Mount Pleasant, Mississippi Weather
Cicadas claim the scorching afternoon. Day 14 of summer. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Mount Pleasant weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar
- TodayJul 4Overcast40%—93°73°—
- SundayJul 5Overcast21%—89°75°-4°
- MondayJul 6Thunderstorm36%—91°70°+2°
- TuesdayJul 7Overcast14%—88°68°-3°
- WednesdayJul 8Overcast——92°67°+4°
- ThursdayJul 9Partly Cloudy15%—96°71°+4°
- FridayJul 10Partly Cloudy29%—96°77°0°
AQI 57 (Moderate), driven by Ozone. AQI up 15 in the last 6 hours — air quality is degrading. Ozone at AQI 66 — peak already passed at 1 PM under partly cloudy skies. Levels should ease through evening.
OK No precautions needed for the general population; unusually sensitive individuals may consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.
What's driving it
Ozone × UV × Sky
Ozone at AQI 66 — peak already passed at 1 PM under partly cloudy skies. Levels should ease through evening.
- Present
- AQI 66
- UV peak
- 1.6 at earlier today
- Sky at peak
- partly cloudy
- Projected peak
- AQI 66
PM × Wind × Precip
PM2.5 at 13.2 µg/m³ (AQI 59) with a 0.85 fine-to-coarse ratio and 5 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.
- PM2.5/PM10
- 0.85
- Wind
- light
- Recent rain
- 0h in last 6h
- Pattern
- stagnant smoke
Trends
Seven days of AQI and PM2.5.
Hourly air-quality data from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service, charted across the past and next several days. Dashed lines mark the AQI breakpoints at 50 (Good → Moderate) and 100 (Moderate → Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups).
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
- Moonrise
- 10:46 PM
- Moonset
- 10:09 AM
- In sign
- ♓︎ Pisces
Cicadas claim the scorching afternoon
Mount Pleasant at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 10°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: March 17 (climatological average for this latitude)
- Microseason: Jul 1–5
- Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
16-Day Forecast — Mount Pleasant
- Sat93°73°40%
- Sun89°75°21%
- Mon91°70°36%
- Tue88°68°14%
- Wed92°67°8%
- Thu96°71°15%
- Fri96°77°29%
- Sat83°74°36%
- Sun83°64°21%
- Mon83°60°16%
- Tue86°62°10%
- Wed89°63°26%
- Thu83°68°32%
- Fri94°70°45%
- Sat92°69°29%
- Sun79°67°26%
Forecast data from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).
Right now in the garden
Peak growing season
As of July 4, the growing season is at its peak — frost is months away. Continue succession-planting beans and summer squash. Start fall brassicas (broccoli, cabbage, kale) from seed indoors for transplanting in late summer.
SPC Convective Outlook
Storm Prediction Center — Mount Pleasant
SPC includes Mount Pleasant in the general thunderstorm area today — no severe risk, but storms are possible.
- TODAYTSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
- TOMORROWTSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
- DAY 3TSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
Thunderstorms possible. Not severe, but capable of producing lightning and brief heavy rain.
Source: NOAA / NWS Storm Prediction Center categorical convective outlook. Outlooks are re-issued multiple times per day; this page reflects the most recent SPC polygons covering the city’s coordinates.
ZIP codes in Mount Pleasant
- 38635
- 38661