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Fayette, Mississippi Weather

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

Fayette, MS
Friday, June 5 at 4:09 AM
71
°
Clear
Feels like
75°
Humidity
77%
Wind
3 mph
Sunrise
5:59 AM
Sunset
8:06 PM
Fayette, MS
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastFayette, MS: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 67 to 86 degrees Fahrenheit with a 21% chance of precipitation at 2 PM.
L 67°H 86°
Fayette, MS
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jun 4
    Partly Cloudy
    84°70°
  2. Friday
    Jun 5
    Overcast
    21%
    86°67°+2°
  3. Saturday
    Jun 6
    Light Showers
    73%
    82°73°-4°
  4. Sunday
    Jun 7
    Drizzle
    67%
    85°70°+3°
  5. Monday
    Jun 8
    Light Drizzle
    23%
    86°71°+1°
  6. Tuesday
    Jun 9
    Partly Cloudy
    12%
    91°67°+5°
  7. Wednesday
    Jun 10
    Overcast
    21%
    91°69°
Fayette, MS
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
E
098° · veering 19°
Direction
E
098°
Sustained
3
mph
Gust
10
mph
Peak 24h
20
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 20 @ 8:00a
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 226SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze veering 19° from the e.
Fayette, MS
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1007.1
-2.2 mb in 3h · falling rapidly · 29.74 inHg
Now
1007.1
mb
3h
-2.2
mb
12h
-0.9
mb
24h
-2.5
mb
Regime · RAIN
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 10071011
1000STORM|RAIN10051010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW1010.51006.51006.5
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Pressure giving way — clouds thicken and rain edges closer.
Fayette, MS
Air quality
37
AQI
Good
-6 in 6h

AQI 37 (Good), driven by Ozone. AQI down 6 over the last 6 hours (steady decline since this morning). Ozone at AQI 30 now. With UV 0.0 peaking around 1 PM under clear skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 7 by mid-afternoon.

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

PM 2.5Good
4.8μg/m³
PM 10Good
6μg/m³
NO₂Good
2μg/m³
OzoneDRIVERModerate
64μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.0

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 30 now. With UV 0.0 peaking around 1 PM under clear skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 7 by mid-afternoon.

Present
AQI 30
UV peak
0.0 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
clear
Projected peak
AQI 7

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 4.8 µg/m³ (AQI 27) with a 0.83 fine-to-coarse ratio and 3 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

PM2.5/PM10
0.83
Wind
calm
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
stagnant smoke
Fayette, MS
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
2%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
42.8mi
UNLIMITED
77 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
04:09 UTC ·Fayette, MS · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 21696x21696 px
Continental US · GOES-19 ABI
CONUS Sector · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 CONUS Visible · GeoColor
Daytime true-color, blue-light/IR sandwich at night
04:09 UTC ·Fayette, MS · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · 10000x6000 px
Fayette, MS
Satellite · infrared · animated
Fayette, MS
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Fayette, MS
Almanac · Friday, June 5
The higher the clouds, the finer the weather.
Civil dawn
10:32 AM
Sunrise
5:59 AM
Daylight
14h 07m
Sunset
8:06 PM
Civil dusk
1:35 AM
Planting note
Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.
Fayette, MS
The moon
Waning Gibbous
80% illuminated
Moonrise
4:46 AM
Moonset
3:29 PM
In sign
♒︎ Aquarius
Fayette, MS
Microseason
Jun 1–5

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Fayette at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 12°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: February 25 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jun 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.

Right now in the garden

Peak growing season

As of June 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 — Fayette

SPC has placed Fayette in the General Thunderstorms category for severe thunderstorms tomorrow.

  • TODAYNONENo severe risk
  • 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 Fayette

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.