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temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Weather/Mississippi/Pickens
Pickens, Mississippi
Town in Holmes 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.
70°
94°/64°
Clear·
Feels like 70°·Light air 2 mph S
Alert. A Red Flag Warning is in force for Pickens until 8 PM tomorrow. 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 15 degrees cooler: a high of 79° after 94° today.
Now. Pickens is 70° and clear at 11 PM. The dew point is 59°, so the air feels a little humid. Light air from the south at 2 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 64° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. Air quality is moderate (index 62): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 87°, and the coolest Saturday, near 71°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the south-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 24 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
62Air quality
68%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
11:00 PM
70feels70
now, clear
Today
Oct 15
9464
UV 8
Fri
Oct 16
7964
16mph
UV 6
Sat
Oct 17
7148
12mph
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
7543
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7946
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
8449
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8750
overcast
70°
94°64°
79°64°
71°48°
75°43°
79°46°
84°49°
87°50°
As of 11:00 PM in Pickens, Mississippi.
Air quality
The air at Pickens
Index 62, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Jackson (MS), 40 miles off.
62Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)62Moderate-
- Ozone32Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)14Good-
The days ahead
Highest 51, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 59, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 59YesterdayOct 14
- 51TodayOct 15
- 42FriOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
Smoke, the next 45 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 28 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Pickens
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. 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 Pickens, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 7 PM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Pickens, MississippiReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
Weather instrument stations by state
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Pickens, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 9.9 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Rank7of 459
Citizen station GW7801GW7801
In a volunteer observer's own ground/26.6 mi away/323 ft/89 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
MaydayS2110
At a soil climate station/31.9 mi away/108 ft/126 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
MadisonMBO
At an airfield/32.0 mi away/327 ft/93 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Camden 1.7 WSWMS-MD-11
In a volunteer observer's own ground/9.9 mi away/305 ft/71 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Canton CoopCNTM6
At a cooperative observer's station/15.4 mi away/256 ft/22 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The weather at Madison, drawn
The nearest airport reporting now, 32.0 mi from Pickens, Mississippi. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:35 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
The sky
No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
The air
68.0 F with a dew point of 60.8 F, 78 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,700 ft up.
The wind
Calm.
The full report of Madison, 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 Pickens
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.