Petal, Mississippi Weather
Petal, 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 Petal, Forrest County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Petal. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Petal is published on the Hattiesburg Bobby L Chain Municipal Airport (KHBG) page, 9 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 Petal 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 Petal: Hattiesburg Laurel Regional Airport (KPIB) 15 km · Shelby Auxiliary Field One (KSH1) 18 km · Hesler Noble Field (KLUL) 37 km · I H Bass Jr Memorial Airport (K4R1) 42 km · Columbia-Marion County Airport (K0R0) 53 km
Conditions reported at KHBG describe the airfield itself. Weather 9 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Petal specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Petal.
About Petal, Mississippi
Petal rests in the gently rolling terrain of southeastern Mississippi, a place where the air often hangs thick with the scent of pine and damp earth. It lies 2.2 miles north-east of Hattiesburg, MS (from Hattiesburg, MS: bearing 53°T), and is situated 7.0 miles east-north-east of West Hattiesburg. The landscape is a soft tapestry of mixed pine and hardwood forests, interspersed with open fields that catch the sun in broad, golden swaths. Creeks, often shallow and meandering, thread their way through the land, their banks fringed with ferns and the occasional splash of vibrant wildflowers. The sky here feels vast, especially in the late afternoon, when it bleeds into hues of apricot and rose, casting long, comforting shadows across the quiet neighborhoods and the scattered farms that define the character of Petal. This locality’s story is tied to the fertile soil and the timber that once dominated its economy, a legacy still visible in the sturdy, older homes and the enduring presence of sawmills and wood product businesses that continue to shape its economic pulse. Petal's growth, like many in this region, was influenced by the railroad, which brought opportunity and connected it to wider markets for its agricultural and timber yields. While modern industries have diversified the local economy, the deep roots of agriculture and forestry remain palpable, a quiet testament to the enduring spirit of the people who have long called this stretch of Forrest County home.
Live animated radar for Petal 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 | Petal, Forrest County, Mississippi |
| Coordinates | 31.346563°N, 89.26006°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 39465 |
| Area Code | 601 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Petal, Mississippi Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Petal, 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 Petal includes coordinates 31.346563°N, 89.260060°W, situated in Forrest County. ZIP code 39465. 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.
