Rich Hill, Missouri Weather
Rich Hill, Missouri — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Rich Hill, Bates County.
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About Rich Hill, Missouri
Rich Hill rises from the rolling Missouri landscape with a quiet dignity, its streets laid out with a practical geometry that speaks of a town built with purpose. It lies 50.3 miles south of Belton, MO (from Belton, MO: bearing 169°T), and is situated 17.8 miles north of Nevada. The sky here feels vast, a boundless canvas where clouds drift like slow ships across an ocean of blue. Gently rounded hills, cloaked in a patchwork of cultivated fields and scattered woodlands, cradle the town, their slopes catching the sun in shifting patterns of light and shadow. The air, especially in the early morning, carries the clean scent of damp earth and growing things, a subtle perfume that hints at the fertile ground beneath. In the distance, the land stretches out, a testament to the agricultural heart that beats at Rich Hill's core. The history of Rich Hill is deeply entwined with the earth it occupies, a legacy shaped by the discovery of coal in its subsurface. For a time, this black treasure fueled a boom, drawing miners and their families to carve out a life in these hills, leaving behind a quiet resilience in the town's enduring spirit. Though the mines have long since ceased their clatter, the echoes of that industrial past remain, a subtle undercurrent in the present-day economy, which now leans heavily on the bounty of the surrounding farmlands. Corn and soybeans stretch to the horizon, their ordered rows a familiar sight that defines the seasons. The local character is one of unvarnished practicality, a straightforwardness born of generations who understood the honest work of cultivating the land and extracting its gifts.
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| Location | Rich Hill, Bates County, Missouri |
| Coordinates | 38.096419°N, 94.361062°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 64779 |
| Area Code | 816 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Rich Hill, Missouri Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Rich Hill, 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 Rich Hill includes coordinates 38.096419°N, 94.361062°W, situated in Bates County. ZIP code 64779. 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.
