Stockton, Missouri Weather
Stockton, Missouri — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Stockton, Cedar County.
Full aviation weather for Stockton is published on the Stockton Municipal Airport (KMO3) 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. 4 airfields within reach of Stockton 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 Stockton: El Dorado Springs Memorial Airport (K87K) 25 km · Bolivar Municipal Airport (KM17) 41 km · Kingsley Airfield (KMO9) 54 km
Conditions reported at KMO3 describe the airfield itself. Weather 5 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Stockton specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Stockton.
About Stockton, Missouri
Stockton unfolds across rolling Ozark foothills, a landscape painted in shades of verdant green that deepen as summer progresses. It lies 43.2 miles north-west of Springfield, MO (from Springfield, MO: bearing 321°T), and is situated 17.4 miles south-east of El Dorado Springs. The land here doesn't rise in dramatic peaks, but rather in patient, rounded swells, softened by a generous rainfall that nourishes thick stands of oak and hickory. Creek beds, often dry in the late heat, trace silver veins through the valleys, hinting at the abundance of water that shapes the region when the skies open. The air, especially in the early morning, carries the clean scent of damp earth and the faint, sweet perfume of wild honeysuckle, a testament to the fertile soil. Life in Stockton moves with a deliberate, unhurried grace, mirroring the slow, steady flow of the nearby Sac River. The roots of Stockton run deep, intertwined with the agricultural heritage of Cedar County. For generations, the rich bottomlands and surrounding hills have yielded bountiful harvests, with cattle grazing on vast pastures and fields of corn and soybeans stretching towards the horizon. This agrarian spirit still forms the backbone of Stockton's economy, evident in the local feed stores and the occasional rumble of a tractor on a country road. The town itself, a collection of sturdy brick buildings and welcoming storefronts, retains a sense of its past, though the digital age has certainly found its way into the quiet routines. A distinctive landmark is the Cedar County Courthouse, a solid, imposing structure that has presided over the town's affairs for many years, a silent witness to the ebb and flow of life in this corner of the Ozarks.
Live animated radar for Stockton 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 | Stockton, Cedar County, Missouri |
| Coordinates | 37.698928°N, 93.796044°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 65785 |
| Area Code | 417 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Stockton, Missouri Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Stockton, 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 Stockton includes coordinates 37.698928°N, 93.796044°W, situated in Cedar County. ZIP code 65785. Telephone area code: 417. 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.
