Leadwood, Missouri Weather
Leadwood, Missouri — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery for Leadwood, St. Francois County.
Flight conditions near Leadwood. Data source: locating…
About Leadwood, Missouri
Leadwood rests in the rolling Ozark hills, a place where the land itself seems to hold its breath, its slopes softened by a persistent green. It lies 44.5 miles south-south-west of Oakville, MO (from Oakville, MO: bearing 201°T), and is situated 4.2 miles west-north-west of Park Hills. The sky above Leadwood often stretches in vast, unbroken sheets of blue, punctuated by the slow drift of clouds that cast fleeting shadows across the undulating terrain. Here, the air carries the scent of damp earth and pine, a fragrance deepened by the humid embrace of summer afternoons and the crisp clarity of autumn mornings. The very character of the place is one of quiet endurance, a landscape shaped by the steady hand of nature and a populace accustomed to the rhythms of the seasons. Sunlight, when it pierces the dense canopy of oaks and hickories that crown the higher ridges, falls in luminous shafts, illuminating patches of ferns and the occasional flash of a startled deer. The history of Leadwood is etched deep into the very stone of this region, a testament to the mineral wealth that once drew souls to its embrace. The legacy of lead and zinc mining, though largely a memory now, has left its indelible mark, shaping the local economy and the stoic character of its people. The echoes of pickaxes and the rumble of ore carts have long since faded, replaced by the hum of a more modern, albeit still modest, economic life. The land, once scarred by industry, now reclaims itself, its hillsides dotted with homes that speak of generations who have weathered boom and bust. The nearby St. Francois River, a ribbon of cool water, offers a different kind of solace, its banks a place for quiet contemplation and the occasional hopeful cast of a fishing line, a subtle reminder of the enduring natural beauty that underpins this corner of Missouri.
Live animated radar for Leadwood 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 | Leadwood, St. Francois County, Missouri |
| Coordinates | 37.867273°N, 90.593182°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 63653 |
| Area Code | 816 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Leadwood, Missouri Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Leadwood, 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 Leadwood includes coordinates 37.867273°N, 90.593182°W, situated in St. Francois County. ZIP code 63653. 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. 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.
