Mount Olive, Mississippi Weather
Mount Olive, 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 Mount Olive, Covington County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Mount Olive. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Mount Olive is published on the Magee Municipal Airport (K17M) page, 18 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. 6 airfields within reach of Mount Olive 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 Mount Olive: Prentiss Jefferson Davis County Airport (KM43) 30 km · Hattiesburg Laurel Regional Airport (KPIB) 44 km · Thigpen Field (K00M) 45 km · Hesler Noble Field (KLUL) 47 km · Columbia-Marion County Airport (K0R0) 54 km
Conditions reported at K17M describe the airfield itself. Weather 18 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Mount Olive specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Mount Olive.
About Mount Olive, Mississippi
Mount Olive rests in the rolling, pine-scented heart of Covington County, Mississippi, a landscape where the earth exhales the sweet, resinous breath of the forest. It lies 36.9 miles north-west of Hattiesburg, MS (from Hattiesburg, MS: bearing 324°T), and is situated 9.0 miles south-south-east of Magee. Here, the terrain gently swells and dips, a soft sculpting of the land by generations of rainfall and sun. Ancient oaks, their limbs gnarled and reaching like arthritic fingers, stand sentinel alongside the tall, straight sentinels of pine, their needles whispering secrets to the breeze. Creeks, often no more than silver threads after a dry spell, weave through the lowlands, their banks softened by moss and the persistent green of undergrowth. The air, especially in the long, languid afternoons, carries the hum of unseen insects and the distant, muffled bark of a dog, sounds that seem to deepen the quietude rather than break it. The history of Mount Olive is as deeply rooted as the magnolias that bloom each spring, a story interwoven with the hardy spirit of those who first cleared these woods. Early settlers, drawn by the fertile soil and the promise of a life built with their own hands, established a community that has always found its sustenance from the land. Agriculture, particularly the cultivation of cotton and later, timber, formed the backbone of Mount Olive's economy for decades, shaping its character and its people. While the industrial landscape has shifted, the echoes of those times can still be felt in the weathered barns and the enduring connection to the natural world. A quiet pride in self-sufficiency and neighborly support continues to define the rhythm of life in Mount Olive, a place where time seems to move with a deliberate, unhurried grace.
Live animated radar for Mount Olive 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 | Mount Olive, Covington County, Mississippi |
| Coordinates | 31.761274°N, 89.655072°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 39653, 39664, 39443, 39119 |
| Area Code | 601 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Mount Olive, Mississippi Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Mount Olive, 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 Mount Olive includes coordinates 31.761274°N, 89.655072°W, situated in Covington County. ZIP code 39653, 39664, 39443, 39119. 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.
