Artesia, Mississippi Weather
Artesia, Mississippi — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast, soil and crop conditions for Artesia, Lowndes County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Artesia. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Artesia is published on the Golden Triangle Regional Airport (KGTR) page, 6 km away. It carries the current METAR decoded into plain language — surface wind, visibility, cloud layers and ceiling, temperature and dewpoint, and altimeter setting — alongside the raw observation as transmitted. 6 airfields within reach of Artesia have their own pages, listed below.
The Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) is shown across its full validity period, with each change group broken out so you can see when conditions are expected to shift. Flight category is derived automatically — VFR, MVFR, IFR or LIFR — from reported ceiling and visibility, with runway details and field elevation alongside. Observations update roughly hourly and forecasts several times a day.
Other airports near Artesia: Oktibbeha Airport (KM51) 10 km · Mccharen Field (KM83) 19 km · George M Bryan Airport (KSTF) 19 km · Columbus Lowndes County Airport (KUBS) 25 km · Columbus Air Force Base (KCBM) 32 km
Conditions reported at KGTR describe the airfield itself. Weather 6 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Artesia specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Artesia.
About Artesia, Mississippi
Artesia rests in a gentle, rolling landscape where the rich, dark soil of Mississippi’s Black Belt begins to yield to the wider expanses of the Pine Belt. It lies 10.3 miles east-south-east of Starkville, MS (from Starkville, MS: bearing 103°T), and is situated 8.9 miles east-south-east of Mississippi State. The air here, especially in the late afternoon, carries a soft, humid warmth, a palpable presence that clings to everything, softening the edges of the pine and oak forests that fringe the cultivated fields. Farms, interspersed with stands of mature timber, stretch out under a sky that often seems impossibly vast, its blue deepening to an indigo haze at the horizon. The houses, many with wide porches and the weathered charm of decades, seem to settle into the land as if they've always belonged, their paint faded by sun and time to hues that echo the muted greens and browns of the countryside. The history of Artesia is a quiet testament to the enduring spirit of agricultural enterprise and the quiet strength of its people. Originally settled as a farming community, its economy has always been tied to the land, with cotton once dominating the landscape and now sharing its acreage with soybeans and timber. The railroad, a vital artery in its early days, still hums with occasional freight, a reminder of the connections that brought life and commerce to this corner of Lowndes County. While no grand monuments mark its past, the true landmarks of Artesia are in the collective memory of generations who have worked its fields, the wisdom passed down through families, and the understated resilience that defines the character of this place.
Live animated radar for Artesia and surroundings — RainViewer.
NOAA GOES-16 GEOCOLOR — live animated loop updated every 10 minutes. Shows cloud cover, storm systems and weather patterns across the continental US.
Source: NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East · Public domain · Auto-updates on page reload
| Location | Artesia, Lowndes County, Mississippi |
| Coordinates | 33.415399°N, 88.643937°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 39701, 39736 |
| Area Code | 662 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Artesia, Mississippi Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Artesia, Mississippi, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. Aviation weather — live METAR observations and TAF forecasts — is published separately on the pages for the nearest reporting airports, linked from the aviation section above. Additional sections may include tide predictions, wave height, wave direction and sea-surface temperature, a barometric pressure trend, and a solunar-based fishing forecast with a fishing-conditions rating for coastal localities, and soil temperature, crop weather and live USGS river gauge data for agricultural areas near a monitored waterway. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Artesia includes coordinates 33.415399°N, 88.643937°W, situated in Lowndes County. ZIP code 39701, 39736. Telephone area code: 662. Timezone: Central Time (America/Chicago).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. River and stream data is sourced from the USGS National Water Information System. Tide predictions are sourced from NOAA CO-OPS; marine and solunar data are modeled from Open-Meteo and public sunrise/moon calculations and should be treated as a general guide alongside on-the-water conditions. Radar is provided by RainViewer. Satellite imagery is sourced from NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East and is public domain.
