative observer's station/19.4 mi away/256 ft/57 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank14of 459

Station report

The weather at Madison, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 21.0 mi from Bentonia, Mississippi. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 3:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 5,500 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Madison, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 5,500 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MBOFIG. A THE SKY OVER MADISONSECTION, HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALE, EACH LAYER AT THE HEIGHT OF ITS BASE AS REPORTED; COVER IN EIGHTHS OF THE SKY; TOPS NOT MEASUREDFT ABOVE THE STATION02,5005,0007,50010,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETSCT 5,500 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEMadison, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS MBOTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MBO-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

69.8 F with a dew point of 62.6 F, 78 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,700 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 5,500 ft.

Chart of the air at Madison: temperature 69.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 62.6, 78 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,700 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 5,500 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MBOFIG. B THE AIR AT MADISONTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,00050 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 1,700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 60.9 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 5,500 FTTEMPERATURE 69.8 FDEW POINT 62.6 FSPREAD 7.2 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 78 PER CENTTHE AIR COOLS ABOUT 5.4 F EACH 1,000 FT IT RISES, AND ITS DEW POINT ABOUT 1 FSOLID: THE LIFTED AIR'S TEMPERATURE; DASHED: ITS DEW POINTTITLEMadison, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS MBOTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MBO-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west southwest (240 degrees) at 6 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Madison, north up: blowing from 240 degrees, the west southwest, at 6 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MBOFIG. C THE WIND AT MADISONPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 240°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 6 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMadison, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MBOTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MBO-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Madison, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Mississippi

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Near Bentonia

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