At an airfield/3.6 mi away/331 ft/8 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Weather/Mississippi/Pearl
Pearl, Mississippi
City in Rankin 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.
68°
84°/64°
Clear·
Feels like 68°·Light breeze 5 mph SSW
Alert. A Red Flag Warning is in force for Pearl 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 71° after 84° today.
Now. Pearl is 68° and clear at 1 AM. The dew point is 61°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Light breeze from the south-southwest at 5 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 80° by 11 AM. Tonight falls to about 50° by 7 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 68): 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 71°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:27 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:42 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
68Air quality
83%Humidity
3%Cloud
Now
1:00 AM
68feels68
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
8464
21mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
7150
16mph
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
7445
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7947
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
8450
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8651
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
8852
overcast
68°
84°64°
71°50°
74°45°
79°47°
84°50°
86°51°
88°52°
As of 1:00 AM in Pearl, Mississippi.
Air quality
The air at Pearl
Index 68, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Jackson (MS), 5 miles off.
68Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)68Moderate5.9 mi
- Ozone27Good22 ppb5.9 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)15Good5.9 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0.5 ppb5.9 mi
- Carbon monoxide-0.4 ppm5.9 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 59, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 59YesterdayOct 15
- 42TodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
Smoke, the next 43 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Pearl
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 Pearl, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 7 PM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Pearl, MississippiReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
Weather instrument stations by state
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Pearl, 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
Rank59of 459
Citizen station EW5980EW5980
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.4 mi away/311 ft/28 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Belhaven Creek At Riverside Drive At Jackson02485810
At a river or reservoir gauge/5.1 mi away/290 ft/49 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Pearl 1.8 NWMS-RN-12
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.7 mi away/269 ft/70 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Crystal Spring Exp Sta CoopCRSM6
At a cooperative observer's station/26.1 mi away/476 ft/137 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The weather at Jackson/Thompson, drawn
The nearest airport reporting now, 3.6 mi from Pearl, Mississippi. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:54 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
The sky
No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
The air
66.0 F with a dew point of 61.0 F, 84 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,200 ft up.
The wind
From the west southwest (240 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.
The full report of Jackson/Thompson, 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 Pearl
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.