Arab, Missouri Weather
Arab, Missouri — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Arab, Wayne County.
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About Arab, Missouri
Arab, Missouri, unfolds across rolling Ozark terrain, where the earth heaves and sighs into a landscape of wooded hills and narrow valleys. It lies 36.9 miles west-south-west of Cape Girardeau, MO (from Cape Girardeau, MO: bearing 244°T), and is situated 8.6 miles north-north-east of Puxico. The air here, especially after a summer rain, carries the damp, mineral scent of rich soil and the distant, sweet perfume of honeysuckle clinging to weathered fence posts. Sunlight, when it breaks through the dense canopy of oak and hickory, falls in shifting, golden columns that illuminate the rust-colored dust stirred by infrequent traffic on the county roads. It's a place where the land itself seems to possess a quiet, persistent character, shaped by the slow work of water and wind, where the horizon is often a soft, hazy blue, a gentle reminder of the vastness beyond the immediate, verdant embrace. The history of Arab is a quiet echo of the Ozark frontier, a place where subsistence farming and logging once held sway, leaving behind a legacy of resilience etched into the very bones of the land. The economy here, like so many small pockets in this region, has always been tied to the earth, though the nature of that connection has shifted over time. While the days of widespread timber camps may have faded, the agricultural spirit persists, with fields of corn and soybeans occasionally breaking the dense woodland, their green rows marching in orderly lines against the wilder backdrop. There isn’t a grand monument or a bustling tourist hub to draw the eye, but rather a subtle beauty in the enduring simplicity of life in Arab, a place where the rhythm of the seasons dictates the pace, and the enduring strength of the hills offers a constant, unspoken presence.
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| Location | Arab, Wayne County, Missouri |
| Coordinates | 37.070885°N, 90.119546°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 63787, 63461 |
| Area Code | 816, 314 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Arab, Missouri Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Arab, Missouri, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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 Arab includes coordinates 37.070885°N, 90.119546°W, situated in Wayne County. ZIP code 63787, 63461. Telephone area code: 816, 314. Timezone: Central Time (America/Chicago).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.
