Rutledge, Missouri Weather
Rutledge, Missouri — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Rutledge, Scotland County.
Full aviation weather for Rutledge is published on the Memphis Memorial Airport (K03D) page, 19 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 Rutledge 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 Rutledge: Kahoka Municipal Airport (K0H7) 34 km · Lewis County Regional Airport (K6M6) 40 km · Kirksville Regional Airport (KIRK) 46 km · Keosauqua Municipal Airport (K6K9) 48 km · Bloomfield Municipal Airport (K4K6) 55 km
Conditions reported at K03D describe the airfield itself. Weather 19 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Rutledge specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Rutledge.
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.
Live animated radar for Rutledge 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 | 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 | September 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, 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 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. 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.
