Charleston, Mississippi Weather
Charleston, 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 Charleston, Tallahatchie County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Charleston. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Charleston is published on the Grenada Municipal Airport (KGNF) page, 31 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 Charleston 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 Charleston: Selfs Airport (KMMS) 33 km · Water Valley Municipal Airport (K33M) 38 km · Panola County Airport (KPMU) 42 km · Ruleville Drew Airport (KM37) 50 km · Fletcher Field (KCKM) 53 km
Conditions reported at KGNF describe the airfield itself. Weather 31 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Charleston specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Charleston, Mississippi
Charleston rests in the broad, fertile embrace of the Tallahatchie River basin, a landscape where the sky seems to stretch forever, a pale blue canvas often brushed with the soft grey of approaching rain. It lies 39.5 miles south-west of Oxford, MS (from Oxford, MS: bearing 231°T), and is situated 17.4 miles south-south-west of Courtland. The land here is mostly flat, yielding to the slow, deliberate flow of the Tallahatchie and its tributaries, their waters dark and rich with the silt of centuries. Fields of cotton and soybeans, vast green and white oceans in their season, ripple under the breeze, punctuated by stands of oak and cypress that guard the waterways. The air, especially in the languid afternoons, carries a humid weight, a palpable presence that clings to the skin, carrying the faint, sweet perfume of damp earth and distant blossoms. The light at dusk is a slow, golden spill, softening the edges of everything, transforming the ordinary into something quietly luminous. Charleston's character is deeply entwined with the agricultural pulse of the Mississippi Delta, a history measured not in grand pronouncements but in the enduring cycles of planting and harvest. The economy here has always been tethered to the rich soil, the legacy of cotton plantations now shared with the robust cultivation of soybeans and corn. This is a place where the past whispers in the rustle of leaves and the creak of old wooden structures, a testament to generations who have coaxed sustenance from this land. While no towering monuments define Charleston, its unassuming presence speaks of a resilience, a quiet pride in its roots, and a way of life that moves with the steady, unhurried cadence of the river itself.
Live animated radar for Charleston 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 | Charleston, Tallahatchie County, Mississippi |
| Coordinates | 34.00678°N, 90.056756°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 38921 |
| Area Code | 228 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Charleston, Mississippi Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Charleston, 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 Charleston includes coordinates 34.006780°N, 90.056756°W, situated in Tallahatchie County. ZIP code 38921. 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.
