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In a volunteer observer's own ground/8.7 mi away/197 ft/60 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Weather/Mississippi/New Hope
New Hope, Mississippi
Community in Lowndes 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.
71°
81°/64°
Clear·
Feels like 71°·Light breeze 8 mph WNW
Alert. A Red Flag Warning is in force for New Hope 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 13 degrees cooler: a high of 68° after 81° today.
Now. New Hope is 71° and clear at 9 AM. The dew point is 63°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Light breeze from the west-northwest at 8 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 77° by 11 AM. Tonight falls to about 48° by 5 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.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 84°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 68°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:19 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:31 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.
2UV Low
8Air quality
68%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
9:00 AM
71feels71
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
8164
19mph
UV 6
Sat
Oct 17
6848
16mph
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
7242
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7544
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7845
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8246
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
8448
overcast
71°
81°64°
68°48°
72°42°
75°44°
78°45°
82°46°
84°48°
As of 9:00 AM in New Hope, Mississippi.
Air quality
The air at New Hope
Index 8, good, led by ozone. Read at 8 AM from its reporting area, Tuscaloosa (AL), 48 miles off.
8Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)0Good-
- Ozone8Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 45, good.
GoodModerate
- 45YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 41 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at New Hope
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 8 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 New Hope, the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 1 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
On the radar over New Hope, MississippiReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
Weather instrument stations by state
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest New Hope, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.8 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Rank403of 459
Columbus AFBCBM
At an airfield/14.4 mi away/220 ft/37 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
MonroeMFCM6
At a river or reservoir gauge/23.5 mi away/446 ft/189 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
StarkvilleS2064
At a soil climate station/25.5 mi away/340 ft/83 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Columbus 5.3 ESEMS-LW-5
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.8 mi away/301 ft/44 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Columbus CoopCUSM6
At a cooperative observer's station/2.8 mi away/187 ft/70 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The weather at Columbus AFB, drawn
The nearest airport reporting now, 14.4 mi from New Hope, Mississippi. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 8:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
The sky
Clear; visibility 10 mi or more.
The air
73.2 F with a dew point of 63.0 F, 70 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,400 ft up.
The wind
From the west (260 degrees) at 7 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.
The full report of Columbus AFB, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Columbus Coop (CUSM6), 2.8 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 23:59. measured daily
Elsewhere in Mississippi
21 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near New Hope
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Columbuscity, 6 mi
- Columbus AFBcommunity, 14 mi
- Caledoniatown, 16 mi
- Artesiatown, 18 mi
- Crawfordtown, 20 mi
- Hamiltoncommunity, 21 mi
- New Hamiltoncommunity, 21 mi
- West Pointcity, 21 mi
- Brooksvilletown, 21 mi
- Mississippi Statecommunity, 26 mi
- Maconcity, 27 mi
- Starkvillecity, 27 mi