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Mount Pleasant, Tennessee Weather

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

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

Mount Pleasant, TN
Saturday, July 4 at 9:21 PM
79
°
Overcast
Feels like
84°
Humidity
66%
Wind
2 mph
Sunrise
12:38 AM
Sunset
3:07 PM
Mount Pleasant, TN
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastMount Pleasant, TN: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 75 to 86 degrees Fahrenheit with a 29% chance of precipitation at 4 PM.
L 75°H 86°
Mount Pleasant, TN
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 4
    Foggy
    10%
    91°67°
  2. Sunday
    Jul 5
    Overcast
    31%
    86°75°-5°
  3. Monday
    Jul 6
    Light Drizzle
    47%
    81°71°-5°
  4. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Light Showers
    13%
    85°68°+4°
  5. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Overcast
    14%
    87°67°+2°
  6. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Overcast
    19%
    90°69°+3°
  7. Friday
    Jul 10
    Thunderstorm
    47%
    88°73°-2°
Mount Pleasant, TN
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
NNE
013° · backing 91°
Direction
NNE
013°
Sustained
2
mph
Gust
7
mph
Peak 24h
16
avg 4
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 4 · pk 16 @ 9:00p
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 162SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze backing 91° from the nne.
Mount Pleasant, TN
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
992.9
+0.8 mb in 3h · rising · 29.32 inHg
Now
992.9
mb
3h
+0.8
mb
12h
-2.9
mb
24h
-2.9
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 992996
9859909951000STORM|RAIN10051010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR10201025FAIR|DRY1030-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW996.1991.8992.8
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Deep low — expect rough seas, strong wind, and persistent rain.
Mount Pleasant, TN
Air quality
75
AQI
Moderate
+27 in 6h

AQI 75 (Moderate), driven by PM2.5. AQI up 27 in the last 6 hours — air quality is degrading. PM2.5 at 9.9 µg/m³ (AQI 52) with a 0.93 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
9.9μg/m³
PM 10Good
11μg/m³
NO₂Good
1μg/m³
OzoneUnhealthy SG
104μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.0

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 49. Overcast through the UV peak window (cloud cover ~98%) — afternoon ozone should stay flat.

Present
AQI 49
UV peak
0.0 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
overcast
Projected peak
AQI 6

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 9.9 µg/m³ (AQI 52) with a 0.93 fine-to-coarse ratio and 2 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

PM2.5/PM10
0.93
Wind
calm
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
stagnant smoke
Mount Pleasant, TN
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
85%
MOSTLY CLOUDY
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
49.5mi
UNLIMITED
69 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
02:21 UTC · Mount Pleasant, TN · 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
02:21 UTC · Mount Pleasant, TN · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Mount Pleasant, TN
Satellite · infrared · animated
Mount Pleasant, TN
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Mount Pleasant, TN
Almanac · Saturday, July 4
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
5:09 AM
Sunrise
12:38 AM
Daylight
14h 29m
Sunset
3:07 PM
Civil dusk
8:38 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Mount Pleasant, TN
The moon
Waning Gibbous
77% illuminated
Moonrise
11:03 PM
Moonset
11:02 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Mount Pleasant, TN
Microseason
Jul 1–5

Cicadas claim the scorching afternoon

plant
Jan 151% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Mount Pleasant at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 3°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: March 20 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

ZIP code: 38474

16-Day Forecast — Mount Pleasant

  1. Sat91°67°10%
  2. Sun86°75°31%
  3. Mon81°71°47%
  4. Tue85°68°13%
  5. Wed87°67°14%
  6. Thu90°69°19%
  7. Fri88°73°47%
  8. Sat86°72°47%
  9. Sun71°67°32%
  10. Mon82°65°17%
  11. Tue85°67°12%
  12. Wed89°69°23%
  13. Thu83°69°39%
  14. Fri87°69°33%
  15. Sat91°71°42%
  16. Sun94°71°43%

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 — Mount Pleasant

SPC has placed Mount Pleasant in the Marginal Risk category for severe thunderstorms tomorrow.

  • TODAYTSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
  • TOMORROWMRGLMarginal Risk
  • 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 Mount Pleasant

  • 38401
  • 38474

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.