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Waterford, Mississippi

Community in Marshall County, Mississippi

Air quality

The air at Waterford

Index 56, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Hernando (MS), 32 miles off.

56Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)56Moderate-
  • Ozone40Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 36, good.

Smoke, the next 46 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 Waterford

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at Waterford, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Waterford, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 8.3 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

WinbornWINM6

At a river or reservoir gauge/8.3 mi away/502 ft/48 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank87of 459

OxfordUOX

At an airfield/19.0 mi away/452 ft/2 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank331of 459

measured daily2 instruments

Holly SpringsHOLM6

At a cooperative observer's station/11.5 mi away/495 ft/41 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Abbeville 3.2 SMS-LY-2

In a volunteer observer's own ground/13.7 mi away/500 ft/46 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Oxford, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 19.0 mi from Waterford, 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.

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 59.0 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.

Chart of the air at Oxford: temperature 66.2 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 59.0, 78 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,700 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 STATION01,0002,0003,00050 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 1,700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 57.3 FTEMPERATURE 66.2 FDEW POINT 59.0 FSPREAD 7.2 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 78 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 Waterford

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

Near Waterford

River and lake gauges