Polkville, Mississippi Weather
Polkville, 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 Polkville, Smith County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Polkville. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Polkville is published on the G V Montgomery Airport (K2M4) page, 26 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 Polkville 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 Polkville: Magee Municipal Airport (K17M) 38 km · Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport (KJAN) 38 km · Bruce Campbell Field (KMBO) 47 km · Thigpen Field (K00M) 51 km · Hawkins Field (KHKS) 52 km
Conditions reported at K2M4 describe the airfield itself. Weather 26 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Polkville specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Polkville.
About Polkville, Mississippi
Polkville rests in the heart of Smith County, a landscape of rolling hills that cradle scattered woodlands and open fields. It lies 18.0 miles east-south-east of Brandon, MS (from Brandon, MS: bearing 108°T), and is situated 17.4 miles south-west of Forest. The air here carries the sweet, earthy scent of pine and damp soil, especially after a summer shower, a perpetual reminder of the verdant, humid embrace of South Mississippi. The terrain, gently sloped rather than dramatically defined, suggests a land that has yielded to the steady hand of cultivation over time, its contours softened by decades of sun and rain. Sunlight, when it breaks through the canopy of oaks and magnifies the emerald sheen of the dense undergrowth, paints the roadsides with a fleeting, dappled brilliance. The history of Polkville is intertwined with the agricultural legacy of the region, its economy once rooted deeply in cotton and timber. While those industries have shifted, the spirit of resourcefulness remains, now finding expression in small businesses and a quiet dedication to community. The land itself, shaped by the persistent flow of small creeks and tributaries that eventually feed into larger waterways, has always been the primary architect of life here. There are no grand pronouncements of historical significance, no towering monuments, but rather a steady, enduring presence, a testament to generations who have worked this ground and built their lives under the wide, often brilliant, Mississippi sky.
Live animated radar for Polkville 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 | Polkville, Smith County, Mississippi |
| Coordinates | 32.193761°N, 89.692573°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 39117 |
| Area Code | 601 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Polkville, Mississippi Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Polkville, 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 Polkville includes coordinates 32.193761°N, 89.692573°W, situated in Smith County. ZIP code 39117. 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.
