Sturgeon, Missouri Weather
Sturgeon, Missouri — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for Sturgeon, Boone County.
Full aviation weather for Sturgeon is published on the Omar N Bradley Airport (KMBY) page, 29 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 Sturgeon 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 Sturgeon: Mexico Memorial Airport (KMYJ) 41 km · Columbia Regional Airport (KCOU) 47 km · Jesse Viertel Memorial Airport (KVER) 47 km · Elton Hensley Memorial Airport (KFTT) 50 km · Macon Fowler Memorial Airport (KK89) 57 km
Conditions reported at KMBY describe the airfield itself. Weather 29 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Sturgeon specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Sturgeon, Missouri
Sturgeon sits in Boone County, a place where the land begins to gently roll, hinting at the deeper Missouri River valley to the south. It lies 19.7 miles north of Columbia, MO (from Columbia, MO: bearing 8°T), and is situated 7.8 miles west-north-west of Centralia. The fields here, a patchwork of emerald and gold depending on the season, stretch toward horizons softened by the humid air, the kind that hangs heavy and sweet after a summer rain. Oak and hickory trees, stout and weathered, punctuate the landscape, their branches reaching out like ancient arms, offering shade to the quiet lanes that wind between farms. There’s a stillness to Sturgeon, a sense of patient waiting, as if the land itself is breathing slow and deep, absorbing the sun and the passing clouds. The history of Sturgeon is tied to the rich soil and the westward push of settlement, a quiet testament to generations who have worked this land. Early on, agriculture was the lifeblood, with corn and soybeans still forming the backbone of the local economy, their stalks rustling secrets in the breeze. Railroad tracks, long since quieted, once carried the bounty of these fields to distant markets, a reminder of a more connected past. Today, Sturgeon retains a character shaped by those who call it home, a community that values its roots and the simple dignity of a life lived close to the earth, where the scent of freshly turned soil is as familiar as the distant hum of a tractor.
Live animated radar for Sturgeon 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 | Sturgeon, Boone County, Missouri |
| Coordinates | 39.234207°N, 92.280733°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 65284 |
| Area Code | 573 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Sturgeon, Missouri Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Sturgeon, 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 Sturgeon includes coordinates 39.234207°N, 92.280733°W, situated in Boone County. ZIP code 65284. 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. 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.
