Blanchard, Missouri Weather
Blanchard, Missouri — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Blanchard, Atchison County.
Full aviation weather for Blanchard is published on the Gould Peterson Municipal Airport (KK57) page, 19 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 Blanchard 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 Blanchard: Schenck Field (KICL) 23 km · Shenandoah Municipal Airport (KSDA) 26 km · Northwest Missouri Regional Airport (KEVU) 35 km · Red Oak Municipal Airport (KRDK) 49 km · Farington Field (K01) 53 km
Conditions reported at KK57 describe the airfield itself. Weather 19 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Blanchard specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Blanchard.
About Blanchard, Missouri
Blanchard rests in a landscape that breathes the quietude of rolling Missouri farmland, where the horizon stretches wide and the sky holds dominion. It lies 52.6 miles south-east of Bellevue, NE (from Bellevue, NE: bearing 137°T), and is situated 14.7 miles south-west of Clarinda. The land here is a patient canvas, etched with the patient work of agriculture, its gentle slopes softened by fields of grain that ripple under the breeze like a vast, golden sea. The air itself carries a subtle, earthy scent, a blend of turned soil and the distant promise of rain, and as the day draws to a close, the light bleeds across the west in hues of peach and lavender, lending a painterly grace to the ordinary. Farmhouses, sturdy and weathered, stand as stoic sentinels against the open sky, their silhouettes sharp against the deepening twilight. The history of Blanchard is bound to the earth it cultivates, a story unfolding with the seasons of planting and harvest. For generations, the fertile soil has sustained this corner of Atchison County, its economy woven from the sturdy threads of farming, primarily corn and soybeans. The quiet hum of agricultural machinery is the town's most consistent soundtrack, a testament to the enduring connection between its people and the land. While grand monuments are absent, the enduring spirit of self-reliance and community can be felt in the unhurried pace of life, a character forged by the shared endeavor of coaxing sustenance from the Missouri soil. The very essence of Blanchard is its groundedness, a place where the rhythm of the earth dictates the pulse of everyday existence.
Live animated radar for Blanchard 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 | Blanchard, Atchison County, Missouri |
| Coordinates | 40.5749°N, 95.2109°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 64498 |
| Area Code | 816 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Blanchard, Missouri Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Blanchard, Missouri, 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 Blanchard includes coordinates 40.574900°N, 95.210900°W, situated in Atchison County. ZIP code 64498. Telephone area code: 816. 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.
