Knox, Missouri Weather
Knox, Missouri — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Knox, Polk County.
Full aviation weather for Knox is published on the Bolivar Municipal Airport (KM17) 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 Knox 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 Knox: Stockton Municipal Airport (KMO3) 28 km · Springfield Branson National Airport (KSGF) 32 km · Kingsley Airfield (KMO9) 39 km · Downtown Airport (K3DW) 42 km · Buffalo Municipal Airport (KH17) 50 km
Conditions reported at KM17 describe the airfield itself. Weather 27 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Knox specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Knox.
About Knox, Missouri
Knox rests in a rolling landscape of southwestern Missouri, where the land begins its gentle dip towards the Ozark foothills. It lies 24.8 miles north-west of Springfield, MO (from Springfield, MO: bearing 316°T), and is situated 5.5 miles north-west of Walnut Grove. Here, the air carries the scent of damp earth and sun-baked pine, a fragrance that deepens as the afternoon sun slopes towards the horizon, casting long, attenuated shadows across the fields. The terrain is a patchwork of broad, cultivated fields, interspersed with stands of oak and hickory, their leaves rustling like secrets in the prevailing breeze. Small creeks, often little more than glistening ribbons in the summer heat, meander through the hollows, their banks lined with ferns and wild irises, adding a touch of emerald to the prevailing greens and golds of the countryside. The economy of Knox has long been tied to the fertile soil, with agriculture forming the bedrock of its existence; cattle graze placidly on the undulating pastures, and the golden stalks of corn stand sentinel in the late summer sun. Decades ago, the whispers of coal mining might have echoed through these hills, a testament to a more industrially driven past, though now the rhythm of life in Knox is dictated by the planting and harvesting seasons. The community itself possesses a quiet self-sufficiency, a character forged from generations of tending the land and weathering the seasons, where the pace of life unfurls with a comfortable, unhurried grace, and the local diner remains a steadfast hub for the day's unfolding stories.
Live animated radar for Knox 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 | Knox, Polk County, Missouri |
| Coordinates | 37.474487°N, 93.610482°W |
| Timezone | Central Time |
| ZIP Code(s) | 65601 |
| Area Code | 417 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Knox, Missouri Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Knox, 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 Knox includes coordinates 37.474487°N, 93.610482°W, situated in Polk County. ZIP code 65601. Telephone area code: 417. Timezone: Central Time.
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.
