Richmond, Missouri Weather
Richmond, Missouri — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Richmond, Ray County.
Full aviation weather for Richmond is published on the Midwest National Air Center Airport (KGPH) page, 29 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 Richmond 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 Richmond: Higginsville Industrial Municipal Airport (KHIG) 34 km · East Kansas City Airport (K3GV) 36 km · Carrollton Memorial Airport (K26) 41 km · Lee's Summit Municipal Airport (KLXT) 49 km · Charles B. Wheeler Downtown Airport (KMKC) 56 km
Conditions reported at KGPH describe the airfield itself. Weather 29 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Richmond specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Richmond.
About Richmond, Missouri
Richmond lies in the rolling heart of Missouri, a landscape shaped by the patient work of water and wind. It lies 23.8 miles east of Liberty, MO (from Liberty, MO: bearing 84°T), and is situated 8.3 miles north-west of Lexington. Here, the land rises and falls in broad, green swells, fields of corn and soybeans stretching out like a rumpled quilt under a sky that often feels immense, particularly in the quiet glow of late afternoon. The air carries the scent of fertile earth and, when the wind shifts, the faint, sweet perfume of ripening crops. Old oak trees, their branches gnarled and reaching, stand sentinel along the edges of pastures, their shadows lengthening across the fields as evening approaches. The character of Richmond is one of quiet resilience, a place where the seasons dictate the pace and the land itself is a constant, enduring presence. The history of Richmond is deeply entwined with the agricultural bounty of Ray County, a story told in the weathered barns and the enduring spirit of its people. Founded in the mid-19th century, the town grew alongside the fertile soil, its economy built on the cultivation of the land. It was a stopping point for those heading westward, a place of rest and replenishment before the long journey. Today, while agriculture remains a cornerstone, Richmond also supports a modest but vital network of local businesses, from the hardware store that knows its customers by name to the cafes where morning coffee is a ritual. The town square, with its courthouse and modest storefronts, serves as the unhurried nucleus of daily life, a place where conversations are easy and the past is never far from the present.
Live animated radar for Richmond 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.
Source: NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East · Public domain · Auto-updates on page reload
| Location | Richmond, Ray County, Missouri |
| Coordinates | 39.278622°N, 93.976888°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 64085 |
| Area Code | 816 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Richmond, Missouri Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Richmond, 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 Richmond includes coordinates 39.278622°N, 93.976888°W, situated in Ray County. ZIP code 64085. 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.
