Benoit, Mississippi Weather
Benoit, 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 Benoit, Bolivar County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Benoit. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Benoit is published on the Mid Delta Regional Airport (KGLH) page, 19 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 Benoit 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 Benoit: Cleveland Municipal Airport (KRNV) 26 km · McGehee Municipal Airport (K7M1) 33 km · Indianola Municipal Airport (KIDL) 36 km · Lake Village Municipal Airport (KM32) 44 km · Ruleville Drew Airport (KM37) 47 km
Conditions reported at KGLH describe the airfield itself. Weather 19 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Benoit specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Benoit.
About Benoit, Mississippi
Benoit rests in the broad, alluvial embrace of the Mississippi Delta, a land where the sky stretches wide and the earth is a deep, fertile brown. It lies 16.9 miles north of Greenville, MS (from Greenville, MS: bearing 10°T), and is situated 17.6 miles west-south-west of Cleveland. The landscape here is a tapestry of agricultural ambition, dominated by vast fields that ripple with the promise of cotton and soybeans under a sun that can be both benevolent and fierce. Canals and drainage ditches, like silver threads, stitch across the flat terrain, carrying water from the distant Yazoo River and feeding the insatiable thirst of the soil. The air itself carries a humid weight, thick with the scent of turned earth and the distant hum of machinery, a subtle testament to the enduring partnership between man and this generous, yet demanding, land. The history of Benoit is deeply entwined with the cultivation of the Delta, a legacy shaped by generations of farmers who worked this rich soil. Once a prominent stop along the Illinois Central Railroad, the town's economy historically revolved around the agricultural bounty of the surrounding plantations and the efficient transport of goods to market. Though the grander days of rail may have faded, the spirit of agriculture persists, with local businesses still catering to the needs of the farming community. The quiet hum of daily life in Benoit is marked by the slow passage of time, where conversations often turn to the weather and the fortunes of the harvest, a rhythm that has echoed through this corner of Bolivar County for decades.
Live animated radar for Benoit 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 | Benoit, Bolivar County, Mississippi |
| Coordinates | 33.651501°N, 91.009551°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 38725 |
| Area Code | 662 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Benoit, Mississippi Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Benoit, 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 Benoit includes coordinates 33.651501°N, 91.009551°W, situated in Bolivar County. ZIP code 38725. 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.
