RaymondJVW
At an airfield/4.2 mi away/246 ft/25 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Weather/Mississippi/Bolton
Bolton, Mississippi
Town in Hinds 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.
66°
82°/63°
Clear·
Feels like 66°·Light air 3 mph SSW
Alert. A Red Flag Warning is in force for Bolton 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. Tomorrow is 12 degrees cooler: a high of 70° after 82° today.
Now. Bolton is 66° and clear at 1 AM. The dew point is 63°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Light air from the south-southwest at 3 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 79° by 11 AM. 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 7, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour. Air quality is moderate (index 69): 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 70°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:28 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:43 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 23 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
69Air quality
87%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
1:00 AM
66feels66
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
8263
21mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
7049
18mph
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
7444
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7946
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
8449
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8750
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
8851
overcast
66°
82°63°
70°49°
74°44°
79°46°
84°49°
87°50°
88°51°
As of 1:00 AM in Bolton, Mississippi.
Air quality
The air at Bolton
Index 69, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Jackson (MS), 17 miles off.
69Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)69Moderate13.7 mi
- Ozone22Good21 ppb13.7 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)16Good16.3 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0.5 ppb16.3 mi
- Carbon monoxide-0.4 ppm16.3 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 66, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 66YesterdayOct 15
- 42TodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
Smoke, the next 43 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Bolton
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 12 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 Bolton, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 10 miles Fri 8 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Bolton, MississippiReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
Weather instrument stations by state
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Bolton, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.2 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Rank386of 459
Belhaven Creek At Riverside Drive At Jackson02485810
At a river or reservoir gauge/16.8 mi away/290 ft/69 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Citizen station EW5980EW5980
In a volunteer observer's own ground/17.5 mi away/311 ft/90 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
MaydayS2110
At a soil climate station/35.5 mi away/108 ft/113 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Clinton 3.8 SWMS-HD-7
In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.2 mi away/250 ft/29 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Vicksburg City CoopVICM6
At a cooperative observer's station/24.5 mi away/105 ft/116 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The weather at Raymond, drawn
The nearest airport reporting now, 4.2 mi from Bolton, Mississippi. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:55 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
The sky
No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
The air
62.6 F with a dew point of 62.6 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground.
The wind
Calm.
The full report of Raymond, 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 Bolton
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.