Decatur, Mississippi Weather
Decatur, 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 Decatur, Newton County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Decatur. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Decatur is published on the James H Easom Field (KM23) page, 14 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 Decatur 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 Decatur: Key Field / Meridian Regional Airport (KMEI) 36 km · G V Montgomery Airport (K2M4) 37 km · Philadelphia Municipal Airport (KMPE) 40 km · Joe Williams Naval Outlying Field (KNJW) 48 km · Naval Air Station Meridian / McCain Field (KNMM) 54 km
Conditions reported at KM23 describe the airfield itself. Weather 14 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Decatur specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Decatur.
About Decatur, Mississippi
Decatur rests in the rolling, pine-scented hills of Newton County, a place where the air hangs thick with the humid breath of the South. It lies 24.2 miles west-north-west of Meridian, MS (from Meridian, MS: bearing 282°T), and is situated 8.7 miles north-north-east of Newton. The landscape here is a gentle swell and fall of earth, cloaked in a deep green tapestry of longleaf pines and scattered hardwoods, their branches often dripping with Spanish moss that catches the light like spectral lace. Small creeks, their banks fringed with ferns and the occasional flash of a kingfisher’s blue, thread their way through the terrain, their waters stained the color of weak tea by the tannins of fallen pine needles. The sky above Decatur is a vast canvas, often a startling, almost bruised-looking blue in the summer, giving way to fiery sunsets that bleed across the horizon, painting the pines in hues of orange and rose. The history of Decatur is tied to the rich soil and the enduring spirit of its people, who have long cultivated this land for sustenance and livelihood. Once a crossroads for timber and agriculture, the local economy still bears the imprint of those early days, with farming and forestry remaining significant, though the landscape whispers of an industrial past too, faint echoes in the quiet hum of the present. The character of Decatur is one of quiet resilience, a place where traditions hold fast and the pace of life is measured by the slow turning of the seasons rather than the frantic ticking of a clock. It’s a place where the scent of woodsmoke often mingles with the sweetness of ripening peaches in late summer, a subtle perfume that speaks of generations who have called this fertile ground home.
Live animated radar for Decatur 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 | Decatur, Newton County, Mississippi |
| Coordinates | 32.43903°N, 89.108391°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 39327 |
| Area Code | 601 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Decatur, Mississippi Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Decatur, 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 Decatur includes coordinates 32.439030°N, 89.108391°W, situated in Newton County. ZIP code 39327. 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.
