Sedalia, Missouri Weather
Sedalia, Missouri — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery for Sedalia, Pettis County.
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About Sedalia, Missouri
Sedalia rests in the heart of Pettis County, a place where the broad Missouri prairie begins to softly roll, not in dramatic swells but in a comforting, persistent undulation. It lies 51.1 miles west-south-west of Columbia, MO (from Columbia, MO: bearing 251°T), and is situated 7.5 miles west-north-west of Smithton. The sky here feels immense, a vast canvas that can shift from a pale, washed-out blue on a humid summer afternoon to a dramatic, bruised purple as storms gather on the horizon. Fields of corn and soybeans stretch out in orderly rectangles, their green ranks whispering secrets to the wind, punctuated by the darker, more textured stands of oak and hickory that line the occasional creek beds. The air, especially in the late afternoon, often carries the faint, sweet scent of cut hay, a perfume of the land that clings to the very fabric of Sedalia. This locality, once a vital hub on the Missouri Pacific Railroad, still echoes with the ghosts of its bustling past. Sedalia's founding was intrinsically linked to the iron horse, and the legacy of that era can be felt in the sturdy brick architecture that still graces the downtown streets, a quiet testament to prosperity and progress. The local economy, while diversifying, retains strong roots in agriculture, with the surrounding countryside yielding bountiful harvests that feed the nation. Beyond the fields, Sedalia has cultivated a reputation for its vibrant music scene, particularly its connection to ragtime, a lively, syncopated sound that once filled parlors and dance halls and whose spirit can still be found in the town's cultural pulse.
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| Location | Sedalia, Pettis County, Missouri |
| Coordinates | 38.704461°N, 93.228261°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 65301, 65302 |
| Area Code | 573 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Sedalia, Missouri Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Sedalia, 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 Sedalia includes coordinates 38.704461°N, 93.228261°W, situated in Pettis County. ZIP code 65301, 65302. Telephone area code: 573. 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.
