Clinton, Mississippi Weather
Clinton, 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 Clinton, Hinds County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Clinton. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Clinton is published on the John Bell Williams Airport (KJVW) page, 9 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 Clinton 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 Clinton: Hawkins Field (KHKS) 9 km · Bruce Campbell Field (KMBO) 23 km · Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport (KJAN) 23 km · Copiah County Airport (KM11) 49 km · Vicksburg Municipal Airport (KVKS) 58 km
Conditions reported at KJVW describe the airfield itself. Weather 9 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Clinton specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Clinton.
About Clinton, Mississippi
Clinton unfolds across a landscape of gentle, rolling terrain, where the verdant expanse of Mississippi's interior plains meets the humid air of the Deep South. It lies 8.5 miles west-north-west of Jackson, MS (from Jackson, MS: bearing 290°T), and is situated 8.2 miles north-east of Raymond. The earth here is a rich, deep red, particularly evident after a rain, hinting at the fertile soil that underpins the region's enduring connection to agriculture. Oak trees, their branches spread wide like ancient arms, punctuate the horizon, casting dappled shadows that shift with the slow passage of the sun. Evenings in Clinton often bring a peculiar stillness, a quietude broken only by the distant hum of cicadas or the occasional bark of a dog, as the sky softens into hues of lavender and rose. This place, Clinton, carries the echo of its past in the very grain of its streets and the quiet dignity of its older homes. Founded in the antebellum era, it has long been a center of education, with Mississippi College, the state's oldest institution of higher learning, anchoring a sense of intellectual tradition within its borders. The local economy, while diversifying, still holds a deep respect for the agricultural roots that once defined its prosperity, with remnants of cotton fields occasionally glimpsed between modern developments. The pace of life here is less a hurried rush and more a steady, deliberate movement, allowing for the observation of small beauties – the way sunlight catches the dew on a spider's web, or the unpretentious grace of a cardinal perched on a fence post.
Live animated radar for Clinton 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 | Clinton, Hinds County, Mississippi |
| Coordinates | 32.341534°N, 90.321758°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 39056, 39058, 39060 |
| Area Code | 601, 769 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Clinton, Mississippi Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Clinton, 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 Clinton includes coordinates 32.341534°N, 90.321758°W, situated in Hinds County. ZIP code 39056, 39058, 39060. 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.
