Beasley Lake ScanBSYM6
At a river or reservoir gauge/4.3 mi away/115 ft/5 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Weather/Mississippi/Indianola
Indianola, Mississippi
City in Sunflower 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.
69°
73°/62°
Clear·
Feels like 69°·Light breeze 5 mph SW
Alert. A Red Flag Warning is in force for Indianola 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. Indianola is 69° and clear at 2 AM. The dew point is 59°, so the air feels a little humid. Light breeze from the southwest at 5 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 71° by 11 AM. Tonight falls to about 49° by 6 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 54): 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 6:28 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:41 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
54Air quality
66%Humidity
1%Cloud
Now
2:00 AM
69feels69
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
7362
12%
19mph
UV 6
Sat
Oct 17
6947
15mph
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
7442
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7745
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
8248
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8550
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
8852
overcast
69°
73°62°
69°47°
74°42°
77°45°
82°48°
85°50°
88°52°
As of 2:00 AM in Indianola, Mississippi.
Air quality
The air at Indianola
Index 54, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Cleveland (MS), 21 miles off.
54Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)54Moderate-
- Ozone36Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 54, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 54YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 42 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Indianola
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 1 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 Indianola, the next 42 hours
Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 5 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Indianola, MississippiReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
Weather instrument stations by state
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Indianola, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.5 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Rank314of 459
Beasley LakeS2032
At a soil climate station/4.3 mi away/115 ft/5 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
At an airfield/19.5 mi away/131 ft/11 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Citizen station FW5442FW5442
In a volunteer observer's own ground/34.5 mi away/152 ft/32 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Indianola 0.3 NWMS-SF-2
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.5 mi away/120 ft/level with here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Stoneville Exp Station CoopSTNM6
At a cooperative observer's station/15.1 mi away/121 ft/1 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The weather at Greenville Muni, drawn
The nearest airport reporting now, 19.5 mi from Indianola, Mississippi. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
The sky
No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
The air
71.0 F with a dew point of 59.0 F, 66 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,800 ft up.
The wind
From the west southwest (250 degrees) at 7 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.
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 Indianola
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Invernesstown, 7 mi
- Moorheadcity, 8 mi
- Sunflowertown, 9 mi
- Shawcity, 13 mi
- Isolatown, 13 mi
- Elizabethcommunity, 13 mi
- Lelandcity, 14 mi
- Stonevillecommunity, 16 mi
- Doddsvilletown, 17 mi
- Morgan Citytown, 18 mi
- Arcolatown, 18 mi
- Mississippi Valley State Universitycommunity, 18 mi