Whitewater, Missouri Weather
Whitewater, Missouri — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Whitewater, Cape Girardeau County.
Full aviation weather for Whitewater is published on the Cape Girardeau Regional Airport (KCGI) page, 20 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 Whitewater 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 Whitewater: Sikeston Memorial Municipal Airport (KSIK) 43 km · Dexter Municipal Airport (KDXE) 53 km · Cairo Regional Airport (KCIR) 55 km · Mississippi County Airport (KCHQ) 59 km
Conditions reported at KCGI describe the airfield itself. Weather 20 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Whitewater specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Whitewater.
About Whitewater, Missouri
Whitewater exists as a quiet breath held between rolling Missouri hills, where the land slopes gently toward the slow, meandering flow of the Whitewater River. It lies 16.0 miles west-south-west of Cape Girardeau, MO (from Cape Girardeau, MO: bearing 253°T), and is situated 8.7 miles west-north-west of Chaffee. Here, the air carries the scent of damp earth and ripening corn, a perpetual promise of harvest. Sunlight, when it breaks through the humid haze of summer, falls in thick, golden shafts, illuminating the weathered barns and the sturdy, unassuming homes that dot the landscape. The terrain itself is a study in subtle curves, a landscape that feels less sculpted by dramatic forces and more patiently shaped by the slow persistence of water and wind. The roads, often lined with ancient oaks and maples, twist and turn with the contours of the land, leading you past fields of soybeans and wheat that ripple like a sea under the vast, ever-present sky. The history of Whitewater is etched not in grand monuments, but in the quiet endurance of its people and the land they have worked for generations. This was a place shaped by agriculture, where the rhythms of planting and reaping dictated the pace of life, a tradition that still holds sway, evident in the silos that punctuate the horizon and the tractors that hum along country lanes. The Whitewater River, the namesake and lifeblood of the locality, has always been central, its waters once crucial for transport and now a tranquil presence, offering a cooling respite on sweltering afternoons. While the larger forces of industry have largely passed this pocket of Missouri by, Whitewater retains a distinct character, a place where the past whispers in the rustle of leaves and the present unfolds with a quiet, persistent grace.
Live animated radar for Whitewater 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.
Source: NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East · Public domain · Auto-updates on page reload
| Location | Whitewater, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri |
| Coordinates | 37.237553°N, 89.795928°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 63785 |
| Area Code | 816 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Whitewater, Missouri Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Whitewater, 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 Whitewater includes coordinates 37.237553°N, 89.795928°W, situated in Cape Girardeau County. ZIP code 63785. 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.
