Bridgetown, Mississippi Weather
Bridgetown, Mississippi — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast for Bridgetown, DeSoto County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Bridgetown. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Bridgetown is published on the Olive Branch Airport (KOLV) page, 15 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. 3 airfields within reach of Bridgetown 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 Bridgetown: Holly Springs Marshall County Airport (KM41) 36 km · Panola County Airport (KPMU) 59 km
Conditions reported at KOLV describe the airfield itself. Weather 15 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Bridgetown specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Bridgetown, Mississippi
Bridgetown lies in a land where the soil, a deep, forgiving red, settles into the hollows and rises into gentle swells, suggesting a landscape shaped by patient water and time. It lies 6.6 miles south-west of Olive Branch, MS (from Olive Branch, MS: bearing 222°T), and is situated 9.1 miles south-east of Southaven. The air here carries the scent of pine needles warming under the sun, mingling with the fainter, sweeter aroma of ripening cotton in the fields that stretch towards the hazy horizon. Live oaks, their branches draped with Spanish moss like ancient shawls, stand sentinel along the few paved roads that cut through the verdant countryside. The light, particularly in the late afternoon, possesses a honeyed quality, casting long, soft shadows that give even the simplest farmhouse a timeless grace. The history of Bridgetown is etched not in grand monuments, but in the quiet persistence of agriculture, a legacy passed down through generations who coaxed sustenance from this fertile ground. Cotton has long been the lifeblood of Bridgetown, its white bolls a familiar sight against the green stalks, and the local economy still leans heavily on its cultivation and ginning. While grand estates are rare, the land itself tells stories of resilience, of families who built their lives here, their stories whispered in the creak of a barn door or the weathered paint of a general store. The rhythm of Bridgetown is dictated by the seasons and the planting cycles, a steady, unhurried beat that resonates in the quiet evenings when the only sounds are the chirping of crickets and the distant hum of a passing truck.
Live animated radar for Bridgetown 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 | Bridgetown, DeSoto County, Mississippi |
| Coordinates | 34.8907°N, 89.9069°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 38651 |
| Area Code | 601, 769 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Bridgetown, Mississippi Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Bridgetown, 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 Bridgetown includes coordinates 34.890700°N, 89.906900°W, situated in DeSoto County. ZIP code 38651. Telephone area code: 601, 769. 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.
