Carthage, MS Weather

Leake County6:28 AM CDT32.73°N, 89.54°WElevation 351 ft

Current conditions

Clear
46°
Clear
Feels like 46°
High 81°·Low 47°
WindCalm
Humidity93%
Dew point45°
Pressure30.24 inHg
Visibility10 mi
Cloud cover2%
UV index0 Low
Sunrise7:07 AM
Sunset6:21 PM

Observed at Jackson, Jackson International Airport · 43 min ago

Forecast

10-day
  • Tuesday

    Sunny. High near 81, with temperatures falling to around 76 in the afternoon. East northeast wind around 5 mph.

  • Tuesday Night

    Mostly clear, with a low around 47. Northeast wind 0 to 5 mph.

  • Wednesday

    Sunny, with a high near 84. Northeast wind 0 to 5 mph.

National Weather Service forecast updated 1 hr ago.

  1. Now Sunny 42°
  2. 7 AM Sunny 42°
  3. 8 AM Sunny 47°
  4. 9 AM Sunny 55°
  5. 10 AM Sunny 63°
  6. 11 AM Sunny 68°
  7. 12 PM Sunny 72°
  8. 1 PM Sunny 76°
  9. 2 PM Sunny 78°
  10. 3 PM Sunny 78°
  11. 4 PM Sunny 79°
  12. 5 PM Sunny 76°
  13. 6 PM Clear 72°
  14. 7 PM Clear 67°
  15. 8 PM Clear 60°
  16. 9 PM Clear 58°
  17. 10 PM Mostly Clear 55°
  18. 11 PM Clear 54°
  19. Wed12 AM Clear 53°
  20. 1 AM Mostly Clear 51°
  21. 2 AM Mostly Clear 51°
  22. 3 AM Mostly Clear 50°
  23. 4 AM Mostly Clear 49°
  24. 5 AM Mostly Clear 48°

10-day forecast

Details
  1. TonightOct 19 Clear Clear42°
  2. TodayOct 20 Sunny Sunny47°81°
  3. WedOct 21 Sunny Sunny46°84°
  4. ThuOct 22 Sunny Sunny47°84°
  5. FriOct 23 Sunny Sunny48°83°
  6. SatOct 24 Sunny Sunny47°79°
  7. SunOct 25 Sunny Sunny47°78°
  8. MonOct 26 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny80°
  9. TueOct 27 Sunny Sunny52°76°
  10. WedOct 28 Sunny Sunny51°70°

Days after the National Weather Service's seven are MET Norway's outlook, a computer model with no forecaster's review.

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Air quality

98
Moderate
Fine particles (PM2.5)

Acceptable. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.

Forecast

  • TueGood (42)
  • WedGood
  • ThuGood

Jackson, MS reporting area · 1 hr ago. Data from AirNow (EPA and its state, local and tribal partners); preliminary and subject to change.

Sun & moon

Sunrise 7:07 AM
Sunset 6:21 PM
Daylight 11 h 14 min (−1 min 54 s tomorrow)
Waxing Gibbous · 68% lit
Moonrise 3:15 PM Moonset 1:29 AM
Full moon Oct 26 New moon Nov 9

Nearby

Forecasters' discussion

From the National Weather Service office in JAN, issued 4 hrs ago

Key Messages

- Fire danger concerns will persist through the upcoming week due to very dry conditions.

- Daytime temperatures will be above normal through most of the week.

Discussion

Issued at 225 AM CDT Tue Oct 20 2026

Dry weather will persist through the upcoming week as high pressure continues to hold sway across the eastern half of the CONUS. Within the dry airmass, daytime temperatures will continue to trend above normal, with mid to upper 80s increasingly common through Friday. By this weekend, a shift to more easterly low level flow, resulting in a wedging effect around the Appalachians, will begin to cut in to daytime highs somewhat. Morning lows will remain seasonably cool through the next several days.

Fire weather will remain the primarily concern over the upcoming week, given antecedent dry ground conditions/fuels (daily max ERCs in the 90th+ percentile) with RHs falling below 30 percent each afternoon and at times falling into the teens. The saving grace preventing a more critical situation worthy of red flag products will be relatively light wind each day, which should help control spread of fires that do develop. Nevertheless, caution should continue to be exercised with any outdoor burning over the next several days. Heed local burn bans, which continue to be added in new areas. If we begin to see signs in later forecasts of stronger wind on any upcoming days, messaging may need to be elevated accordingly. /DL/

Aviation

(06Z TAFS) Issued at 1237 AM CDT Tue Oct 20 2026

VFR flight conditions with light, northeast winds will prevail through the period. /SW/

Preliminary Point Temps

Jackson 82 50 85 50 / 0 0 0 0 Meridian 79 47 81 47 / 0 0 0 0 Vicksburg 82 49 84 49 / 0 0 0 0 Hattiesburg 84 47 86 47 / 0 0 0 0 Natchez 82 50 84 49 / 0 0 0 0 Greenville 79 50 81 50 / 0 0 0 0 Greenwood 80 48 82 47 / 0 0 0 0

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