Ritchey, Missouri Weather
Ritchey, Missouri — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Ritchey, Newton County.
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About Ritchey, Missouri
Ritchey settles into a gentle embrace of the Ozark foothills, where the land rolls with a patient grace, hinting at the ancient forces that shaped it. It lies 20.5 miles east-south-east of Joplin, MO (from Joplin, MO: bearing 118°T), and is situated 4.2 miles east-north-east of Granby. The air here carries the clean scent of pine needles and damp earth, a constant reminder of the surrounding woodlands that spill across the horizon in a verdant tide. Fields, often a patchwork of sun-bleached grasses and emerging green shoots, stretch between the scattered farmsteads, their fences tracing the contours of the terrain. Small creeks, sometimes mere whispers of water over smooth stones, weave through the hollows, their banks often fringed with wild plum and tenacious sumac. The sky above Ritchey is a vast canvas, particularly at dusk, when the western heavens burn with a soft, diffused light that bleeds into shades of lavender and rose, casting long, languid shadows across the quiet landscape. The history of Ritchey is etched not in grand monuments, but in the enduring agricultural spirit that has long defined this corner of Newton County. Generations have worked this soil, coaxing sustenance from its generous, if sometimes stubborn, heart. The local economy, while modest, still finds its pulse in the cultivation of crops and the raising of livestock, a connection to the land that remains palpable. The echoes of earlier endeavors, perhaps a forgotten general store or a long-vanished blacksmith shop, are subtly present in the weathered barns and the quiet lanes. There's a distinct sense of continuity here, a feeling that the rhythms of life in Ritchey have been shaped by the seasons and the steady, unhurried passage of time, much like the very stones that form the creek beds.
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| Location | Ritchey, Newton County, Missouri |
| Coordinates | 36.944231°N, 94.184937°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 64844 |
| Area Code | 816 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Ritchey, Missouri Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Ritchey, 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 Ritchey includes coordinates 36.944231°N, 94.184937°W, situated in Newton County. ZIP code 64844. 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.
