Monticello, Mississippi Weather
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Monticello weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar
- TodayJun 5Light Drizzle23%0.02″85°66°—
- SaturdayJun 6Heavy Showers88%1.2″83°72°-2°
- SundayJun 7Heavy Drizzle72%—88°71°+5°
- MondayJun 8Overcast31%—86°70°-2°
- TuesdayJun 9Overcast13%—89°65°+3°
- WednesdayJun 10Partly Cloudy25%—90°68°+1°
- ThursdayJun 11Light Drizzle36%—90°71°0°
AQI 38 (Good), driven by PM2.5. AQI down 8 over the last 6 hours (steady decline since this morning). PM2.5 at 6.2 µg/m³ (AQI 34) with a 0.82 fine-to-coarse ratio and 3 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.
What's driving it
Ozone × UV × Sky
Ozone at AQI 33 now. With UV 3.3 peaking around 1 PM under partly cloudy skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 10 by mid-afternoon.
- Present
- AQI 33
- UV peak
- 3.3 at 1 PM
- Sky at peak
- partly cloudy
- Projected peak
- AQI 10
PM × Wind × Precip
PM2.5 at 6.2 µg/m³ (AQI 34) with a 0.82 fine-to-coarse ratio and 3 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
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).
The higher the clouds, the finer the weather.
- Moonrise
- 4:41 AM
- Moonset
- 3:25 PM
- In sign
- ♒︎ Aquarius
Fireflies pulse through the magnolias
Monticello at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 12°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: February 24 (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 — Monticello
SPC has placed Monticello 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.