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Mount Olive, Mississippi Weather

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

Mount Olive, MS
Friday, June 5 at 5:40 AM
67
°
Clear
Feels like
69°
Humidity
74%
Wind
2 mph
Sunrise
5:53 AM
Sunset
8:01 PM
Mount Olive, MS
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastMount Olive, MS: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 63 to 84 degrees Fahrenheit with a 23% chance of precipitation at 2 PM.
L 63°H 84°
Mount Olive, MS
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jun 5
    Overcast
    23%
    84°63°
  2. Saturday
    Jun 6
    Showers
    82%
    0.27″
    84°72°
  3. Sunday
    Jun 7
    Heavy Drizzle
    80%
    86°70°+2°
  4. Monday
    Jun 8
    Overcast
    27%
    85°70°-1°
  5. Tuesday
    Jun 9
    Overcast
    11%
    88°65°+3°
  6. Wednesday
    Jun 10
    Clear
    30%
    89°69°+1°
  7. Thursday
    Jun 11
    Overcast
    29%
    87°71°-2°
Mount Olive, MS
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
NE
037° · backing 29°
Direction
NE
037°
Sustained
2
mph
Gust
9
mph
Peak 24h
21
avg 6
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 6 · pk 21 @ 8:00a
0102030MPHB1B2B3B4B5B6-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 257SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze backing 29° from the ne.
Mount Olive, MS
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1005.0
-0.2 mb in 3h · steady · 29.68 inHg
Now
1005.0
mb
3h
-0.2
mb
12h
-0.5
mb
24h
-2.1
mb
Regime · RAIN
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 10051009
1000STORM|RAIN10051010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW1009.11004.91005.3
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Damp, unsettled regime — wet weather lingers nearby.
Mount Olive, MS
Air quality
38
AQI
Good
-8 in 6h

AQI 38 (Good), driven by PM2.5. AQI down 8 over the last 6 hours (steady decline since this morning). PM2.5 at 7.5 µg/m³ (AQI 42) with a 0.82 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
7.5μg/m³
PM 10Good
9μg/m³
NO₂Good
5μg/m³
OzoneModerate
71μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.0

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 34 now. With UV 3.3 peaking around 1 PM under partly cloudy skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 11 by mid-afternoon.

Present
AQI 34
UV peak
3.3 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
partly cloudy
Projected peak
AQI 11

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 7.5 µg/m³ (AQI 42) with a 0.82 fine-to-coarse ratio and 2 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

PM2.5/PM10
0.82
Wind
calm
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
stagnant smoke
Mount Olive, MS
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
2%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
45.3mi
UNLIMITED
99 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
05:40 UTC ·Mount Olive, 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
05:40 UTC ·Mount Olive, MS · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · 10000x6000 px
Mount Olive, MS
Satellite · infrared · animated
Mount Olive, MS
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Mount Olive, MS
Almanac · Friday, June 5
The higher the clouds, the finer the weather.
Civil dawn
10:26 AM
Sunrise
5:53 AM
Daylight
14h 08m
Sunset
8:01 PM
Civil dusk
1:29 AM
Planting note
Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.
Mount Olive, MS
The moon
Waning Gibbous
79% illuminated
Moonrise
4:40 AM
Moonset
3:23 PM
In sign
♒︎ Aquarius
Mount Olive, MS
Microseason
Jun 1–5

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Mount Olive at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 16°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: February 26 (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 — Mount Olive

SPC has placed Mount Olive 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 Mount Olive

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.