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New Site, Mississippi Weather

Cicadas claim the scorching afternoon. Day 15 of summer. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

New Site weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar

New Site, MS
Sunday, July 5 at 3:34 PM
88
°
Partly Cloudy
Feels like
98°
Humidity
64%
Wind
6 mph
Sunrise
12:46 AM
Sunset
3:09 PM
New Site, MS
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastNew Site, MS: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 71 to 88 degrees Fahrenheit with a 24% chance of precipitation at 11 PM.
L 71°H 88°
New Site, MS
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 5
    Heavy Rain
    24%
    1.6″
    88°72°
  2. Monday
    Jul 6
    Light Drizzle
    19%
    86°71°-2°
  3. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Overcast
    20%
    93°72°+7°
  4. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Drizzle
    12%
    94°71°+1°
  5. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Heavy Drizzle
    11%
    95°70°+1°
  6. Friday
    Jul 10
    Overcast
    18%
    98°73°+3°
  7. Saturday
    Jul 11
    Light Drizzle
    37%
    0.01″
    95°72°-3°
New Site, MS
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
WSW
244° · veering 43°
Direction
WSW
244°
Sustained
6
mph
Gust
7
mph
Peak 24h
14
avg 3
Beaufort · 2 · LIGHT BRZ
0
CALM
<1
1
LIGHT AIR
1–3
2
LIGHT BRZ
4–7
3
GENTLE BRZ
8–12
4
MOD BRZ
13–18
5
FRESH BRZ
19–24
6
STRONG BRZ
25–31
7
NEAR GALE
32–38
24h · sust vs gust · mph
avg 3 · pk 14 @ 8:00p
0102030MPHB1B2B3B4B5B6-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 235SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
A whisper of wind — leaves barely shift on the trees.
New Site, MS
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
997.8
-1.9 mb in 3h · falling · 29.47 inHg
Now
997.8
mb
3h
-1.9
mb
12h
-1.3
mb
24h
-1.6
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 9981000
9909951000STORM|RAIN10051010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR10201025FAIR|DRY1030-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW1000.3997.6997.6
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Deep low still deepening — rough seas, strong wind, persistent rain.
New Site, MS
Air quality
45
AQI
Good
-2 in 6h

AQI 45 (Good), driven by Ozone. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±3 points). Ozone at AQI 49 — 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.

PM 2.5Good
8.6μg/m³
PM 10Good
10μg/m³
NO₂Good
0μg/m³
OzoneDRIVERUnhealthy SG
103μg/m³
UV IndexHigh
6.0

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 49 — peak already passed at 1 PM under partly cloudy skies. Levels should ease through evening.

Present
AQI 49
UV peak
5.7 at earlier today
Sky at peak
partly cloudy
Projected peak
AQI 49

PM × Wind × Precip

PM scrubbed by 2 hours of recent rain — PM2.5 down to 8.6 µg/m³, PM10 to 9.5 µg/m³.

PM2.5/PM10
0.91
Wind
light
Recent rain
2h in last 6h
Pattern
washed out
New Site, MS
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
65%
PARTLY CLOUDY
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
57.1mi
UNLIMITED
58 mi0 mi−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Earth · GOES-19 ABI
Full Disk · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 full disk Visible · GeoColor
True-color daytime, blue/IR sandwich at night
20:34 UTC · New Site, MS · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · up to 10848 px
Continental US · GOES-19 ABI
CONUS Sector · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 CONUS Visible · GeoColor
Daytime true-color, blue-light/IR sandwich at night
20:34 UTC · New Site, MS · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
New Site, MS
Satellite · infrared · animated
New Site, MS
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
New Site, MS
Almanac · Sunday, July 5
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
5:18 AM
Sunrise
12:46 AM
Daylight
14h 23m
Sunset
3:09 PM
Civil dusk
8:40 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
New Site, MS
The moon
Waning Gibbous
69% illuminated
Moonrise
11:08 PM
Moonset
11:07 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
New Site, MS
Microseason
Jul 1–5

Cicadas claim the scorching afternoon

plant
Jan 151% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

New Site at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 11°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: March 14 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

ZIP code: 38859

16-Day Forecast — New Site

  1. Sun88°72°24%
  2. Mon86°71°19%
  3. Tue93°72°20%
  4. Wed94°71°12%
  5. Thu95°70°11%
  6. Fri98°73°18%
  7. Sat95°72°37%
  8. Sun94°70°33%
  9. Mon98°72°13%
  10. Tue85°66°9%
  11. Wed90°61°6%
  12. Thu96°67°24%
  13. Fri93°70°30%
  14. Sat92°72°30%
  15. Sun94°70°24%
  16. Mon93°70°36%

Forecast data from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).

Right now in the garden

Peak growing season

As of July 5, 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 — New Site

SPC has placed New Site in the Marginal Risk category for severe thunderstorms today.

  • TODAYMRGLMarginal Risk
  • TOMORROWTSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
  • DAY 3TSTMGeneral Thunderstorms

Isolated severe storms possible. Limited threat for hail or damaging wind.

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 New Site

  • 38859

Climate normals from the Open-Meteo Climate API. Köppen approximation from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Regions. See methodology for data sources, editorial rules, and corrections. Maintainer: Brian Tighe.