Petal, MS Weather

Forrest County3:29 PM CDT31.35°N, 89.26°WElevation 157 ft

Current conditions

Clear
79°
Clear
Feels like 77°
High 83°·Low 48°
WindNE 10 mph
Humidity23%
Dew point37°
Pressure30.19 inHg
Visibility10 mi
Cloud cover2%
UV index3 Moderate
Sunrise7:04 AM
Sunset6:21 PM

Observed at Hattiesburg, Bobby L Chain Municipal Airport · 29 min ago

Forecast

10-day

  • Today

    Sunny. High near 83, with temperatures falling to around 77 in the afternoon. East wind 0 to 5 mph.

  • Tonight

    Clear, with a low around 48. North northeast wind 0 to 5 mph.

  • Wednesday

    Sunny. High near 85, with temperatures falling to around 80 in the afternoon. North northeast wind 0 to 5 mph.

National Weather Service forecast updated 8 hrs ago.

Hourly

Hourly forecast
  1. Now Sunny 81°
  2. 4 PM Sunny 78°
  3. 5 PM Sunny 77°
  4. 6 PM Clear 73°
  5. 7 PM Clear 66°
  6. 8 PM Clear 62°
  7. 9 PM Clear 59°
  8. 10 PM Clear 57°
  9. 11 PM Clear 55°
  10. Wed12 AM Clear 54°
  11. 1 AM Clear 53°
  12. 2 AM Mostly Clear 51°
  13. 3 AM Mostly Clear 50°
  14. 4 AM Mostly Clear 50°
  15. 5 AM Mostly Clear 49°
  16. 6 AM Sunny 49°
  17. 7 AM Sunny 48°
  18. 8 AM Sunny 51°
  19. 9 AM Sunny 56°
  20. 10 AM Sunny 64°
  21. 11 AM Sunny 70°
  22. 12 PM Sunny 75°
  23. 1 PM Sunny 80°
  24. 2 PM Sunny 81°

10-day forecast

Details
  1. TodayOct 20 Sunny Sunny48°83°
  2. WedOct 21 Sunny Sunny48°85°
  3. ThuOct 22 Sunny Sunny49°86°
  4. FriOct 23 Sunny Sunny49°86°
  5. SatOct 24 Sunny Sunny49°81°
  6. SunOct 25 Sunny Sunny49°80°
  7. MonOct 26 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny48°81°
  8. TueOct 27 Cloudy Cloudy51°77°
  9. WedOct 28 Cloudy Cloudy56°80°
  10. ThuOct 29 Sunny Sunny54°81°

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

25
Good
Fine particles (PM2.5)

Air quality is satisfactory, and air pollution poses little or no risk.

Hattiesburg, 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 7:04 AM
Sunset 6:21 PM
Daylight 11 h 16 min (−1 min 48 s tomorrow)
Waxing Gibbous · 71% lit
Moonrise 3:12 PM Moonset 1:30 AM
Full moon Oct 26 New moon Nov 9

Almanac

Monthly
Normal high / low78° / 53°
Record high90° (1963)
Record low31° (2022)
Wettest2.70 in (2021)
Yesterday77° / 41°
Month to date0.04 in (normal 2.18 in)

Hattiesburg Area, records since 1893. Normals 1991–2020. Data from NOAA's Regional Climate Centers (ACIS).

Nearby

Forecasters' discussion

From the National Weather Service office in JAN, issued 8 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

(12Z TAFS) Issued at 644 AM CDT Tue Oct 20 2026

VFR flight conditions with northeast winds near 6-8 kts 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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