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New Madrid, Missouri Weather

Cicadas claim the scorching afternoon. Day 14 of summer. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

New Madrid weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar

New Madrid, MO
Saturday, July 4 at 3:20 PM
93
°
Mostly Clear
Feels like
101°
Humidity
51%
Wind
7 mph
Sunrise
12:45 AM
Sunset
3:20 PM
New Madrid, MO
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastNew Madrid, MO: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 71 to 94 degrees Fahrenheit with a 20% chance of precipitation at 1 AM.
L 71°H 94°
New Madrid, MO
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 4
    Rain
    12%
    0.13″
    94°71°
  2. Sunday
    Jul 5
    Light Drizzle
    20%
    0.02″
    89°71°-5°
  3. Monday
    Jul 6
    Drizzle
    42%
    88°70°-1°
  4. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Overcast
    22%
    86°68°-2°
  5. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Clear
    12%
    89°66°+3°
  6. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Overcast
    16%
    94°70°+5°
  7. Friday
    Jul 10
    Overcast
    40%
    93°78°-1°
New Madrid, MO
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
SW
232° · backing 7°
Direction
SW
232°
Sustained
7
mph
Gust
8
mph
Peak 24h
34
avg 6
Beaufort · 2 · LIGHT BRZ
0
CALM
<1
1
LIGHT AIR
1–3
2
LIGHT BRZ
4–7
3
GENTLE BRZ
8–12
4
MOD BRZ
13–18
5
FRESH BRZ
19–24
6
STRONG BRZ
25–31
7
NEAR GALE
32–38
24h · sust vs gust · mph
avg 6 · pk 34 @ 8:00p
0102030MPHB1B2B3B4B5B6B7-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 293SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
A whisper of wind — leaves barely shift on the trees.
New Madrid, MO
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1004.6
-1.9 mb in 3h · falling · 29.67 inHg
Now
1004.6
mb
3h
-1.9
mb
12h
-1.5
mb
24h
-0.6
mb
Regime · RAIN
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 10051007
1000STORM|RAIN10051010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW1006.91004.71004.7
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Pressure giving way — clouds thicken and rain edges closer.
New Madrid, MO
Air quality
45
AQI
Good
+16 in 6hPeak ~65 @ 11 PM

AQI 45 (Good), driven by Ozone. AQI up 16 in the last 6 hours — air quality is degrading. Ozone at AQI 73 — peak already passed at 1 PM under partly cloudy skies. Levels should ease through evening.

OK No precautions needed for the general population; unusually sensitive individuals may consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.

PM 2.5Good
10.9μg/m³
PM 10Good
13μg/m³
NO₂Good
2μg/m³
OzoneDRIVERUnhealthy SG
121μg/m³
UV IndexModerate
3.3

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 73 — peak already passed at 1 PM under partly cloudy skies. Levels should ease through evening.

Present
AQI 73
UV peak
3.1 at earlier today
Sky at peak
partly cloudy
Projected peak
AQI 73

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 10.9 µg/m³, PM10 at 13.4 µg/m³ — typical background levels with no transport signature.

PM2.5/PM10
0.81
Wind
light
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
background
New Madrid, MO
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
36%
MOSTLY CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
76.7mi
UNLIMITED
80 mi0 mi−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Earth · GOES-19 ABI
Full Disk · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 full disk Visible · GeoColor
True-color daytime, blue/IR sandwich at night
20:20 UTC · New Madrid, MO · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · up to 10848 px
Continental US · GOES-19 ABI
CONUS Sector · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 CONUS Visible · GeoColor
Daytime true-color, blue-light/IR sandwich at night
20:20 UTC · New Madrid, MO · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
New Madrid, MO
Satellite · infrared · animated
New Madrid, MO
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
New Madrid, MO
Almanac · Saturday, July 4
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
5:15 AM
Sunrise
12:45 AM
Daylight
14h 35m
Sunset
3:20 PM
Civil dusk
8:51 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
New Madrid, MO
The moon
Waning Gibbous
79% illuminated
Moonrise
10:48 PM
Moonset
10:08 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
New Madrid, MO
Microseason
Jul 1–5

Cicadas claim the scorching afternoon

bird
Jan 151% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

New Madrid at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 18°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: March 27 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

ZIP code: 63869

16-Day Forecast — New Madrid

  1. Sat94°71°12%
  2. Sun89°70°20%
  3. Mon88°70°42%
  4. Tue86°68°22%
  5. Wed89°66°12%
  6. Thu94°70°16%
  7. Fri93°78°40%
  8. Sat82°73°39%
  9. Sun81°64°16%
  10. Mon81°61°9%
  11. Tue83°65°9%
  12. Wed85°63°18%
  13. Thu85°66°23%
  14. Fri88°70°33%
  15. Sat84°71°29%
  16. Sun80°69°26%

Forecast data from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).

Right now in the garden

Peak growing season

As of July 4, the growing season is at its peak — frost is months away. Continue succession-planting beans and summer squash. Start fall brassicas (broccoli, cabbage, kale) from seed indoors for transplanting in late summer.

SPC Convective Outlook

Storm Prediction Center — New Madrid

SPC has placed New Madrid in the Marginal Risk category for severe thunderstorms today.

  • TODAYMRGLMarginal Risk
  • TOMORROWTSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
  • DAY 3TSTMGeneral Thunderstorms

Isolated severe storms possible. Limited threat for hail or damaging wind.

Source: NOAA / NWS Storm Prediction Center categorical convective outlook. Outlooks are re-issued multiple times per day; this page reflects the most recent SPC polygons covering the city’s coordinates.

ZIP codes in New Madrid

  • 63869

Climate normals from the Open-Meteo Climate API. Köppen approximation from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Regions. See methodology for data sources, editorial rules, and corrections. Maintainer: Brian Tighe.