Paris, Mississippi Weather
Paris, 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 Paris, Lafayette County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Paris. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Paris is published on the Water Valley Municipal Airport (K33M) page, 21 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. 5 airfields within reach of Paris 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 Paris: University Oxford Airport (KUOX) 24 km · Pontotoc County Airport (K22M) 40 km · Panola County Airport (KPMU) 45 km · New Albany Union County Airport (KM72) 57 km
Conditions reported at K33M describe the airfield itself. Weather 21 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Paris specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Paris.
About Paris, Mississippi
Paris, Mississippi, unfolds across a landscape shaped by the gentle roll of the North Mississippi Uplands, a terrain where the earth exhales a soft, verdant breath. It lies 13.4 miles south-south-east of Oxford, MS (from Oxford, MS: bearing 165°T), and is situated 10.0 miles east of Water Valley. Here, the soil, a deep, rich loam, yields to the persistent sun, its warmth a constant presence that settles on the fields and the scattered clusters of homes. The air itself carries a certain stillness, broken only by the rustle of oak and pine leaves, and the distant, almost mournful cry of a hawk circling high above. In the late afternoon, the light descends in a kind of golden syrup, slanting across the fields of cotton and corn, lending a quiet, luminous quality to the ordinary. The history of Paris is a story of resilience, of lives lived in concert with the land and the subtle ebb and flow of agricultural fortunes. For generations, the economy here has been tethered to the soil, to the cotton fields that once dominated the horizon and the more diversified crops that sustain it today. While not a place of grand pronouncements or monumental structures, Paris carries the quiet dignity of those who have worked this ground, their labor imprinted on the very character of the place. The memories of past harvests, of the community banding together through lean times and celebrating abundance, are woven into the fabric of its enduring spirit, a subtle yet persistent thread in the tapestry of its quiet existence.
Live animated radar for Paris 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 | Paris, Lafayette County, Mississippi |
| Coordinates | 34.17872°N, 89.459802°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 38965, 38949 |
| Area Code | 228 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Paris, Mississippi Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Paris, 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 Paris includes coordinates 34.178720°N, 89.459802°W, situated in Lafayette County. ZIP code 38965, 38949. 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. 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.
