Delta City, Mississippi Weather
Delta City, Mississippi — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast, soil and crop conditions for Delta City, Sharkey County.
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About Delta City, Mississippi
Delta City, Mississippi, rests in the broad, flat expanse of the Mississippi Delta, a place where the land itself seems to sigh with the weight of centuries of cultivation. It lies 27.9 miles south-south-east of Greenville, MS (from Greenville, MS: bearing 146°T), and is situated 7.4 miles south-south-east of Hollandale. Here, the sky feels impossibly vast, a canvas of shifting blues and grays that mirrors the slow, deliberate movement of the clouds. Towering oaks draped in Spanish moss stand sentinel along the edges of fields, their branches reaching out like ancient arms, while the air, thick with the humid breath of the South, carries the faint, sweet scent of ripening cotton and damp earth. The roads, often lined with the vibrant green of rice paddies or the muted gold of drying soybeans, seem to stretch endlessly towards the horizon, punctuated only by the occasional weathered farmhouse or a cluster of buildings that mark a crossroads. Life in Delta City unfolds at a pace dictated by the seasons and the sun, a quiet rhythm underscored by the drone of cicadas and the distant rumble of a train. The history of Delta City is inextricably bound to the rich, alluvial soil that has sustained generations of farmers and shaped the very character of this locale. The land, once a wild tangle of cypress and hardwood, was meticulously cleared and transformed into the fertile agricultural heartland it is today, a testament to the enduring spirit of those who toiled here. While cotton once reigned supreme, the economy of Delta City has diversified, with rice and soybeans now playing significant roles, alongside catfish aquaculture, a modern industry that thrives in the plentiful waterways. The town itself, though modest, holds within its quiet streets the echoes of a past deeply rooted in the agricultural South, a heritage that continues to inform its cultural identity. Evenings here often bring a particular quality of light, a soft, golden glow that bleeds across the western sky, casting long shadows from the silos and lending a gentle, almost ethereal beauty to the landscape as the day surrenders to the approaching night.
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| Location | Delta City, Sharkey County, Mississippi |
| Coordinates | 33.074013°N, 90.795098°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 39159, 39061 |
| Area Code | 601, 769 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Delta City, Mississippi Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Delta City, Mississippi, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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 Delta City includes coordinates 33.074013°N, 90.795098°W, situated in Sharkey County. ZIP code 39159, 39061. 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. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.
