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Pearlington, Mississippi

Community in Hancock County, Mississippi

Air quality

The air at Pearlington

Index 45, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, New Orleans (LA), 23 miles off.

45Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)45Good13.2 mi
  • Ozone24Good2 ppb13.2 mi

The days ahead

Highest 53, moderate, today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 52, moderate.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Pearlington

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at Pearlington, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 3 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Pearlington, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 12.1 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Hancock RAWSNNHM6

A remote fire weather station/16.5 mi away/118 ft/98 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank144of 459

measured daily2 instruments

WavelandWVLM6

At a cooperative observer's station/13.6 mi away/19 ft/1 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Hancock RAWS, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 16.5 mi from Pearlington, Mississippi. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:09 AM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

67.0 F with a dew point of 64.6 F, 92 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 600 ft up.

Chart of the air at Hancock RAWS: temperature 67.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 64.6, 92 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 600 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT NNHM6FIG. B THE AIR AT HANCOCK RAWSTHE 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 F80 FSATURATES 600 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 64.0 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 67.0 F, 64.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 92 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 POINTTITLEHancock RAWS, the airSTATION REPORT · DCP NNHM6TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-NNHM6-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Hancock RAWS, 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 NNHM6FIG. C THE WIND AT HANCOCK RAWSPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEHancock RAWS, the windSTATION REPORT · DCP NNHM6TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-NNHM6-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 118 ft above sea level, 0 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.79 inHg and the temperature at 58.6 F; it reports 67.0 F, 8.4 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Hancock RAWS stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 118 feet above sea level with 0 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.79 inches of mercury, and temperature, 58.6 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT NNHM6FIG. D WHERE HANCOCK RAWS STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREHANCOCK RAWS0 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT118 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE29.79 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE58.6 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED67.0 FTITLEHancock RAWS, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP NNHM6TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-NNHM6-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Hancock RAWS, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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