Hickory Flat, Mississippi Weather
Hickory Flat, 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 Hickory Flat, Benton County.
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About Hickory Flat, Mississippi
Hickory Flat lies cradled within the rolling terrain of Benton County, Mississippi, where the land breathes a quiet, verdant sigh under a sky that often stretches in hues of pale blue and bruised lavender. It lies 25.5 miles north-east of Oxford, MS (from Oxford, MS: bearing 47°T), and is situated 10.0 miles west-south-west of Blue Mountain. Fields of cotton, their bolls like nascent clouds, spill across the gentle slopes, punctuated by stands of mature oak and hickory that give the locality its name, their branches forming a canopy that filters the sunlight into a dappled, shifting mosaic on the red earth below. The air here carries the scent of damp soil after a summer shower and the distant hum of cicadas, a constant, low thrumming that speaks of the deep, slow pulse of the rural South. Even the houses, often painted in shades of white or pale yellow, seem to settle into the landscape, their porches wide and welcoming, inviting a pause from the day's endeavors. The history of Hickory Flat is etched not in grand monuments, but in the enduring traditions of its people and the agricultural rhythms that have shaped its existence for generations. Once a vital hub for cotton farming, the local economy still leans on the land, with cattle ranching and smaller-scale crop cultivation contributing to the area’s livelihood, though the days of vast cotton plantations have long since receded into memory. The town square, modest and unassuming, serves as the heart of Hickory Flat, a place where neighbors gather for coffee at the local diner or share news at the post office, the pace of life unhurried, allowing for the simple, profound connections that define this corner of Mississippi. A sense of continuity prevails, a quiet pride in a heritage that is both deeply rooted and quietly evolving, much like the ancient trees that stand sentinel over the land.
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| Location | Hickory Flat, Benton County, Mississippi |
| Coordinates | 34.615933°N, 89.188404°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 38633 |
| Area Code | 601, 769 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Hickory Flat, Mississippi Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Hickory Flat, 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 Hickory Flat includes coordinates 34.615933°N, 89.188404°W, situated in Benton County. ZIP code 38633. 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.
