New Madrid, Missouri Weather
New Madrid, Missouri — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for New Madrid, New Madrid County.
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About New Madrid, Missouri
New Madrid lies low and wide along the Mississippi River, a place where the broad, brown water dictates the horizon and the air carries the humid breath of the South. It lies 33.5 miles north-west of Crockett, TN (from Crockett, TN: bearing 307°T), and is situated 4.9 miles east of Lilbourn. The land itself is a gentle, almost imperceptible slope towards the great river, a fertile plain shaped by centuries of alluvial deposits. Here, the sky seems to stretch on forever, a vast canvas painted with the soft pastels of dawn and the deep, bruised purples of twilight, a light that seems to linger longer than elsewhere, as if reluctant to depart. Cypress trees, their knees like ancient knuckles, stand sentinel along the muddy banks, and the quiet hum of insects forms the constant soundtrack to life in this riverine landscape. This is a region deeply marked by the earth's own powerful tremors, famously the New Madrid earthquakes of 1811-1812 that reshaped the very contours of the land, even momentarily reversing the river's flow. The economy of New Madrid has always been tied to the lifeblood of the Mississippi, from its early days as a steamboat hub to the present-day barge traffic carrying agricultural bounty. Cotton fields still unfurl across the flatlands, their white bolls a familiar sight against the deep green of summer, and the rhythm of the seasons dictates the planting and the harvest. The town retains a quiet dignity, a sense of enduring history that whispers from its older buildings and the stoic faces of its people, a resilience forged in the crucible of both natural forces and human endeavor.
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| Location | New Madrid, New Madrid County, Missouri |
| Coordinates | 36.586449°N, 89.527855°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 63869 |
| Area Code | 816 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This New Madrid, Missouri Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for New Madrid, 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 New Madrid includes coordinates 36.586449°N, 89.527855°W, situated in New Madrid County. ZIP code 63869. 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.
