Meta, Missouri Weather
Meta, Missouri — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Meta, Osage County.
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Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Meta.
About Meta, Missouri
Meta rests in a valley where the Osage River, a serpent of brown water, curves its way through rolling hills. It lies 18.3 miles south of Jefferson City, MO (from Jefferson City, MO: bearing 179°T), and is situated 6.8 miles north-east of St. Elizabeth. The land here is a patchwork of green fields, some neat and ordered, others wild with the untamed growth of Missouri’s heartland, all under a sky that can shift from the pale, washed-out blue of midday to the deep, bruised purples of evening. Ancient oaks, their branches like gnarled fingers, stand sentinel on the slopes, and the air, especially after a rain, carries the damp, earthy perfume of fertile soil. The houses of Meta are scattered with a comfortable, unhurried grace, often sporting broad porches that invite lingering, and the general store, a low-slung building with a faded sign, serves as the quiet nucleus of daily life. This pocket of Osage County holds echoes of a time when steamboats plied the Osage, bringing goods and travelers to its burgeoning settlements, a history now largely confined to weathered photographs and the faint, persistent murmur of the river’s flow. The economy, then as now, is tied to the land, with agriculture forming the backbone of the community, the rhythm of planting and harvest dictating the slow, steady pulse of the seasons. While no grand monuments mark its past, the enduring spirit of resilience and self-sufficiency, born from generations who worked this soil, is the true distinctive character of Meta. The landscape itself, with its gentle but persistent inclines and the ever-present presence of the Osage, shapes the lives and the quiet pride of those who call Meta home.
Live animated radar for Meta 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.
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| Location | Meta, Osage County, Missouri |
| Coordinates | 38.312537°N, 92.16601°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 65058 |
| Area Code | 573 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Meta, Missouri Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Meta, 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 Meta includes coordinates 38.312537°N, 92.166010°W, situated in Osage County. ZIP code 65058. 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.
