Fulton, Missouri Weather
Fulton, Missouri — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Fulton, Callaway County.
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About Fulton, Missouri
Fulton rests in a landscape of rolling hills, where the fertile soil of central Missouri yields to broad fields of corn and soybeans that stretch towards the horizon. It lies 22.0 miles east-south-east of Columbia, MO (from Columbia, MO: bearing 109°T), and is situated 17.4 miles east-north-east of Ashland. The air here, especially in the late afternoon, carries the faint, sweet scent of cut hay and the distant hum of tractors, a constant reminder of the land's enduring bounty. Oak and hickory trees, their branches reaching wide like ancient arms, punctuate the edges of these cultivated expanses, offering dappled shade that shifts with the slow procession of the sun. The sky above Fulton often opens up into vast, pale blue expanses, occasionally broken by the dramatic sweep of clouds that promise rain or paint the evenings with hues of rose and gold. The story of Fulton is deeply entwined with its agricultural roots, a legacy that continues to shape its economy through farming and related industries. This is a place that remembers its past, from the early settlers who carved their homesteads from the wilderness to the steady growth that followed. The Missouri State Penitentiary, a formidable presence for many years, once defined a significant aspect of Fulton's industrial character, its imposing stone walls a stark counterpoint to the surrounding pastoral beauty. Today, Fulton continues to cultivate its unique identity, a blend of the hardworking spirit of the heartland and a quiet pride in its enduring community, where the pace of life allows for the simple, profound pleasures of a shared sunset or a neighborly wave.
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| Location | Fulton, Callaway County, Missouri |
| Coordinates | 38.846708°N, 91.947959°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 65251 |
| Area Code | 573 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Fulton, Missouri Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Fulton, 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 Fulton includes coordinates 38.846708°N, 91.947959°W, situated in Callaway County. ZIP code 65251. Telephone area code: 573. 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.
