Mound Bayou, Mississippi Weather
Mound Bayou, Mississippi — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast for Mound Bayou, Bolivar County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Mound Bayou. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Mound Bayou is published on the Cleveland Municipal Airport (KRNV) page, 13 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 Mound Bayou 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 Mound Bayou: Ruleville Drew Airport (KM37) 22 km · Indianola Municipal Airport (KIDL) 44 km · Mid Delta Regional Airport (KGLH) 50 km
Conditions reported at KRNV describe the airfield itself. Weather 13 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Mound Bayou specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Mound Bayou, Mississippi
Mound Bayou lies low and flat, a landscape where the sky stretches wide and the air hangs thick with the scent of turned earth and distant honeysuckle. It lies 37.6 miles north-north-east of Greenville, MS (from Greenville, MS: bearing 31°T), and is situated 9.3 miles north of Cleveland. The land here, a rich, dark loam, is etched with the slow, deliberate meanders of bayous and drainage ditches, their still waters reflecting a pale, washed-out blue, occasionally broken by the silent flight of a heron. Fields of cotton, a pale green haze in the early summer, stretch to the horizon, their edges softened by stands of towering pecan trees, their branches heavy with promise. The sunlight, when it breaks through the humid haze, possesses a peculiar softness, a golden diffusion that settles over Mound Bayou like a benediction, illuminating the quiet diligence of its people. This is a place deeply rooted in a unique American narrative, a testament to self-determination and resilience. Founded in 1887 by former slaves seeking to escape the oppressive post-Reconstruction South, Mound Bayou became an independent black municipality, a beacon of hope and self-governance. Its economy, for generations, was tied to the bounty of the fertile Delta soil, with cotton and agriculture forming the backbone of its prosperity. While the agricultural landscape remains, the economic currents have shifted, with a growing emphasis on small businesses and community-driven initiatives. The legacy of its founding fathers echoes in the quiet dignity of its streets, a subtle hum beneath the everyday rhythm of life in Mound Bayou.
Live animated radar for Mound Bayou 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 | Mound Bayou, Bolivar County, Mississippi |
| Coordinates | 33.878167°N, 90.72732°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 38762 |
| Area Code | 662 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Mound Bayou, Mississippi Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Mound Bayou, 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 Mound Bayou includes coordinates 33.878167°N, 90.727320°W, situated in Bolivar County. ZIP code 38762. Telephone area code: 662. 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.
