Sunflower, Mississippi Weather
Sunflower, 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 Sunflower, Prentiss County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Sunflower. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Sunflower is published on the Booneville-Baldwyn Airport (K8M1) page, 12 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 Sunflower 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 Sunflower: Roscoe Turner Airport (KCRX) 28 km · Iuka Airport (K15M) 37 km · Tishomingo County Airport (K01M) 37 km · Ripley Airport (K25M) 43 km · New Albany Union County Airport (KM72) 45 km
Conditions reported at K8M1 describe the airfield itself. Weather 12 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Sunflower specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Sunflower.
About Sunflower, Mississippi
Sunflower rests in a broad, shallow valley, where the land begins to soften its edges after the more insistent rolling hills to the north. It lies 29.4 miles north-north-east of Tupelo, MS (from Tupelo, MS: bearing 17°T), and is situated 1.0 miles east-north-east of Booneville. The soil here, a rich, dark loam, holds the moisture of infrequent rains and the memory of generations of cultivation. Fields of cotton, their bolls like small, white clouds against the verdant stalks, stretch towards the horizon, punctuated by stands of mature pine and scattered oaks that offer a dappled shade. The air, especially in the late afternoon, carries the faint, sweet scent of blooming cotton and the earthy aroma of damp soil, a quiet exhalation from the land itself. The sky above Sunflower is a vast, ever-changing canvas, often holding a luminous quality at dusk, when the fading sunlight casts long, gentle shadows across the landscape. The history of Sunflower is deeply entwined with the agricultural bounty of this fertile plain. For decades, cotton was king, shaping the fortunes and the very character of the settlement, its influence still visible in the weathered barns and the enduring dedication to the crop. While the economy has diversified, the agrarian spirit persists, with some families continuing their ancestral ties to the land, cultivating not only cotton but also corn and soybeans. Local traditions, passed down through families, often revolve around the planting and harvest cycles, fostering a sense of shared experience and continuity. The pace of life in Sunflower is measured, dictated less by clocks and more by the slow turning of the seasons and the quiet hum of daily routines.
Live animated radar for Sunflower 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 | Sunflower, Prentiss County, Mississippi |
| Coordinates | 34.663984°N, 88.55144°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 38829, 38778 |
| Area Code | 662 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Sunflower, Mississippi Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Sunflower, 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 Sunflower includes coordinates 34.663984°N, 88.551440°W, situated in Prentiss County. ZIP code 38829, 38778. 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.
