Jefferson City, MO Weather Forecast
Cole County, Missouri
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Jefferson City, with free alerts the moment it counts.
The next few hours
Taller, warmer bars mean heavier rain. Dotted means no reading for that hour.
Hour by hour
Sunrise and sunset
Next five days, scored 0 to 100The first day or two use the HRRR and NBM cloud layers. Later days only have total cloud, so treat them as a rough guide.
Know when sunset at this place will be worth a photo
We score every sunrise and sunset here from the cloud, haze and smoke forecast, and let you know when one is likely to light up. Sunrise the evening before, sunset a few hours ahead.
Seven-day outlook
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Jefferson City, MO at a glance
Jefferson City is home to about 42,552 people in Cole County, across 36 square miles. It ranks 16th by population of 211 places in Missouri with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Holts Summit, 6 miles away.
- County
- Cole County
- Population
- 42,552 2023 est.
- Land area
- 36 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 1,180
- Forecast point
- 38.5675°N, 92.1753°W
How well can the network see Jefferson City?
The nearest Doppler radar is KLSX (St. Louis, MO), to the E. Its lowest scan passes about 7,000 ft above Jefferson City. The beam is above the lowest few thousand feet here, so a warning for Jefferson City can come before anything looks dramatic on radar.
The closest weather station is KJEF (Jefferson City Mem). Close enough that its readings are the conditions in town.
Forecasts near Jefferson City
- Holts Summit, MO6 mi
- Ashland, MO17 mi
- California, MO22 mi
- Fulton, MO23 mi
- Eldon, MO26 mi
- Columbia, MO27 mi
- Tipton, MO33 mi
- Versailles, MO37 mi
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