Shawneetown, Missouri Weather
Shawneetown, Missouri — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Shawneetown, Cape Girardeau County.
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About Shawneetown, Missouri
Shawneetown rests in a broad, fertile valley, its character a gentle confluence of rolling hills and the patient, wide Missouri River. It lies 18.5 miles north-north-west of Cape Girardeau, MO (from Cape Girardeau, MO: bearing 337°T), and is situated 9.9 miles west-south-west of Grand Tower. The air here, especially in the late afternoon, carries a moist sweetness, a blend of damp earth and the distant scent of ripening corn, the kind of air that settles deep into the lungs. The landscape unfolds with a quiet deliberation, fields of green and gold stretching towards a horizon often softened by a haze that hints at the river’s constant, humid breath. Barns, weathered to shades of faded red and grey, punctuate the land like stoic sentinels, their roofs catching the sun in a way that suggests a quiet resilience. The history of Shawneetown is deeply entwined with the very arteries of the land, a story whispered by the river's ebb and flow. Once a significant port and a hub of commerce, its fortunes have been shaped by the mighty Mississippi, which brought steamboats laden with goods and travelers, and by the floods that have, at times, reshaped its very foundations. The echoes of its past as a vital trading post, a place where goods and ideas converged, still linger in the broader, more open spaces that now define its economy, a landscape reliant on agriculture and the quiet hum of local enterprise. This enduring spirit, this connection to the earth and the water, is what lends Shawneetown its distinctive, unhurried grace, a place where the past is not so much forgotten as it is integrated into the present.
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| Location | Shawneetown, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri |
| Coordinates | 37.551161°N, 89.652043°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 63755 |
| Area Code | 816 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Shawneetown, Missouri Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Shawneetown, 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 Shawneetown includes coordinates 37.551161°N, 89.652043°W, situated in Cape Girardeau County. ZIP code 63755. 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.
