Sunrise Beach, Missouri — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Sunrise Beach, Camden County.
Full aviation weather for Sunrise Beach is published on the Grand Glaize Osage Beach Airport (K15) page, 12 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 Sunrise Beach 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 Sunrise Beach: Lee C Fine Memorial Airport (KAIZ) 22 km · Camdenton Memorial Airport (KOZS) 24 km · Eldon Model Airpark (KH79) 28 km · Richland Municipal Airport (KMO1) 47 km · Warsaw Municipal Airport (KRAW) 52 km
Conditions reported at K15 describe the airfield itself. Weather 12 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Sunrise Beach specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Sunrise Beach.
Sunrise Beach unfolds along the western edge of the Lake of the Ozarks, a place where the water’s deep blue expanse meets a landscape of rolling hills and densely wooded coves. It lies 43.1 miles south-west of Jefferson City, MO (from Jefferson City, MO: bearing 230°T), and is situated 9.2 miles west of Osage Beach. The air here carries the scent of pine needles and damp earth, particularly after a summer shower, and the light, especially as it slants through the trees in the late afternoon, has a warm, honeyed quality that settles over the scattered homes and marinas. Steep bluffs, cloaked in oak and hickory, plunge towards the shoreline, their shadows deepening as the sun begins its descent, painting the western sky in hues of apricot and rose. The water itself, a vast, meandering liquid highway, dictates the rhythm of life, its surface often a mirror reflecting the endless sky, or at other times, rippled by the passage of boats and the whisper of a lakeside breeze. The history of Sunrise Beach is intrinsically tied to the creation of the Lake of the Ozarks, a monumental undertaking that transformed the Osage River valley into a recreational paradise. Before the dam, this land was a quieter, more agrarian place, its economy rooted in farming and small-scale logging. Now, the local economy thrives on tourism and the services that cater to the steady stream of visitors drawn to the lake’s abundant opportunities for boating, fishing, and watersports. Marinas dot the shoreline, their docks alive with the gleam of polished fiberglass and the hum of activity, a modern testament to the enduring allure of this watery heartland. The character of Sunrise Beach is one of relaxed informality, a place where summer days stretch long and the evening air often carries the distant, cheerful sounds of laughter and music drifting from lakeside patios.
Live animated radar for Sunrise Beach 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 | Sunrise Beach, Camden County, Missouri |
| Coordinates | 38.175864°N, 92.784355°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 65079 |
| Area Code | 573 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Sunrise Beach, 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 Sunrise Beach includes coordinates 38.175864°N, 92.784355°W, situated in Camden County. ZIP code 65079. 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.