Carthage, Mississippi Weather
Carthage, 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 Carthage, Leake County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Carthage. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Carthage is published on the Philadelphia Municipal Airport (KMPE) page, 39 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 Carthage 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 Carthage: Kosciusko Attala County Airport (KOSX) 40 km · G V Montgomery Airport (K2M4) 42 km · James H Easom Field (KM23) 60 km
Conditions reported at KMPE describe the airfield itself. Weather 39 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Carthage specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Carthage.
About Carthage, Mississippi
Carthage, Mississippi, unfolds across a landscape gently sculpted by the persistent hand of erosion, where the earth dips and rises in broad, shallow swells, hinting at the ancient rivers that once shaped this region. It lies 38.6 miles east-north-east of Madison, MS (from Madison, MS: bearing 61°T), and is situated 2.4 miles south of Redwater. The air here, especially in the humid embrace of a late afternoon, carries the scent of pine needles warmed by the sun and the damp, fertile breath of cultivated fields. Oaks and hickories form scattered woodlands, their leaves rustling with a sound like whispered secrets, and the clearings are often given over to the orderly rows of crops that march across the rolling terrain. The sky overhead can shift from a brilliant, almost searing blue to a bruised, dramatic grey with remarkable speed, the light catching on the broad leaves of magnolias and casting long, dancing shadows as the day wanes. This pocket of Leake County bears the imprint of a history tied to the fertile soil and the resilience of its people. Carthage’s beginnings are rooted in the agricultural promise of central Mississippi, its economy long sustained by the cultivation of cotton and, more recently, timber and poultry. The roads that thread through Carthage are not grand avenues but practical arteries, connecting farms and businesses with a quiet efficiency that speaks of generations who understood the land's bounty and its demands. Local lore might speak of the early settlers who cleared these woods, their lives etched into the very rhythm of planting and harvest, and the enduring spirit that has seen Carthage through periods of boom and quietude. It is a place where the past is not a distant echo but a living presence, felt in the weathered barns and the friendly nods exchanged on the street.
Live animated radar for Carthage 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 | Carthage, Leake County, Mississippi |
| Coordinates | 32.732636°N, 89.536182°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 39120, 39051 |
| Area Code | 601, 769 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Carthage, Mississippi Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Carthage, 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 Carthage includes coordinates 32.732636°N, 89.536182°W, situated in Leake County. ZIP code 39120, 39051. 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.
