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temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Weather/Mississippi/Ruleville
Ruleville, Mississippi
City in Sunflower 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.
75°
92°/67°
Clear·
Feels like 75°·Light breeze 5 mph SSW
Alert. A Red Flag Warning is in force for Ruleville 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 20 degrees cooler: a high of 72° after 92° today.
Now. Ruleville is 75° and clear at 10 PM. The dew point is 52°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the south-southwest at 5 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 65° by 8 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. Air quality is moderate (index 55): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 84°, and the coolest Saturday, near 68°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 21 mph.
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 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
55Air quality
45%Humidity
1%Cloud
Now
10:00 PM
75feels75
now, clear
Today
Oct 15
9267
UV 8
Fri
Oct 16
7262
12%
21mph
UV 6
Sat
Oct 17
6848
17mph
UV 8
Sun
Oct 18
7343
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7645
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
8149
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
8451
overcast
75°
92°67°
72°62°
68°48°
73°43°
76°45°
81°49°
84°51°
As of 10:00 PM in Ruleville, Mississippi.
Air quality
The air at Ruleville
Index 55, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Cleveland (MS), 10 miles off.
55Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)55Moderate10.7 mi
- Ozone43Good44 ppb10.7 mi
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 40, good.
GoodModerate
- 40YesterdayOct 14
Smoke, the next 46 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Ruleville
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 9 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 Ruleville, the next 46 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 7 PM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Ruleville, MississippiReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
Weather instrument stations by state
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Ruleville, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.9 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Rank322of 459
Sandy RidgeS2109
At a soil climate station/4.9 mi away/138 ft/4 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
ClevelandRNV
At an airfield/12.3 mi away/138 ft/4 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Citizen station FW5442FW5442
In a volunteer observer's own ground/19.7 mi away/152 ft/18 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Doddsville 4.0 WMS-SF-4
In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.4 mi away/134 ft/level with here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Cleveland CoopCLEM6
At a cooperative observer's station/11.0 mi away/135 ft/1 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The weather at Cleveland, drawn
The nearest airport reporting now, 12.3 mi from Ruleville, Mississippi. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:15 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
The sky
No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
The air
74.5 F with a dew point of 51.6 F, 45 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 5,200 ft up.
The wind
From the south southwest (200 degrees) at 6 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 18 mph.
The full report of Cleveland, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Cleveland Coop (CLEM6), 11.0 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Mississippi
21 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Ruleville
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.