Carthage, Mississippi Weather
Carthage, Mississippi — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast, soil and crop conditions for Carthage, Leake County.
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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.
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| 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 | July 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, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.
