Shelby, Mississippi Weather
Shelby, 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 Shelby, Bolivar County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Shelby. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Shelby is published on the Cleveland Municipal Airport (KRNV) 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. 4 airfields within reach of Shelby 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 Shelby: Ruleville Drew Airport (KM37) 30 km · Indianola Municipal Airport (KIDL) 52 km · Mid Delta Regional Airport (KGLH) 56 km
Conditions reported at KRNV describe the airfield itself. Weather 21 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Shelby specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Shelby.
About Shelby, Mississippi
Shelby rests in the broad embrace of the Mississippi Delta, a landscape defined by the patient work of water and soil. It lies 41.0 miles north-north-east of Greenville, MS (from Greenville, MS: bearing 24°T), and is situated 5.5 miles north-north-west of Mound Bayou. The land itself is a study in flatness, stretching out in vast, fertile rectangles of cotton and corn, punctuated by the occasional stand of ancient oaks or the silvery shimmer of a slow-moving bayou. The air here, especially in the languid afternoons of summer, carries the scent of damp earth and ripening crops, a palpable thickness that seems to absorb sound and slow the hurried pulse of the outside world. Dusk paints the western sky in hues of bruised plum and pale gold, reflecting softly on the still waters of drainage ditches that crisscross the fields like veins, carrying the lifeblood of this agrarian heart. This is a place shaped by the deep currents of history, where the echoes of the past mingle with the quiet hum of present-day life. Shelby’s story is intrinsically tied to the fertile soil that has sustained generations, its economy historically rooted in the cultivation of cotton, a crop that has both blessed and burdened this region. Though the landscape may seem unchanging, the rhythm of life in Shelby has shifted with the times, from the era of sharecropping to the more mechanized farming of today. The presence of the Mississippi River, though some distance away, is a constant reminder of the powerful forces that have carved this land and shaped the lives of those who call Shelby home, a quiet testament to resilience and enduring connection to the earth.
Live animated radar for Shelby 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 | Shelby, Bolivar County, Mississippi |
| Coordinates | 33.950944°N, 90.767878°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 38774 |
| Area Code | 662 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Shelby, Mississippi Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Shelby, 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 Shelby includes coordinates 33.950944°N, 90.767878°W, situated in Bolivar County. ZIP code 38774. 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.
