Slater, Missouri Weather
Slater, Missouri — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery for Slater, Saline County.
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About Slater, Missouri
Slater rests in the broad, rolling embrace of Missouri's agricultural heartland, a place where the sky feels vast and the land exhales a scent of turned earth and ripening corn. It lies 43.5 miles west-north-west of Columbia, MO (from Columbia, MO: bearing 295°T), and is situated 9.5 miles north-east of Marshall. The terrain here is a gentle, persistent swell, not dramatic peaks but the soft, rounded shoulders of ancient hills, draped in fields of soybeans and wheat that shimmer with an almost liquid quality under the wide, cerulean dome. A quiet hum of cicadas fills the air on summer afternoons, a sound as intrinsic to the place as the deep, dark loam that nourishes its bounty. The houses, often painted in muted blues and greys, seem to lean into the landscape, their porches offering a silent invitation to watch the slow procession of clouds drift across the horizon, each one a fleeting masterpiece against the boundless blue. The story of Slater is inextricably linked to the railroad's arrival, a ribbon of steel that stitched this quiet corner of Saline County to the wider world, spurring its growth as a vital hub for grain and livestock. For generations, the rhythm of life here has been dictated by the seasons and the demands of the farm, a steady, predictable cadence that underpins the local economy. While the tracks still whisper of bygone eras, the spirit of industry endures, evident in the grain elevators that stand as sentinels against the skyline, their metal skins catching the golden light of late afternoon. This is a place where community ties are strong, forged in shared harvests and the quiet understanding that comes from living in a landscape that has shaped generations, a subtle resilience woven into the very fabric of Slater.
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| Location | Slater, Saline County, Missouri |
| Coordinates | 39.21808°N, 93.069085°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 65349 |
| Area Code | 573 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Slater, Missouri Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Slater, 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 Slater includes coordinates 39.218080°N, 93.069085°W, situated in Saline County. ZIP code 65349. 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.
