Platte City, Missouri Weather
Platte City, Missouri — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Platte City, Platte County.
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About Platte City, Missouri
Platte City rises from the rolling Missouri landscape, a place where the sky feels vast and the air carries the scent of fertile earth. It lies 8.5 miles east-north-east of Leavenworth, KS (from Leavenworth, KS: bearing 61°T), and is situated 7.0 miles east-south-east of Weston. The terrain here is a gentle swell and dip, the land yielding to the patient work of agriculture, with broad fields of corn and soybeans stretching towards distant, tree-lined horizons. Even in the heart of Platte City, a quiet hum of activity persists, a steady pulse that resonates with the seasons. The light, particularly as it softens towards evening, casts a warm, golden hue across the weathered brick of older buildings and the well-tended lawns of suburban homes, creating a sense of enduring calm. The history of Platte City is deeply entwined with the fertile lands of Platte County, its economy long anchored by the bounty of its farms. Settlers, drawn by the rich soil and the proximity to vital waterways like the Missouri River, established a community that has grown and adapted while retaining its agricultural roots. While modern commerce has introduced new facets to Platte City, the legacy of its agrarian past is still palpable in the landscape and the character of its people. This enduring connection to the land, a quiet testament to generations of cultivation, imbues Platte City with a distinct, grounded spirit.
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| Location | Platte City, Platte County, Missouri |
| Coordinates | 39.370277°N, 94.782461°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 64079 |
| Area Code | 816 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Platte City, Missouri Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Platte 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 Platte City includes coordinates 39.370277°N, 94.782461°W, situated in Platte County. ZIP code 64079. 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.
