Tunica, Mississippi Weather
Cicadas claim the scorching afternoon. Day 14 of summer. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Tunica weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar
- TodayJul 3Mostly Clear——96°75°—
- SaturdayJul 4Overcast23%—96°77°0°
- SundayJul 5Light Drizzle31%—96°76°0°
- MondayJul 6T-storm w/ Hail37%0.25″88°72°-8°
- TuesdayJul 7Light Showers37%—90°71°+2°
- WednesdayJul 8Light Showers16%—95°73°+5°
- ThursdayJul 9Light Drizzle25%—92°72°-3°
AQI 46 (Good), driven by PM2.5. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±4 points). PM2.5 at 6.5 µg/m³, PM10 at 7.8 µg/m³ — typical background levels with no transport signature.
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 34 now. With UV 0.0 peaking around 1 PM under partly cloudy skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 6 around 1 PM.
- Present
- AQI 34
- UV peak
- 0.0 at 1 PM
- Sky at peak
- partly cloudy
- Projected peak
- AQI 6
PM × Wind × Precip
PM2.5 at 6.5 µg/m³, PM10 at 7.8 µg/m³ — typical background levels with no transport signature.
- PM2.5/PM10
- 0.83
- Wind
- light
- Recent rain
- 0h in last 6h
- Pattern
- background
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
- 10:49 PM
- Moonset
- 10:13 AM
- In sign
- ♒︎ Aquarius
Cicadas claim the scorching afternoon
Tunica at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 6°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
- Fri96°75°5%
- Sat96°77°23%
- Sun96°76°31%
- Mon88°72°37%
- Tue90°71°37%
- Wed95°73°16%
- Thu92°72°25%
- Fri88°73°24%
- Sat95°72°20%
- Sun81°71°15%
- Mon92°72°11%
- Tue95°72°7%
- Wed93°72°23%
- Thu90°77°26%
- Fri95°75°26%
- Sat89°74°30%
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 — Tunica
SPC includes Tunica 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 Tunica
- 38676