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, Jones County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Mount Olive. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Mount Olive is published on the Hesler Noble Field (KLUL) page, 14 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 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: Thigpen Field (K00M) 29 km · Hattiesburg Laurel Regional Airport (KPIB) 41 km · Hattiesburg Bobby L Chain Municipal Airport (KHBG) 57 km
Conditions reported at KLUL describe the airfield itself. Weather 14 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 lies in the heart of Jones County, a place where the air hangs thick and sweet with the scent of pine and the distant hum of cicadas. It lies 32.1 miles north-north-east of Hattiesburg, MS (from Hattiesburg, MS: bearing 26°T), and is situated 5.8 miles north-east of Laurel. Rolling hills, cloaked in a dense green of hardwoods and pines, define the landscape, their slopes occasionally broken by clearings where sunlight spills onto fields of soybeans and corn. Creeks, often shallow and meandering, thread their way through the undergrowth, their banks lined with ferns and moss-covered logs. The land here feels ancient, worn smooth by generations of rain and sun, and the sky above, especially at dusk, can burn with an almost startling intensity of orange and violet before fading into the deep indigo of night. The history of Mount Olive is a story of resilience and quiet persistence, shaped by the timber industry and the fertile soil that has sustained agriculture for over a century. Early settlers, drawn by the vast forests, established a logging economy that, while diminished, still echoes in the local character. The town itself, though not a hub of grand pronouncements, has seen its share of quiet industry, from small sawmills to the agricultural businesses that continue to be the lifeblood of the region. While no famous figures have sprung from its immediate soil to international acclaim, the people of Mount Olive carry a deep-seated pride in their heritage, a tradition of self-reliance and a close-knit community spirit that defines its enduring appeal.
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, Jones County, Mississippi |
| Coordinates | 31.744327°N, 89.052277°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 31.744327°N, 89.052277°W, situated in Jones 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.
