Sheldon, Missouri Weather
Sheldon, Missouri — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Sheldon, Vernon County.
Full aviation weather for Sheldon is published on the Lamar Municipal Airport (KLLU) 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 Sheldon 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 Sheldon: Nevada Municipal Airport (KNVD) 22 km · El Dorado Springs Memorial Airport (K87K) 34 km · Stockton Municipal Airport (KMO3) 42 km · Fort Scott Municipal Airport (KFSK) 45 km · Atkinson Municipal Airport (KPTS) 45 km
Conditions reported at KLLU describe the airfield itself. Weather 19 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Sheldon specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Sheldon.
About Sheldon, Missouri
Sheldon rests in a broad, gentle embrace of Vernon County, where the land itself seems to sigh with a deep, earthy contentment. It lies 41.5 miles north-north-east of Joplin, MO (from Joplin, MO: bearing 17°T), and is situated 13.0 miles south-south-east of Nevada. Rolling hills, softened by decades of cultivation, give way to shallow draws and the occasional denser patch of oak and hickory, their leaves catching the prairie sunlight in a thousand fleeting glints. The air here, especially after a summer rain, carries the clean scent of damp soil and growing things, a pervasive perfume that clings to the wide, open skies. In the early morning, a pearly mist often hovers low in the hollows, lending a spectral beauty to the fields, and as dusk settles, the western horizon bleeds into hues of rose and lavender, painting the vast expanse with a quiet, painterly grace. The history of Sheldon is as deeply furrowed as the fields that surround it, a testament to generations who worked this fertile ground. Originally settled in the mid-19th century, its economy has long been anchored by agriculture, with corn and soybeans forming the backbone of its prosperity, their rows marching in disciplined lines across the landscape. The grain elevators, stark sentinels against the sky, speak of a bygone era of bustling trade, though their presence still lends a certain visual gravitas to the quietude of Sheldon. This is a place where the pace of life is dictated not by clocks, but by the turning of the seasons and the steady rhythm of the agricultural calendar, a tradition that continues to shape the character of its inhabitants, a community bound by shared roots and the enduring bounty of the land.
Live animated radar for Sheldon 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 | Sheldon, Vernon County, Missouri |
| Coordinates | 37.658099°N, 94.292726°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 64784 |
| Area Code | 816 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Sheldon, Missouri Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Sheldon, 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 Sheldon includes coordinates 37.658099°N, 94.292726°W, situated in Vernon County. ZIP code 64784. 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.
