Prairie Home, Missouri Weather
Prairie Home, Missouri — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Prairie Home, Cooper County.
Full aviation weather for Prairie Home is published on the Jesse Viertel Memorial Airport (KVER) page, 17 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 Prairie Home 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 Prairie Home: Columbia Regional Airport (KCOU) 32 km · Jefferson City Memorial Airport (KJEF) 45 km · Eldon Model Airpark (KH79) 50 km · Elton Hensley Memorial Airport (KFTT) 51 km · Sedalia Memorial Airport (KDMO) 52 km
Conditions reported at KVER describe the airfield itself. Weather 17 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Prairie Home specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Prairie Home.
About Prairie Home, Missouri
Prairie Home unfolds across a landscape of gentle, rolling farmland, where the earth breathes a quiet, fertile sigh under an immense Missouri sky. It lies 16.8 miles south-west of Columbia, MO (from Columbia, MO: bearing 235°T), and is situated 13.8 miles south-east of Boonville. The land here is a study in soft contours, a mosaic of cultivated fields that stretch towards horizons often softened by the haze of distant summer heat. Oak and hickory trees, sturdy and ancient, punctuate the fields like weathered sentinels, their branches reaching out to embrace the wide-open spaces. In the cool of the evening, the air hangs heavy with the scent of freshly turned soil and the faint perfume of ripening corn, a sensory signature of this place. The history of Prairie Home is as deeply rooted as the old oaks that grace its fields, a story of settlers drawn to the rich, dark soil that promised sustenance and a new beginning. Agriculture has long been the lifeblood of Prairie Home, with generations of families cultivating the land, their livelihoods tied to the predictable cycles of planting and harvest. While no grand monuments mark its past, the quiet dignity of weathered barns and the enduring patterns of farmsteads whisper tales of resilience and hard work. The local economy, though modest, thrives on this agricultural foundation, a testament to the enduring strength of community and the bounty of the land.
Live animated radar for Prairie Home 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 | Prairie Home, Cooper County, Missouri |
| Coordinates | 38.813085°N, 92.590467°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 65068 |
| Area Code | 573 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Prairie Home, Missouri Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Prairie Home, 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 Prairie Home includes coordinates 38.813085°N, 92.590467°W, situated in Cooper County. ZIP code 65068. Telephone area code: 573. 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.
