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Carthage, Mississippi

City in Leake County, Mississippi

Air quality

The air at Carthage

Index 34, good, led by fine particles. Read at 2 PM from its reporting area, Jackson (MS), 46 miles off.

34Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)34Good-
  • Ozone33Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)17Good-

The days ahead

Highest moderate, Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 66, moderate.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 7 AM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Carthage

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

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Visibility

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

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 7 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Carthage, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.3 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

PhiladelphiaMPE

At an airfield/24.2 mi away/449 ft/86 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank350of 459

Newton 5 ENE63831

At a climate reference station/39.2 mi away/374 ft/11 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Rank333of 459

measured daily2 instruments

Walnut Grove CoopWLTM6

At a cooperative observer's station/10.8 mi away/387 ft/24 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Walnut Grove 7.3 EMS-LK-3

In a volunteer observer's own ground/14.6 mi away/452 ft/89 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Philadelphia, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 24.2 mi from Carthage, Mississippi. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 3:15 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 3,300 ft; the ceiling is 3,300 ft.

Section of the sky over Philadelphia, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 3,300 feet, the ceiling at 3,300 feet.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MPEFIG. A THE SKY OVER PHILADELPHIASECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 3,300 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 3,300 FTTITLEPhiladelphia, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS MPETYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MPE-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

73.4 F with a dew point of 59.0 F, 61 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 3,300 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 3,300 ft.

Chart of the air at Philadelphia: temperature 73.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 59.0, 61 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 3,300 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 3,300 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MPEFIG. B THE AIR AT PHILADELPHIATHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00040 F50 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 3,300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 55.7 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 3,300 FTTEMPERATURE 73.4 FDEW POINT 59.0 FSPREAD 14.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 61 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 POINTTITLEPhiladelphia, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS MPETYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MPE-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (350 degrees) at 13 mph, gusting 22 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 22 mph.

Plan of the wind at Philadelphia, north up: blowing from 350 degrees, the north, at 13 miles an hour, gusting 22; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MPEFIG. C THE WIND AT PHILADELPHIAPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 350°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 13 MPH5FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 22 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEPhiladelphia, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MPETYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MPE-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Mississippi

21 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Carthage

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near Carthage

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