Cardwell, Missouri Weather
Cardwell, Missouri — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery for Cardwell, Dunklin County.
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About Cardwell, Missouri
Cardwell rests in the low, fertile plains of Dunklin County, where the land itself seems to sigh with a gentle, almost imperceptible swell. It lies 11.4 miles east of Paragould, AR (from Paragould, AR: bearing 94°T), and is situated 7.9 miles north-north-west of Leachville. The horizon here is a generous sweep, often softened by the haze of summer heat or the muted glow of a distant sunset, where the sky bleeds into the flat expanse of fields. Towering cottonwood trees, their leaves a vibrant green in the warmer months and a burnished gold in autumn, stand sentinel along the occasional drainage ditch or bordering the scattered farmsteads. The air, particularly in the early morning or late afternoon, carries the rich, earthy scent of turned soil and ripening crops, a testament to the land's enduring productivity. Even the silence here has a texture, a deep stillness broken only by the drone of cicadas or the distant rumble of a tractor. The story of Cardwell is deeply intertwined with the agricultural bounty of the Bootheel region, a place where the rich alluvial soil has long been the bedrock of its economy. For generations, the rhythm of life in Cardwell has been dictated by the planting and harvesting cycles, with cotton and soybeans being the dominant crops that carpet the surrounding landscape for miles. The faint, almost ghostly echoes of an earlier era can still be felt in the weathered barns and the occasional abandoned silo, remnants of a time when farming was perhaps even more a way of life than a business. While the agricultural legacy remains strong, the quiet industriousness of its residents underpins the daily life of Cardwell, a steady hum of activity that sustains its modest presence in this corner of Missouri.
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| Location | Cardwell, Dunklin County, Missouri |
| Coordinates | 36.047013°N, 90.292878°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 63829 |
| Area Code | 816 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Cardwell, Missouri Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Cardwell, 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 Cardwell includes coordinates 36.047013°N, 90.292878°W, situated in Dunklin County. ZIP code 63829. 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. 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.
