Wilson, Missouri Weather
Wilson, Missouri — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Wilson, Adair County.
Full aviation weather for Wilson is published on the Kirksville Regional Airport (KIRK) page, 14 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. 3 airfields within reach of Wilson 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 Wilson: Macon Fowler Memorial Airport (KK89) 38 km · Memphis Memorial Airport (K03D) 44 km
Conditions reported at KIRK describe the airfield itself. Weather 14 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Wilson specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Wilson.
About Wilson, Missouri
Wilson rests in a broad, green valley where the land begins its slow, steady rise toward the north and east. It lies 52.3 miles west of Quincy, IL (from Quincy, IL: bearing 280°T), and is situated 6.4 miles east-north-east of Laplata. The fields here are a patchwork of amber and emerald, broken by the darker green of distant treelines that hug the low ridges. In the spring, wildflowers add splashes of unexpected color to the shoulders of the roads, and the air carries the damp, earthy scent of awakening soil. Summer brings a hazy golden light that softens the edges of the landscape, and the evenings are often filled with the chirping chorus of unseen insects. The sky over Wilson is vast, a canvas that stretches from horizon to horizon, and the clouds, when they gather, paint dramatic, shifting patterns across its expanse. The history of Wilson is tied to the fertile ground that surrounds it, a place where generations have cultivated crops and raised livestock. The local economy still leans heavily on agriculture, with grain elevators standing as silent sentinels along the rail lines, a reminder of the harvests that have sustained this part of Adair County. Old farmhouses, weathered by sun and wind, dot the countryside, whispering of families who have called this place home for decades. There's a quiet resilience in Wilson, a steady rhythm of life that moves with the seasons, punctuated by the occasional gathering at the community hall or the hum of machinery in the fields.
Live animated radar for Wilson 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 | Wilson, Adair County, Missouri |
| Coordinates | 40.066425°N, 92.383521°W |
| Timezone | Central Time |
| ZIP Code(s) | 63540 |
| Area Code | 816 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Wilson, Missouri Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Wilson, 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 Wilson includes coordinates 40.066425°N, 92.383521°W, situated in Adair County. ZIP code 63540. Telephone area code: 816. Timezone: Central Time.
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.
