Canton, Missouri Weather
Canton, Missouri — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Canton, Lewis County.
Full aviation weather for Canton is published on the Lewis County Regional Airport (K6M6) page, 14 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 Canton 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 Canton: Rueter Airfield (K93M) 32 km · Quincy Regional Airport Baldwin Field (KUIN) 35 km · Kahoka Municipal Airport (K0H7) 36 km · Keokuk Municipal Airport (KEOK) 38 km · Hannibal Regional Airport (KHAE) 46 km
Conditions reported at K6M6 describe the airfield itself. Weather 14 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Canton specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Canton.
About Canton, Missouri
Canton rests in a broad, green swell of northeast Missouri, where the land begins its gentle tilt towards the Mississippi River. It lies 14.7 miles north-north-west of Quincy, IL (from Quincy, IL: bearing 337°T), and is situated 6.2 miles north of La Grange. The terrain here is a study in subtle contours, a rolling tapestry of fields and woodlands that catch the light in shifting patterns. Oak and hickory trees, their branches reaching with the quiet persistence of ages, fringe the cultivated land, their leaves a vibrant symphony of greens in summer and a fiery farewell in autumn. The air itself carries a clean, earthy scent, especially after a rain, a damp whisper of soil and growing things. The Mississippi, a blue-grey ribbon of immense presence, is never far, its broad currents shaping the very character of the horizon. The history of Canton is interwoven with the great river that defines its eastern edge, a waterway that has served as both highway and barrier for centuries. Originally settled by pioneers drawn to the fertile bottomlands, Canton became a vital steamboat port in the 19th century, its wharves bustling with trade and the echoes of distant towns. The local economy, once heavily reliant on river traffic and agriculture, has since diversified, though farming remains a bedrock. Today, the presence of Culver-Stockton College lends a youthful energy to Canton, its students adding a contemporary hum to the enduring quietude. The riverfront, though less a hub of commerce than in its heyday, still offers a sense of connection to the vastness of the American heartland, a place where the sky feels impossibly wide and the past whispers in the rustling leaves.
Live animated radar for Canton 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 | Canton, Lewis County, Missouri |
| Coordinates | 40.130394°N, 91.519933°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 63435 |
| Area Code | 314 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Canton, Missouri Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Canton, 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 Canton includes coordinates 40.130394°N, 91.519933°W, situated in Lewis County. ZIP code 63435. Telephone area code: 314. 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.
