Cobalt, Missouri Weather
Cobalt, Missouri — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for Cobalt, Madison County.
Full aviation weather for Cobalt is published on the Farmington Regional Airport (KFAM) page, 27 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 Cobalt 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 Cobalt: Bismarck Memorial Airport (KH57) 38 km · Bonne Terre Municipal Airport (K1BT) 49 km · Perryville Regional Airport (KPCD) 52 km · Washington County Airport (K8WC) 58 km · Piedmont Municipal Airport (KPYN) 60 km
Conditions reported at KFAM describe the airfield itself. Weather 27 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Cobalt specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Cobalt, Missouri
Cobalt rests in a landscape of rolling Ozark hills, where the dense green of oak and hickory forests spills down to meet the clear, cool waters of the St. Francois River. It lies 45.3 miles west-north-west of Cape Girardeau, MO (from Cape Girardeau, MO: bearing 292°T), and is situated 1.1 miles south-south-east of Fredericktown. The air here, especially in the late afternoons of summer, hangs thick with the scent of pine needles and damp earth, a quiet perfume that seems to settle into the very bones of the land. The terrain is a study in contrasts: sudden, steep ravines give way to broad, sun-drenched clearings, and the persistent murmur of the river acts as a constant, grounding soundtrack to the lives lived within Cobalt's embrace. The light, when it filters through the canopy, paints shifting mosaics on the forest floor, and the distant call of a crow can echo for miles, a lonely punctuation mark in the stillness. This corner of Madison County carries the deep, resonant hum of a history tied to the earth and its hidden riches. For generations, the mineral veins beneath Cobalt’s soil have dictated its fortunes, a legacy that still whispers in the weathered facades of older buildings and the stoic endurance of its people. The local economy, once fueled by the extraction of valuable ores, has since diversified, with agriculture and small businesses now forming the backbone of Cobalt’s livelihood. While the boom times of mining may have receded, a palpable sense of continuity remains, a quiet pride in the resilience of this place and the enduring spirit of its inhabitants, who understand the subtle language of the hills and the patient flow of the river.
Live animated radar for Cobalt 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 | Cobalt, Madison County, Missouri |
| Coordinates | 37.5454°N, 90.2876°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 63645 |
| Area Code | 816 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Cobalt, Missouri Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Cobalt, 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 Cobalt includes coordinates 37.545400°N, 90.287600°W, situated in Madison County. ZIP code 63645. 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.
