Carthage, Missouri Weather
Carthage, Missouri — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Carthage, Jasper County.
Full aviation weather for Carthage is published on the Joplin Regional Airport (KJLN) 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 Carthage 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 Carthage: Kingsley Airfield (KMO9) 34 km · Lamar Municipal Airport (KLLU) 35 km · Mount Vernon Municipal Airport (K2MO) 40 km · Monett Regional Airport (KHFJ) 40 km · Neosho Hugh Robinson Airport (KEOS) 41 km
Conditions reported at KJLN describe the airfield itself. Weather 17 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Carthage specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Carthage.
About Carthage, Missouri
Carthage spreads across a landscape that gently slopes, hinting at the underlying limestone that defines this corner of Jasper County. It lies 12.9 miles east-north-east of Joplin, MO (from Joplin, MO: bearing 60°T), and is situated 8.7 miles east-north-east of Webb City. Fields of corn and soybeans, a patchwork of emerald and gold under the wide Missouri sky, stretch towards horizons broken by the occasional cluster of oak and hickory trees. The air here, especially in the late afternoon, carries a sweet, earthy scent, a blend of sun-baked soil and ripening crops, and the light, as it begins to soften, seems to linger, bathing the rolling terrain in a warm, honeyed hue. Even the wind, rustling through the tall grasses at the edges of fields, seems to carry a quiet murmur, a subtle song of the land. This place, Carthage, carries the echoes of a robust mining past, its very foundations built on the extracted wealth of zinc and lead. The legacy of those subterranean endeavors is still visible, not just in the scarred earth, but in the sturdy, unpretentious architecture of its older neighborhoods, buildings that stand as quiet testaments to a bygone era of hard work and shared fortunes. Today, the economy thrives on agriculture and a growing manufacturing sector, a steady hum that underpins the unhurried rhythm of daily life. Visitors often find themselves drawn to the historic courthouse square, a focal point of civic life where the past and present of Carthage converge, a place where conversations flow as freely as the nearby streams.
Live animated radar for Carthage 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.
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| Location | Carthage, Jasper County, Missouri |
| Coordinates | 37.176447°N, 94.310223°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 64836 |
| Area Code | 816 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Carthage, Missouri Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Carthage, 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 Carthage includes coordinates 37.176447°N, 94.310223°W, situated in Jasper County. ZIP code 64836. 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.
