Canton, MS Weather Forecast
Madison County, Mississippi
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The next few hours
A comfortable evening, clear
It is 63° with a dew point of 55°, which is comfortable for this time of year. The sky is clear.
The wind turns to the northwest around 3 AM. Nothing in the next day and a half is wet enough to move plans for.
Taller, warmer bars mean heavier rain. Dotted means no reading for that hour.
Hour by hour
Dry and warming through tomorrow
Nothing wet is expected over the next day and a half.
The overnight low settles near 49°. Tomorrow reaches 70°, 7° warmer than today.
Sunrise and sunset
Next five days, scored 0 to 100The first day or two use the HRRR and NBM cloud layers. Later days only have total cloud, so treat them as a rough guide.
Know when sunset at this place will be worth a photo
We score every sunrise and sunset here from the cloud, haze and smoke forecast, and let you know when one is likely to light up. Sunrise the evening before, sunset a few hours ahead.
Seven-day outlook
31–73°F across the weekThe week runs between 31° and 70°, with tomorrow the warmest day of it. There is no real trend across it: one day looks much like the next. Monday is the wettest day, peaking near 38%. 6 of the 7 days stay dry.
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Canton, MS at a glance
Canton is home to about 10,742 people in Madison County, across 21 square miles. It ranks 38th by population of 85 places in Mississippi with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Gluckstadt, 6 miles away.
- County
- Madison County
- Population
- 10,742 2023 est.
- Land area
- 21 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 505
- Forecast point
- 32.5984°N, 90.0322°W
How well can the network see Canton?
The nearest Doppler radar is KDGX (Brandon, MS), to the S. Its lowest scan passes about 1,300 ft above Canton. That is about as close as US radar coverage gets: low-level rotation and gust fronts over Canton show up clearly. Canton is closer to its radar than 82% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KMBO (Madison/Campbell Fld). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Canton
- Gluckstadt, MS6 mi
- Madison, MS10 mi
- Ridgeland, MS14 mi
- Flowood, MS18 mi
- Jackson, MS22 mi
- Brandon, MS22 mi
- Pearl, MS23 mi
- Clinton, MS25 mi
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