Oak Ridge, Missouri Weather
Oak Ridge, Missouri — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Oak Ridge, Cape Girardeau County.
Full aviation weather for Oak Ridge is published on the Cape Girardeau Regional Airport (KCGI) page, 34 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. 3 airfields within reach of Oak Ridge 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 Oak Ridge: Perryville Regional Airport (KPCD) 42 km · Southern Illinois Airport (KMDH) 52 km
Conditions reported at KCGI describe the airfield itself. Weather 34 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Oak Ridge specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Oak Ridge.
About Oak Ridge, Missouri
Oak Ridge rises from the rolling Missouri landscape, a place where the earth swells and dips like a slumbering giant. It lies 17.8 miles north-west of Cape Girardeau, MO (from Cape Girardeau, MO: bearing 319°T), and is situated 8.9 miles north-north-west of Jackson. The land here is a mosaic of cultivated fields and woodlands, the latter thick with the enduring strength of oak and hickory, their branches often draped with the silver-green of Spanish moss in the warmer months. Sunlight filters through the dense canopy, dappling the forest floor with shifting patterns, and in the evening, the air grows heavy with the scent of damp earth and the distant hum of insects. The terrain itself suggests a patient sculpting, a slow yielding to the forces of wind and water over millennia, creating a quiet, unassuming beauty that speaks of deep roots and a grounded existence. The history of Oak Ridge is etched into the very character of its people and the land they tend. This is a place where agriculture has long been the lifeblood, with generations of families working the fertile soil, coaxing bounty from the earth through a blend of tradition and hard-won knowledge. The local economy still leans heavily on the cultivation of crops and livestock, a steady pulse that beats beneath the surface of everyday life. While no grand monuments mark its past, the quiet persistence of the community itself is a testament to its resilience. The air here carries the faint, sweet scent of drying hay in the summer and the crisp bite of woodsmoke in the autumn, a sensory reminder of the enduring connection to the land that defines Oak Ridge.
Live animated radar for Oak Ridge 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 | Oak Ridge, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri |
| Coordinates | 37.501161°N, 89.72982°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 63877, 65625, 64744, 63755 |
| Area Code | 816 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Oak Ridge, Missouri Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Oak Ridge, 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 Oak Ridge includes coordinates 37.501161°N, 89.729820°W, situated in Cape Girardeau County. ZIP code 63877, 65625, 64744, 63755. 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. 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.
