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At a river or reservoir gauge/16.5 mi away/374 ft/110 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Weather/Mississippi/Durant
Durant, Mississippi
City in Holmes 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.
68°
93°/64°
Clear·
Feels like 68°·Light air 2 mph S
Alert. A Red Flag Warning is in force for Durant until 8 PM tomorrow. 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 17 degrees cooler: a high of 76° after 93° today.
Now. Durant is 68° and clear at 11 PM. The dew point is 59°, so the air feels a little humid. Light air from the south at 2 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 63° by 6 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. Air quality is moderate (index 62): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 86°, and the coolest Saturday, near 70°. 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 south-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
62Air quality
85%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
11:00 PM
68feels68
now, clear
Today
Oct 15
9364
UV 8
Fri
Oct 16
7662
15mph
Sat
Oct 17
7046
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
7441
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7843
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
8346
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8648
overcast
68°
93°64°
76°62°
70°46°
74°41°
78°43°
83°46°
86°48°
As of 11:00 PM in Durant, Mississippi.
Air quality
The air at Durant
Index 62, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Jackson (MS), 55 miles off.
62Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)62Moderate-
- Ozone32Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)14Good-
The days ahead
Highest 51, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 59, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 59YesterdayOct 14
- 51TodayOct 15
- 42FriOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
Smoke, the next 45 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 28 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Durant
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 Durant, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 7 PM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Durant, MississippiReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
Weather instrument stations by state
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Durant, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 16.1 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Rank211of 459
Winona5A6
At an airfield/27.8 mi away/349 ft/85 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Silver CityS2086
At a soil climate station/37.8 mi away/115 ft/149 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Kosciusko 7.2 SSWMS-AT-10
In a volunteer observer's own ground/16.1 mi away/415 ft/151 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Kosciusko CoopKOSM6
At a cooperative observer's station/16.2 mi away/463 ft/199 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The weather at Winona, drawn
The nearest airport reporting now, 27.8 mi from Durant, Mississippi. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:35 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
The sky
No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
The air
64.8 F with a dew point of 59.5 F, 83 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,200 ft up.
The wind
Calm.
The full report of Winona, 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 Durant
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.