Thaxton, Mississippi Weather
Thaxton, 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 Thaxton, Pontotoc County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Thaxton. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Thaxton is published on the Pontotoc County Airport (K22M) page, 13 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. 5 airfields within reach of Thaxton 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 Thaxton: New Albany Union County Airport (KM72) 30 km · University Oxford Airport (KUOX) 34 km · Ripley Airport (K25M) 48 km · Water Valley Municipal Airport (K33M) 49 km
Conditions reported at K22M describe the airfield itself. Weather 13 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Thaxton specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Thaxton.
About Thaxton, Mississippi
Thaxton rests in a landscape sculpted by the slow, patient work of water and time, where the loamy soil yields readily to the plow. It lies 19.9 miles east-south-east of Oxford, MS (from Oxford, MS: bearing 102°T), and is situated 9.4 miles west-south-west of Ecru. Gentle hills, clad in a verdant tapestry of mixed hardwoods and pines, roll towards the horizon, their slopes softened by the humid air that often hangs thick and sweet after a summer rain. Creeks, mere whispers of water in the dry months, swell into purposeful currents, their banks thick with cane and the rustle of unseen creatures. The sky here is a vast, generous dome, often bruised with the deep purples and fiery oranges of a coming storm, or washed in the pearly luminescence of a clear dawn. The story of Thaxton is written in its fields and the quiet tenacity of its people. For generations, cotton and corn have been the bedrock of its economy, their cycles dictating the rhythm of life. Though the fields may have seen shifts in their bounty, the spirit of agricultural endeavor persists, a quiet testament to the land's enduring generosity. Small family farms, some tracing their lineage back to the earliest settlers, still dot the countryside, their weathered barns standing sentinel against the ever-present green. The occasional rumble of a passing train, a sound that has echoed through Thaxton for over a century, carries with it the faint scent of distant places, a reminder of connections forged in a world that moves with a different, more urgent haste.
Live animated radar for Thaxton 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 | Thaxton, Pontotoc County, Mississippi |
| Coordinates | 34.307606°N, 89.178125°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 38871 |
| Area Code | 662 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Thaxton, Mississippi Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Thaxton, 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 Thaxton includes coordinates 34.307606°N, 89.178125°W, situated in Pontotoc County. ZIP code 38871. 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.
