Rawls Springs, Mississippi Weather
Rawls Springs, 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 Rawls Springs, Forrest County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Rawls Springs. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Rawls Springs is published on the Hattiesburg Laurel Regional Airport (KPIB) page, 10 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 Rawls Springs 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 Rawls Springs: Hattiesburg Bobby L Chain Municipal Airport (KHBG) 17 km · Shelby Auxiliary Field One (KSH1) 27 km · Hesler Noble Field (KLUL) 38 km · I H Bass Jr Memorial Airport (K4R1) 42 km · Columbia-Marion County Airport (K0R0) 43 km
Conditions reported at KPIB describe the airfield itself. Weather 10 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Rawls Springs specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Rawls Springs.
About Rawls Springs, Mississippi
Rawls Springs breathes a quiet, humid air, thick with the scent of pine and damp earth, a place where the land rolls with a gentle, persistent generosity. It lies 6.1 miles north-west of Hattiesburg, MS (from Hattiesburg, MS: bearing 308°T), and is situated 7.0 miles west-north-west of Petal. The landscape here is a study in muted greens and earthy browns, a tapestry woven from the dense growth of the pine forests and the occasional clearing where sunlight falls in broad, golden swaths. Creeks, their banks often softened by moss and fallen leaves, murmur their way through the terrain, their waters carrying the slow, deliberate pulse of the region. The sky above, when it breaks free from the canopy, often holds a diffused, pearly light, especially in the late afternoon, casting long shadows that stretch and soften the contours of the land, making the very air feel substantial. The history of Rawls Springs is as deeply rooted as the ancient oaks that dot its periphery, a story whispered by the very soil and the slow-moving waters. Once a place of sustenance and quiet living, its economy has long been tied to the bounty of the surrounding forests, the scent of freshly cut timber a familiar perfume on the breeze. While the larger economic engines of the state hum elsewhere, Rawls Springs retains a character shaped by generations who understood the intimate relationship between the land and livelihood. It is a place where the past feels present, not in grand monuments, but in the enduring spirit of its people and the quiet dignity of a life lived in close communion with nature's steady rhythms.
Live animated radar for Rawls Springs 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 | Rawls Springs, Forrest County, Mississippi |
| Coordinates | 31.380728°N, 89.371452°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 39402 |
| Area Code | 601 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Rawls Springs, Mississippi Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Rawls Springs, 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 Rawls Springs includes coordinates 31.380728°N, 89.371452°W, situated in Forrest County. ZIP code 39402. 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.
