Leaf, Mississippi Weather
Leaf, 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 Leaf, Greene County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Leaf. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Leaf is published on the Richton Perry County Airport (KM59) page, 35 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. 4 airfields within reach of Leaf 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 Leaf: Dean Griffin Memorial Airport (KM24) 40 km · Shelby Auxiliary Field One (KSH1) 41 km · Hattiesburg Bobby L Chain Municipal Airport (KHBG) 51 km
Conditions reported at KM59 describe the airfield itself. Weather 35 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Leaf specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Leaf.
About Leaf, Mississippi
Leaf unfolds across a landscape of gentle, rolling hills, where the deep greens of pine forests meet the softer hues of cultivated fields. It lies 35.9 miles south-east of Hattiesburg, MS (from Hattiesburg, MS: bearing 125°T), and is situated 16.7 miles west-south-west of Leakesville. The air here, especially in the hush of late afternoon, carries the faint, sweet scent of pine needles warmed by the sun, a fragrance that seems to cling to the very texture of the land. Creeks, shallow and clear, wind their way through the terrain, their banks often draped with the weeping branches of willows, their waters glinting like scattered diamonds under the diffused sunlight. The houses, scattered with a generous hand, are often framed by broad porches, inviting a slower pace of observation, a quiet contemplation of the sky and the slow drift of clouds. The history of Leaf is bound to the rich soil and the waterways that have sustained its people for generations. Once, the logging industry played a significant role here, the forests yielding their bounty to fuel distant industries, and the echoes of that time can still be felt in the enduring appreciation for the natural world. Today, agriculture remains a cornerstone of Leaf's economy, with fields of cotton and soybeans stretching across the fertile plains, their rows a testament to persistent labor. The quiet rhythm of life in Leaf is punctuated by the infrequent passing of a truck on the county roads, the distant hum of a tractor, and the gathering of neighbors for community events, fostering a sense of shared experience rooted in this particular corner of Greene County.
Live animated radar for Leaf 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 | Leaf, Greene County, Mississippi |
| Coordinates | 31.025742°N, 88.795592°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 39456 |
| Area Code | 601 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Leaf, Mississippi Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Leaf, 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 Leaf includes coordinates 31.025742°N, 88.795592°W, situated in Greene County. ZIP code 39456. 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.
