St. Joseph, Missouri Weather
St. Joseph, Missouri — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for St. Joseph, Buchanan County.
Full aviation weather for St. Joseph is published on the Rosecrans Memorial Airport (KSTJ) page, 5 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. 5 airfields within reach of St. Joseph 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 St. Joseph: Triple R Airport (K0C1) 32 km · Sherman Army Air Field (KFLV) 45 km · Cameron Memorial Airport (KEZZ) 49 km · Kansas City International Airport (KMCI) 53 km
Conditions reported at KSTJ describe the airfield itself. Weather 5 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at St. Joseph specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About St. Joseph, Missouri
St. Joseph unfolds along the bluffs where the Missouri River, a restless, muddy serpent, has long dictated the currents of life. The landscape here is a study in contrasts, a gentle rolling terrain that suddenly drops away to the wide, often turbulent, waterway, its surface reflecting the vast, ever-changing sky. The air, especially on a humid summer evening, carries the scent of damp earth and distant mown hay, a sweetness tinged with the industrial hum that still whispers from the older parts of the city. Streets climb and descend with a determined, almost defiant, spirit, lined with a mixture of grand Victorian homes, their porches wide enough to hold a summer’s conversation, and the more modest, sturdy dwellings of working families, all bearing the patina of seasons endured. This is a city that remembers its roots as a gateway, a place where fortunes were made and lost with the westward expansion. The Pony Express, a fleeting but legendary burst of speed and communication, began its epic journey from St. Joseph, a history etched into the very stones of its oldest buildings, which now house museums and antique shops. The river’s bounty, once hauled in by steamboats, has been replaced by a more diverse economy, with manufacturing and agriculture still holding sway, though the echoes of its booming railroad past are never far from earshot. St. Joseph’s character is that of a survivor, a place that has weathered economic storms and demographic shifts, retaining a quiet pride and a resilience evident in the enduring charm of its historic districts and the enduring spirit of its people.
Live animated radar for St. Joseph 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.
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| Location | St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri |
| Coordinates | 39.768605°N, 94.846632°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 64501, 64503 |
| Area Code | 816 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This St. Joseph, Missouri Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for St. Joseph, 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 St. Joseph includes coordinates 39.768605°N, 94.846632°W, situated in Buchanan County. ZIP code 64501, 64503. 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.
