Ridgeway, Missouri Weather
Ridgeway, Missouri — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Ridgeway, Harrison County.
Full aviation weather for Ridgeway is published on the Lamoni Municipal Airport (KLWD) page, 28 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. 3 airfields within reach of Ridgeway 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 Ridgeway: Albany Municipal Airport (K19) 36 km · Trenton Municipal Airport (KTRX) 44 km
Conditions reported at KLWD describe the airfield itself. Weather 28 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Ridgeway specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Ridgeway.
About Ridgeway, Missouri
Ridgeway rests in a land where the sky seems to stretch on forever, a quiet sentinel of northern Missouri’s rolling terrain. It lies 63.9 miles north-east of Saint Joseph, MO (from Saint Joseph, MO: bearing 49°T), and is situated 9.0 miles north-north-east of Bethany. The landscape here is a gentle yielding of earth, a soft topography sculpted by eons of wind and water, where fields of corn and soybeans unfurl like green and gold carpets under the vast, pale blue. Farmhouses, their paint often weathered to the color of dried straw, dot the horizon like scattered seeds, their silos reaching towards the clouds, silent sentinels against the wide-open expanse. The air itself carries a crispness, especially in the early mornings when a fine mist can cling to the low-lying hollows, lending a hushed, almost sacred quality to the awakening day. The history of Ridgeway is tied to the sturdy, independent spirit of those who settled these lands, drawn by the promise of fertile soil and a life built on hard work. For generations, agriculture has been the lifeblood of Ridgeway, the rhythmic cycles of planting and harvest dictating the pulse of the community. While larger industries have largely bypassed this corner of Harrison County, the local economy thrives on a deep-rooted connection to the land. A discerning eye might notice the occasional weathered barn, its timbers whispering tales of earlier harvests, or the small, unassuming general store that serves as a gathering place, its worn floorboards holding the echoes of countless conversations. This is a place where the past is not a distant memory but a quiet presence, woven into the everyday fabric of life.
Live animated radar for Ridgeway 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 | Ridgeway, Harrison County, Missouri |
| Coordinates | 40.378058°N, 93.936895°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 64481 |
| Area Code | 816 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Ridgeway, Missouri Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Ridgeway, 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 Ridgeway includes coordinates 40.378058°N, 93.936895°W, situated in Harrison County. ZIP code 64481. 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.
