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Marion, Mississippi

Town in Lauderdale County, Mississippi

Air quality

The air at Marion

Index 42, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Ward (AL), 29 miles off.

42Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)42Good22.2 mi
  • Ozone5Good0 ppb22.2 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide0Good0.9 ppb22.2 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 44, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Marion

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 12 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 Marion, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 10 miles Fri 5 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Marion, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.0 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Newton 5 ENE63831

At a climate reference station/25.4 mi away/374 ft/8 ft below here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Rank333of 459

measured daily2 instruments

Meridian 7.9 NEMS-LD-5

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.0 mi away/466 ft/84 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Topton CoopTOPM6

At a cooperative observer's station/3.6 mi away/456 ft/74 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Meridian/Key Field, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 8.9 mi from Marion, Mississippi. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:58 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Meridian/Key Field, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MEIFIG. A THE SKY OVER MERIDIAN/KEY FIELDSECTION, 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEMeridian/Key Field, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS MEITYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MEI-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

63.0 F with a dew point of 62.0 F, 97 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 200 ft up.

Chart of the air at Meridian/Key Field: temperature 63.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 62.0, 97 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 200 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MEIFIG. B THE AIR AT MERIDIAN/KEY FIELDTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00050 F60 F70 FSATURATES 200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 61.7 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 63.0 F, 62.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 97 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 POINTTITLEMeridian/Key Field, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS MEITYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MEI-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Meridian/Key Field, north up: calm; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 0, calm, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MEIFIG. C THE WIND AT MERIDIAN/KEY FIELDPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMeridian/Key Field, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MEITYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MEI-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Meridian/Key Field, 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 Marion

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

Near Marion

River and lake gauges