Newton 5 ENE63831
At a climate reference station/5.5 mi away/374 ft/66 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
Weather/Mississippi/Newton
Newton, Mississippi
City in Newton 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.
60°
85°/63°
Mostly clear·
Feels like 60°·Light air 4 mph WSW
Alert. A Red Flag Warning is in force for Newton 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 16 degrees cooler: a high of 69° after 85° today.
Now. Newton is 60° and mostly clear at 7 AM. The dew point is 58°, so the air feels a little humid. Light air from the west-southwest at 4 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 82° by 1 PM. Tonight falls to about 48° 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 7, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour. Air quality is moderate (index 52): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 85°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 69°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:23 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:38 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 23 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
52Air quality
96%Humidity
20%Cloud
Now
7:00 AM
60feels60
now, mostly clear
Today
Oct 16
8563
17mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
6948
15mph
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
7244
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7545
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7947
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8248
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
8549
overcast
60°
85°63°
69°48°
72°44°
75°45°
79°47°
82°48°
85°49°
As of 7:00 AM in Newton, Mississippi.
Air quality
The air at Newton
Index 52, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 7 AM from its reporting area, Jackson (MS), 59 miles off.
52Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)52Moderate-
- Ozone30Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)12Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 66, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 66YesterdayOct 15
- 42TodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
Smoke, the next 43 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Newton
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 6 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 Newton, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 1 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Newton, MississippiReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
Weather instrument stations by state
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Newton, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.7 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Rank333of 459
At a river or reservoir gauge/5.6 mi away/377 ft/63 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
At an airfield/24.1 mi away/308 ft/132 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Newton 1.7 SSEMS-NW-9
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.7 mi away/371 ft/69 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
At a cooperative observer's station/5.6 mi away/377 ft/63 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The weather at Meridian/Key Field, drawn
The nearest airport reporting now, 24.1 mi from Newton, Mississippi. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 6:58 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
The sky
No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
The air
59.0 F with a dew point of 58.0 F, 96 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 200 ft up.
The wind
From the south (180 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.
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 Newton
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.