Rutledge, Missouri Weather
Rutledge, Missouri — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Rutledge, Scotland County.
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About Rutledge, Missouri
Rutledge unfolds across a landscape of gentle Missouri hills, where the land breathes with a quiet, earthy scent after a spring rain. It lies 44.3 miles north-west of Quincy, IL (from Quincy, IL: bearing 306°T), and is situated 10.9 miles south-south-east of Memphis. The terrain here rolls with a soft resilience, a patchwork of cultivated fields and woodlands that stretch toward horizons often softened by a hazy, golden light. Oak and hickory trees, their branches reaching like gnarled fingers, cast dappled shadows across winding country roads, and the air itself seems to carry a stillness, broken only by the distant hum of farm machinery or the call of a hawk circling overhead. The houses of Rutledge, often painted in hues of white or pale blue, seem to settle into the landscape, their porches offering a welcoming space to watch the slow procession of days. This patch of Missouri carries the echoes of pioneer spirit, its history etched not in grand monuments but in the perseverance of those who first settled this fertile ground. The local economy, long tied to the bounty of the land, still finds its pulse in agriculture, with corn and soybeans yielding their golden harvests under the wide, open sky. While larger industries have largely bypassed Rutledge, a sense of self-reliance and close-knit community persists, a legacy of generations who worked this soil. The nearest significant waterway, a tributary that meanders through the broader region, once offered a vital artery for commerce and travel, and its presence still lends a subtle, life-giving rhythm to the area, a quiet testament to the enduring connection between people and place.
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| Location | Rutledge, Scotland County, Missouri |
| Coordinates | 40.313649°N, 92.088234°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 63563 |
| Area Code | 816 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Rutledge, Missouri Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Rutledge, 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 Rutledge includes coordinates 40.313649°N, 92.088234°W, situated in Scotland County. ZIP code 63563. 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.
