Bude, 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 Bude, Franklin County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Bude. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Bude is published on the Crosby Municipal Airport (KC71) page, 27 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. 4 airfields within reach of Bude 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 Bude: Brookhaven-Lincoln County Airport (K1R7) 45 km · Natchez–Adams County Airport / Hardy-Anders Field (KHEZ) 46 km · McComb-Pike County Airport / John E Lewis Field (KMCB) 48 km
Conditions reported at KC71 describe the airfield itself. Weather 27 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Bude specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Bude.
Bude lies quiet under a vast Mississippi sky, a landscape defined by the slow, verdant sweep of the loess hills rolling down towards the Mississippi Delta. It lies 63.7 miles north of Central, LA (from Central, LA: bearing 10°T), and is situated 2.8 miles east-south-east of Meadville. The air here carries the damp, earthy scent of pine and rich soil, a fragrance that deepens with the afternoon heat, promising rain or simply the slow, inevitable turning of the seasons. Fields of cotton, even in their dormant winter state, hold a subtle, dusty luminescence, their white bolls like scattered pearls against the deep brown earth. Roads, often unpaved and winding, follow the contours of the land, disappearing into stands of mature oak and hickory, their branches draped with Spanish moss that catches the diffused sunlight, creating a soft, ethereal glow. The gentle slopes and occasional steep ravines speak of a land shaped by millennia of water and wind, a place where nature's patient hand has left its indelible mark. The history of Bude is etched into the very character of its people, a resilience forged from the agricultural rhythms that have long sustained this corner of Franklin County. Originally settled by farmers drawn to the fertile lands, the economy of Bude has remained closely tied to the soil, with timber and cotton historically forming the backbone of its commerce. While larger industries have largely bypassed this tranquil settlement, a deep-rooted sense of community persists, evidenced in the unpretentious storefronts lining the main thoroughfare and the quiet hum of daily life. The past whispers in the weathered clapboard of old farmhouses and the stories shared on front porches, a living testament to generations who have worked this land, their lives interwoven with its bounty and its challenges.
Live animated radar for Bude 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 | Bude, Franklin County, Mississippi |
| Coordinates | 31.462949°N, 90.850101°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 39630 |
| Area Code | 228 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Bude, 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 Bude includes coordinates 31.462949°N, 90.850101°W, situated in Franklin County. ZIP code 39630. Telephone area code: 228. 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.