Fernwood, Mississippi Weather
Fernwood, 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 Fernwood, Pike County.
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Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Fernwood.
About Fernwood, Mississippi
Fernwood exhales a humid, verdant breath that clings to the air like the moss on ancient oaks. It lies 47.1 miles north of Hammond, LA (from Hammond, LA: bearing 1°T), and is situated 4.0 miles south of McComb. Pines stand sentinel, their needles whispering secrets to the wind that stirs the broad leaves of magnolias and sweet gums. The land here rolls with a gentle persistence, a topography shaped by slow erosion and the persistent work of water, its low-lying areas often softened by the dampness of the Mississippi soil. Sunlight, when it breaks through the dense canopy, falls in broad, buttery shafts, illuminating the rust-colored earth and the occasional flash of a cardinal's wing. The character of Fernwood is one of quietude, of a place that seems to absorb sound, where the loudest noises are often the buzz of cicadas or the distant rumble of a passing train. This pocket of Pike County carries the faint scent of its past, a history rooted in agriculture and the timber industry that once defined much of the local economy. Once, fields might have been cleared for cotton or tobacco, but now the land is largely given over to the slow growth of timber, the pine forests a recurring motif in the landscape and in the livelihoods of its people. There are no grand monuments or bustling marketplaces here; Fernwood’s points of interest are often more subtle – a weathered church steeple peeking above the trees, a roadside stand selling sweet corn in season, the quiet dignity of homes that have stood for generations. The pace of life in Fernwood is measured, dictated less by clocks and more by the slow turning of seasons and the predictable cycles of the natural world.
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| Location | Fernwood, Pike County, Mississippi |
| Coordinates | 31.185455°N, 90.448986°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 39635 |
| Area Code | 228 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Fernwood, Mississippi Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Fernwood, 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 Fernwood includes coordinates 31.185455°N, 90.448986°W, situated in Pike County. ZIP code 39635. Telephone area code: 228. 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.
