Phelps City, Missouri Weather
Phelps City, Missouri — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Phelps City, Atchison County.
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About Phelps City, Missouri
Phelps City rests on the western edge of Atchison County, where the land begins its slow, broad surrender to the Missouri River. It lies 52.9 miles south-south-east of Bellevue, NE (from Bellevue, NE: bearing 163°T), and is situated 4.3 miles west of Rock Port. The terrain here is a gentle, rolling prairie, a vast canvas of cultivated fields that stretch towards the horizon, broken only by the occasional cluster of cottonwood trees that stand like sentinels against the immense sky. In the summer, the air hums with the low thrum of cicadas, a constant, warm breath that carries the scent of ripening corn and freshly turned earth. Winter brings a stark beauty, the fields bleached to shades of straw and dun, and the wind, unimpeded by major obstructions, sweeps across the open country with a keen, clean edge. The story of Phelps City is deeply intertwined with the mighty Missouri, a waterway that has shaped its fortunes and its very existence. Founded with the promise of river trade and agricultural prosperity, the settlement grew around the fertile bottomlands that have always been its lifeblood. The local economy, once reliant on steamboat traffic and the robust harvest of grain, now finds its pulse in the enduring rhythm of farming, the land yielding its bounty year after year. Though the grand old steamboats are long gone, the river's presence remains a constant, a broad, brown ribbon that whispers of journeys past and the enduring resilience of those who call Phelps City home.
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| Location | Phelps City, Atchison County, Missouri |
| Coordinates | 40.403335°N, 95.598599°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 64482 |
| Area Code | 816 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Phelps City, Missouri Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Phelps City, 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 Phelps City includes coordinates 40.403335°N, 95.598599°W, situated in Atchison County. ZIP code 64482. 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.
