Monticello, Missouri Weather
Monticello, Missouri — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Monticello, Lewis County.
Full aviation weather for Monticello is published on the Lewis County Regional Airport (K6M6) page, 3 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 Monticello 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 Monticello: Rueter Airfield (K93M) 32 km · Kahoka Municipal Airport (K0H7) 34 km · Keokuk Municipal Airport (KEOK) 45 km · Quincy Regional Airport Baldwin Field (KUIN) 48 km · Hannibal Regional Airport (KHAE) 49 km
Conditions reported at K6M6 describe the airfield itself. Weather 3 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Monticello specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Monticello.
About Monticello, Missouri
Monticello lies cradled in the rolling terrain of northeastern Missouri, where the land exhales a scent of damp earth and sun-baked corn stalks. It lies 20.4 miles north-west of Quincy, IL (from Quincy, IL: bearing 308°T), and is situated 7.8 miles north of Ewing. The landscape here is a study in gentle swells and broad, open fields, a quilt stitched with emerald pastures and fields of gold, broken by the darker, more intimate embrace of scattered woodlands. The sky, vast and often a brilliant, almost startling blue, stretches to horizons that seem to recede with every breath. Even in the quiet hum of a summer afternoon, there’s a palpable sense of space, of air that carries the distant murmur of tractors and the chirping chorus of unseen insects. The light, especially as it begins its slow descent towards evening, casts long, painterly shadows that soften the edges of the world, turning the familiar into something subtly, beautifully strange. This corner of Lewis County, where Monticello makes its home, whispers tales of a simpler past, of pioneers who carved their livelihoods from this fertile soil. The economy, then as now, is intrinsically tied to the land, with agriculture forming the sturdy backbone of its existence; corn and soybeans are king, their endless rows marching across the undulating earth. While grand historical pronouncements might be scarce, Monticello’s character is etched in the enduring spirit of its residents and the quiet dignity of its well-maintained homes. The very air seems to hold the memory of generations who have worked these fields, their lives a slow, steady rhythm dictated by the seasons, a testament to the enduring allure of the American heartland.
Live animated radar for Monticello 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 | Monticello, Lewis County, Missouri |
| Coordinates | 40.118377°N, 91.712107°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 63457 |
| Area Code | 314 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Monticello, Missouri Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Monticello, 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 Monticello includes coordinates 40.118377°N, 91.712107°W, situated in Lewis County. ZIP code 63457. Telephone area code: 314. Timezone: Central Time (America/Chicago).
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.
