Chilhowee, Missouri Weather
Chilhowee, Missouri — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Chilhowee, Johnson County.
Full aviation weather for Chilhowee is published on the Skyhaven Airport (KRCM) page, 22 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 Chilhowee 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 Chilhowee: Clinton Memorial Airport (KGLY) 30 km · Whiteman Air Force Base (KSZL) 31 km · Lawrence Smith Memorial Airport (KLRY) 43 km · Warsaw Municipal Airport (KRAW) 52 km · Butler Memorial Airport (KBUM) 54 km
Conditions reported at KRCM describe the airfield itself. Weather 22 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Chilhowee specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Chilhowee.
About Chilhowee, Missouri
Chilhowee spreads itself across a landscape of rolling Missouri farmland, where the land gently slopes toward the wide, slow-moving Missouri River. It lies 36.1 miles south-east of Lee's Summit, MO (from Lee's Summit, MO: bearing 128°T), and is situated 8.6 miles west of Leeton. The air here, especially after a rain, carries the deep, rich scent of turned earth and ripening corn, a perfume that clings to the broad fields and the scattered groves of oak and hickory. Sunsets can be a spectacle, bleeding hues of bruised purple and fiery orange across the vast, open sky, painting the silos and barn roofs in strokes of ephemeral gold. The character of Chilhowee is one of quiet persistence, a place where the seasons dictate the pace of life, and the horizon feels like an ever-present companion. The history of Chilhowee is tied to the fertile lands that have sustained generations, a place where farming has always been the bedrock of its economy, from the early days of corn and cattle to the modern era of soybeans and hog operations. The nearby Missouri River, a grand artery of the continent, once facilitated steamboat traffic, though that era has faded, leaving behind a ghost of commerce in the quietude of the waterway. While no grand monuments mark its past, the weathered barns and the sturdy, unpretentious homes speak of a lineage of hard work and resilience. The local character is one of practicality, tempered by a neighborly spirit, where community events, often tied to the agricultural calendar, bring people together under the vast, indifferent sky of central Missouri.
Live animated radar for Chilhowee 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 | Chilhowee, Johnson County, Missouri |
| Coordinates | 38.588904°N, 93.854383°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 64733 |
| Area Code | 816 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Chilhowee, Missouri Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Chilhowee, 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 Chilhowee includes coordinates 38.588904°N, 93.854383°W, situated in Johnson County. ZIP code 64733. 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.
