Fordland, Missouri Weather
Fordland, Missouri — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Fordland, Webster County.
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About Fordland, Missouri
Fordland unfolds across a gentle swell of Ozark foothills, where the land breathes a quiet, verdant sigh under a sky that often stretches to an astonishing, cloud-swept blue. It lies 20.1 miles east-south-east of Springfield, MO (from Springfield, MO: bearing 101°T), and is situated 6.9 miles east-north-east of Rogersville. The terrain here is a study in subtle contours, a mosaic of fields that rise and fall with the earth's patient undulation, interspersed with stands of oak and hickory that cast long, shifting shadows. A sense of rootedness pervades the air, a feeling that the very soil holds a deep, unspoken knowledge of seasons past and present. The quality of light, particularly in the late afternoon, possesses a honeyed warmth, gilding the edges of the trees and lending a soft luminescence to the winding country lanes that thread through the landscape. The history of Fordland is bound to the fertile lands that drew early settlers, a place where agriculture has long been the bedrock of its identity. While the echoes of its founding are subtle, the enduring spirit of self-reliance and community persists, a quiet testament to generations who have worked this earth. The local economy, while diverse, retains a strong connection to the agricultural traditions, with produce from surrounding farms finding its way to local markets and beyond. Fordland's character is not one of grand pronouncements, but of enduring presence, a place where the rhythm of life is dictated by the slow turning of the seasons and the steadfast pulse of a community that knows its own quiet strength.
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| Location | Fordland, Webster County, Missouri |
| Coordinates | 37.15755°N, 92.940731°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 65652 |
| Area Code | 417 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Fordland, Missouri Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Fordland, 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 Fordland includes coordinates 37.157550°N, 92.940731°W, situated in Webster County. ZIP code 65652. Telephone area code: 417. 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.
