Columbia, Mississippi Weather
Columbia, 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 Columbia, Marion County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Columbia. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Columbia is published on the Columbia-Marion County Airport (K0R0) page, 6 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. 5 airfields within reach of Columbia 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 Columbia: Prentiss Jefferson Davis County Airport (KM43) 39 km · I H Bass Jr Memorial Airport (K4R1) 43 km · Hattiesburg Laurel Regional Airport (KPIB) 53 km · Hattiesburg Bobby L Chain Municipal Airport (KHBG) 56 km
Conditions reported at K0R0 describe the airfield itself. Weather 6 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Columbia specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Columbia.
About Columbia, Mississippi
Columbia unfolds across a landscape gently molded by the South Mississippi terrain, where the air hangs thick and sweet with the scent of pine and the distant hum of cicadas. It lies 32.7 miles west of Hattiesburg, MS (from Hattiesburg, MS: bearing 261°T), and is situated 27.7 miles west of West Hattiesburg. The land itself rolls with a soft, yielding grace, a place where the earth seems to breathe out a quiet resilience. Here, the sky often stretches wide, a canvas of shifting blues and grays that presides over the scattered farmsteads and the scattered clusters of homes that make up Columbia. The trees, a dense, verdant cloak of hardwoods and pines, stand sentinel, their branches reaching skyward as if in silent communion with the perpetual, humid embrace of the climate. The roots of Columbia run deep into a history shaped by the fertile earth and the persistent flow of the Pearl River, a vital artery that has long dictated the pulse of life here. For generations, agriculture has been the bedrock of its economy, with cotton and timber once reigning supreme, their ghosts still whispering in the rustle of the leaves. Though the landscape has evolved, echoes of that past persist in the weathered barns and the enduring connection to the land. Today, a more diversified economy hums, with local businesses and industries contributing to the steady, unhurried rhythm of daily life. Columbia remains a place where community ties are strong, a testament to the enduring spirit of its people, who have weathered change with a quiet tenacity.
Live animated radar for Columbia 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 | Columbia, Marion County, Mississippi |
| Coordinates | 31.251844°N, 89.83758°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 39429 |
| Area Code | 601 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Columbia, Mississippi Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Columbia, 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 Columbia includes coordinates 31.251844°N, 89.837580°W, situated in Marion County. ZIP code 39429. Telephone area code: 601. 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.
