Lupus, Missouri — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Lupus, Moniteau County.
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Lupus exists as a quiet ripple on the Missouri landscape, its presence marked by the gentle slope of the land towards the Missouri River's broad, indifferent flow. It lies 9.7 miles south-west of Columbia, MO (from Columbia, MO: bearing 221°T), and is situated 17.9 miles east-south-east of Boonville. Rolling hills, softened by decades of cultivation and scattered stands of oak and hickory, define its immediate surroundings, giving way to the wider, more open vistas of central Missouri. The air here carries a particular stillness, especially in the late afternoon, when the sun, beginning its descent, casts long, elongated shadows that seem to pool in the hollows of the fields. The houses of Lupus, modest and weathered, huddle together as if for warmth, their porches often occupied by figures watching the slow procession of clouds drift across the vast, pale blue sky. The history of Lupus is inextricably linked to the rich, dark soil that has sustained it. Early settlers, drawn by the promise of fertile farmland, established homesteads along the river's tributaries, their lives shaped by the cycles of planting and harvest. The local economy, historically rooted in agriculture, still sees the sway of corn and soybean fields as a defining feature, though the subtle hum of distant machinery hints at a more diversified present. Old barns, their red paint faded to a soft rust, stand as silent sentinels to generations of toil, while the occasional weathered sign for a long-gone general store whispers of a time when Lupus was a more bustling hub. The very quietude of Lupus today feels like a deliberate choice, a gentle resistance to the clamor of the outside world, a place where the loudest sounds are often the wind rustling through the trees or the distant call of a bird.
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| Location | Lupus, Moniteau County, Missouri |
| Coordinates | 38.846145°N, 92.453242°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 65046 |
| Area Code | 573 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Lupus, 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 Lupus includes coordinates 38.846145°N, 92.453242°W, situated in Moniteau County. ZIP code 65046. 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.