Shannon, Mississippi Weather
Shannon, 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 Shannon, Lee County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Shannon. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Shannon is published on the Okolona Municipal Airport Richard Stovall Field (K5A4) page, 11 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 Shannon 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 Shannon: Tupelo Regional Airport (KTUP) 18 km · Monroe County Airport (KM40) 34 km · Pontotoc County Airport (K22M) 35 km · Houston Municipal Airport (KM44) 38 km · Booneville-Baldwyn Airport (K8M1) 53 km
Conditions reported at K5A4 describe the airfield itself. Weather 11 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Shannon specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Shannon.
About Shannon, Mississippi
Shannon lies in a landscape shaped by the slow, persistent sculpting of water and time. It lies 9.8 miles south of Tupelo, MS (from Tupelo, MS: bearing 183°T), and is situated 5.4 miles south of Verona. The terrain here, a gentle rise and fall of loamy soil, is rich with the promise of growth, marked by the serpentine whisper of Willow Creek threading its way through the heart of the land. Fields of cotton and corn stretch out under a sky that can shift from a pale, washed-out blue to the bruised purples of an approaching thunderstorm, the air often carrying the faint, sweet scent of ripening crops. Ancient oaks, their branches gnarled like the hands of timekeepers, stand sentinel along the roadsides, their leaves rustling with secrets of seasons past. Even in the stillness, a subtle hum of life persists, a quiet thrum of cicadas and the distant drone of tractors. The story of Shannon is one of resilience, rooted in the agricultural cycles that have sustained this corner of Mississippi for generations. Its economy, once heavily reliant on cotton cultivation, now finds a footing in diverse industries, a testament to the adaptability of its people. The echoes of its past, when families carved out lives from the fertile earth, can still be felt in the enduring sense of community and the unhurried pace of daily life. While grand monuments are few, the real distinction of Shannon lies in its unassuming character, its quiet endurance, and the deep connection its residents hold to the land that cradles them.
Live animated radar for Shannon 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 | Shannon, Lee County, Mississippi |
| Coordinates | 34.11622°N, 88.711718°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 38868 |
| Area Code | 662 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Shannon, Mississippi Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Shannon, 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 Shannon includes coordinates 34.116220°N, 88.711718°W, situated in Lee County. ZIP code 38868. Telephone area code: 662. 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.
