Category Archives: Weather

Hail Size Chart

Winter Storm Products from the NWS

What do the different winter storm products issued by the NWS really mean?

Signs of Hypothermia

What are the signs of hypothermia and what can you do to prevent it?

What Causes Winter in North America?

Once again, Weather 101 with Meteorologist Sam Rikard.

Weather 101 with Meteorologist Sam Rikard

Why I think the cold air that will be coming next week will hang around longer than usual.

Cold Weather Tips

How do you recognize hypothermia?

DeSoto Weather 2016 Year Review

DeSotoWeather.net 2016 Weather Year Review All in all, 2016 will go down in our weather history books as one without any real notable events. Our average temperature for the year was 63.7 degrees. The highest temperature for the year of

Winter Is Here

According to the Old Farmer’s Almanac December 21 started the winter in the Northern Hemisphere. Also know as the Winter Solstice. It’s the day with the fewest hours of sunlight during the whole year. In the Northern Hemisphere, it always

Weather Mayor Joins Team

Desoto County,MS WeatherMayor Sam Rikard joins Desoto County Newsroom Team with our local weather. The former mayor of Olive Branch will keep us updated on weather across North Mississippi. Welcome Sam… Sam Rikard is a lifelong resident of Olive Branch.

Final supermoon of 2016

Moon looking bigger the last few days ? Well it is, we have seen the final “Supermoon of 2016. Appearing larger and brighter as it passes closer to Earth than normal, the moon lit up the night sky around the