Union, Mississippi Weather
Union, 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 Union, Lee County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Union. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Union is published on the Tupelo Regional Airport (KTUP) page, 17 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 Union 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 Union: Okolona Municipal Airport Richard Stovall Field (K5A4) 18 km · Monroe County Airport (KM40) 34 km · Pontotoc County Airport (K22M) 40 km · Houston Municipal Airport (KM44) 47 km · Booneville-Baldwyn Airport (K8M1) 48 km
Conditions reported at KTUP describe the airfield itself. Weather 17 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Union specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Union.
About Union, Mississippi
Union rests in a landscape of gentle, rounded hills, where the earth exhales a humid, green breath under the vast Mississippi sky. It lies 7.8 miles south-south-east of Tupelo, MS (from Tupelo, MS: bearing 148°T), and is situated 5.5 miles east-south-east of Verona. Broadleaf forests, thick with the scent of pine and damp soil, spill down toward meandering creeks, their waters catching the sun in fleeting, silver glints. The air itself feels soft, a warm embrace that carries the distant hum of cicadas and the rustle of leaves. Fields, stitched with emerald pastures and the richer tones of cultivated earth, stretch across the valleys, punctuated by the occasional cluster of weathered farmhouses and barns that stand like stoic sentinels against the horizon. The light here, especially in the late afternoon, bathes everything in a honeyed glow, softening edges and lending a quiet dignity to the rolling terrain. The history of Union is written in the land’s persistent agricultural character, a legacy of cotton fields and family farms that have shaped its identity for generations. While the rhythms of rural life still hold sway, echoes of earlier industries, perhaps timber or small-scale milling, can be felt in the sturdy, unpretentious architecture that lines its main thoroughfares. The local economy, deeply rooted in the bounty of the surrounding countryside, finds expression in roadside stands selling ripe produce and the quiet buzz of activity at the local grain elevator. Union’s distinctive charm lies not in grand monuments, but in the enduring spirit of its people and the quiet resilience of a place that has weathered the passage of time with a steadfast, unhurried grace.
Live animated radar for Union 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 | Union, Lee County, Mississippi |
| Coordinates | 34.160941°N, 88.631716°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 39149, 39479, 39116, 39365 |
| Area Code | 601 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Union, Mississippi Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Union, 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 Union includes coordinates 34.160941°N, 88.631716°W, situated in Lee County. ZIP code 39149, 39479, 39116, 39365. 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.
