De Kalb, Mississippi Weather
De Kalb, 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 De Kalb, Kemper County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near De Kalb. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for De Kalb is published on the Joe Williams Naval Outlying Field (KNJW) page, 18 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 De Kalb 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 De Kalb: Naval Air Station Meridian / McCain Field (KNMM) 26 km · Macon Municipal Airport (K20M) 42 km · Philadelphia Municipal Airport (KMPE) 45 km · Key Field / Meridian Regional Airport (KMEI) 49 km · George Downer Airport (KAIV) 57 km
Conditions reported at KNJW describe the airfield itself. Weather 18 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at De Kalb specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for De Kalb.
About De Kalb, Mississippi
De Kalb lies in the rolling heart of Kemper County, Mississippi, a place where the earth exhales a damp, fertile scent after a summer rain. It lies 28.0 miles north of Meridian, MS (from Meridian, MS: bearing 6°T), and is situated 11.0 miles west-south-west of Scooba. The landscape here is a gentle, persistent rise and fall of fertile soil, cloaked in a dense, emerald quilt of pine and hardwood forests that sigh in the breeze. Sunlight, when it breaks through the canopy, falls in broad, warm swathes, illuminating the dusty, unpaved lanes that snake between weathered farmhouses and the occasional, unpretentious general store. The air, especially in the early morning, carries the quiet hum of cicadas and the distant, melodic crow of a rooster, a sound that seems to echo the very pulse of the land. The history of De Kalb is as deeply rooted as the ancient oaks that stand sentinel along its byways. This land, once the domain of the Chickasaw Nation, was opened for settlement in the early 19th century, its rich soil quickly becoming the backbone of a burgeoning agricultural economy. Cotton, for many years, was king, its white bolls a familiar sight against the verdant fields, and the legacy of that era can still be felt in the enduring traditions of hard work and self-reliance that define the character of De Kalb. Though the landscape has shifted from vast cotton plantations to a more diversified agricultural present, with cattle grazing on pastures and timber providing a steady income, the spirit of the past remains, a quiet undercurrent beneath the everyday commerce of the community.
Live animated radar for De Kalb 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 | De Kalb, Kemper County, Mississippi |
| Coordinates | 32.767633°N, 88.650878°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 39328 |
| Area Code | 601 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This De Kalb, Mississippi Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for De Kalb, 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 De Kalb includes coordinates 32.767633°N, 88.650878°W, situated in Kemper County. ZIP code 39328. 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.
