Oakland, Mississippi Weather
Oakland, 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 Oakland, Itawamba County.
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Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Oakland.
About Oakland, Mississippi
Oakland unfolds under a sky that often wears a soft, hazy blue, a gentle reminder of the humid Mississippi air that hangs thick and sweet in the summer months. It lies 26.9 miles east of Tupelo, MS (from Tupelo, MS: bearing 86°T), and is situated 17.0 miles north-west of Hamilton. The landscape here is a quiet tapestry of rolling hills, their slopes softened by the persistent green of cultivated fields and the deeper, shadowed hues of hardwood forests. Creek beds, often dry in the long, hot summers, trace sinuous paths through the terrain, their banks lined with a tenacious scrub that thrives in the rich, red earth. The very air seems to possess a certain stillness, broken only by the distant hum of a tractor or the call of a bird unseen in the dense foliage, lending Oakland a pervasive sense of peaceful deliberation. The history of Oakland is etched not in grand monuments, but in the enduring spirit of its people and the agricultural roots that still anchor its economy. For generations, the land itself has been the primary currency, yielding cotton, corn, and soybeans under the broad Mississippi sun. This enduring connection to the soil imbues Oakland with a character that is both resilient and deeply traditional, a place where the pace of life is dictated by the seasons and the generations who have worked this ground. The small businesses that dot the main thoroughfare carry the weight of decades, their facades bearing the gentle patina of time, offering a glimpse into the steady, unhurried commerce that sustains this corner of Itawamba County.
Live animated radar for Oakland 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.
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| Location | Oakland, Itawamba County, Mississippi |
| Coordinates | 34.28288°N, 88.232543°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 38843, 39648, 38948 |
| Area Code | 228 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Oakland, Mississippi Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Oakland, 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 Oakland includes coordinates 34.282880°N, 88.232543°W, situated in Itawamba County. ZIP code 38843, 39648, 38948. Telephone area code: 228. 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.
