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Paris, Mississippi

Community in Lafayette County, Mississippi

Air quality

The air at Paris

Index 32, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Tupelo (MS), 43 miles off.

32Good
  • Ozone32Good-

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 11 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Paris

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

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 10 miles Fri 8 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Paris, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 7.0 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

OxfordUOX

At an airfield/15.2 mi away/452 ft/80 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank331of 459

measured daily2 instruments

Oxford 6.9 SMS-LY-9

In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.0 mi away/379 ft/7 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Water ValleyWATM6

At a cooperative observer's station/10.4 mi away/384 ft/12 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Oxford, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 15.2 mi from Paris, Mississippi. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:55 PM 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 Oxford, 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 UOXFIG. A THE SKY OVER OXFORDSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEOxford, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS UOXTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-UOX-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

66.2 F with a dew point of 57.2 F, 73 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,100 ft up.

Chart of the air at Oxford: temperature 66.2 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 57.2, 73 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,100 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT UOXFIG. B THE AIR AT OXFORDTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00040 F50 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 2,100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 55.1 FTEMPERATURE 66.2 FDEW POINT 57.2 FSPREAD 9.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 73 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 POINTTITLEOxford, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS UOXTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-UOX-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Oxford, 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 UOXFIG. C THE WIND AT OXFORDPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEOxford, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS UOXTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-UOX-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Oxford, 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 Paris

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

Near Paris

River and lake gauges