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Tunica, Mississippi Weather

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

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

Tunica, MS
Saturday, July 4 at 9:24 PM
81
°
Overcast
Feels like
90°
Humidity
78%
Wind
2 mph
Sunrise
12:53 AM
Sunset
3:18 PM
Tunica, MS
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastTunica, MS: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 76 to 91 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 76°H 91°
Tunica, MS
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 4
    Overcast
    44%
    95°75°
  2. Sunday
    Jul 5
    Light Drizzle
    19%
    0.01″
    91°76°-4°
  3. Monday
    Jul 6
    Overcast
    30%
    91°74°
  4. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Overcast
    93°72°+2°
  5. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Overcast
    97°72°+4°
  6. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Overcast
    12%
    98°74°+1°
  7. Friday
    Jul 10
    Overcast
    25%
    97°78°-1°
Tunica, MS
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
SSE
159° · veering 67°
Direction
SSE
159°
Sustained
2
mph
Gust
4
mph
Peak 24h
21
avg 5
Beaufort · 1 · LIGHT AIR
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 5 · pk 21 @ 10:00p
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 184SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
A whisper of wind — leaves barely shift on the trees.
Tunica, MS
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1006.8
-1.0 mb in 3h · falling · 29.73 inHg
Now
1006.8
mb
3h
-1.0
mb
12h
-3.6
mb
24h
-3.1
mb
Regime · RAIN
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 10071010
1000STORM|RAIN10051010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW1010.41006.81006.8
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Pressure giving way — clouds thicken and rain edges closer.
Tunica, MS
Air quality
47
AQI
Good
+4 in 6h

AQI 47 (Good), driven by PM2.5. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±4 points). PM2.5 at 7.4 µg/m³ (AQI 41) with a 0.94 fine-to-coarse ratio and 2 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

OK No precautions needed for the general population; unusually sensitive individuals may consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.

PM 2.5DRIVERGood
7.4μg/m³
PM 10Good
8μg/m³
NO₂Good
5μg/m³
OzoneModerate
77μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.0

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 36. Overcast through the UV peak window (cloud cover ~71%) — afternoon ozone should stay flat.

Present
AQI 36
UV peak
0.0 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
overcast
Projected peak
AQI 4

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 7.4 µg/m³ (AQI 41) with a 0.94 fine-to-coarse ratio and 2 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

PM2.5/PM10
0.94
Wind
calm
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
stagnant smoke
Tunica, MS
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
91%
OVERCAST
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
37.5mi
UNLIMITED
76 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
02:24 UTC · Tunica, 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
02:24 UTC · Tunica, MS · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Tunica, MS
Satellite · infrared · animated
Tunica, MS
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Tunica, MS
Almanac · Saturday, July 4
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
5:25 AM
Sunrise
12:53 AM
Daylight
14h 25m
Sunset
3:18 PM
Civil dusk
8:48 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Tunica, MS
The moon
Waning Gibbous
77% illuminated
Moonrise
11:16 PM
Moonset
11:15 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Tunica, MS
Microseason
Jul 1–5

Cicadas claim the scorching afternoon

plant
Jan 151% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Tunica at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 4°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: March 15 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

ZIP code: 38676

16-Day Forecast — Tunica

  1. Sat95°75°44%
  2. Sun91°76°19%
  3. Mon91°74°30%
  4. Tue93°72°9%
  5. Wed97°72°9%
  6. Thu98°74°12%
  7. Fri97°78°25%
  8. Sat91°72°25%
  9. Sun72°68°23%
  10. Mon84°66°15%
  11. Tue86°71°12%
  12. Wed92°75°17%
  13. Thu94°75°24%
  14. Fri95°74°17%
  15. Sat97°74°14%
  16. Sun97°76°20%

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 — Tunica

SPC has placed Tunica 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 Tunica

  • 38676

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.