Cape Girardeau, MO 63702 Weather

Cape Girardeau County2:04 PM CDT37.35°N, 89.51°W

Current conditions

Clear
73°
Clear
Feels like 72°
High 75°·Low 47°
WindCalm
Humidity36%
Dew point45°
Pressure30.25 inHg
Visibility10.0 mi
Cloud cover2%
UV index4 Moderate
Sunrise7:12 AM
Sunset6:14 PM

Observed at Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau Regional Airport · 1 hr ago

Forecast

10-day
  • This Afternoon

    Sunny. High near 75, with temperatures falling to around 73 in the afternoon. North northeast wind around 2 mph.

  • Tonight

    Patchy fog after 1am. Clear, with a low around 47. North wind around 1 mph.

  • Thursday

    Patchy fog before 9am. Sunny. High near 76, with temperatures falling to around 74 in the afternoon. North northeast wind around 3 mph.

National Weather Service forecast updated 38 min ago.

  1. Now Sunny 74°
  2. 3 PM Sunny 75°
  3. 4 PM Sunny 75°
  4. 5 PM Sunny 73°
  5. 6 PM Clear 70°
  6. 7 PM Mostly Clear 66°
  7. 8 PM Mostly Clear 60°
  8. 9 PM Clear 58°
  9. 10 PM Clear 56°
  10. 11 PM Clear 55°
  11. Thu12 AM Clear 52°
  12. 1 AM Patchy Fog 51°
  13. 2 AM Patchy Fog 51°
  14. 3 AM Patchy Fog 50°
  15. 4 AM Patchy Fog 49°
  16. 5 AM Patchy Fog 48°
  17. 6 AM Patchy Fog 48°
  18. 7 AM Patchy Fog 47°
  19. 8 AM Patchy Fog 48°
  20. 9 AM Sunny 53°
  21. 10 AM Sunny 62°
  22. 11 AM Sunny 68°
  23. 12 PM Sunny 72°
  24. 1 PM Sunny 74°

10-day forecast

Details
  1. TodayOct 21 Sunny Sunny47°75°
  2. ThuOct 22 Patchy Fog then Sunny Patchy Fog then Sunny48°76°
  3. FriOct 23 Sunny Sunny46°75°
  4. SatOct 24 Sunny Sunny48°75°
  5. SunOct 25 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny48°75°
  6. MonOct 26 Partly Sunny Partly Sunny49°75°
  7. TueOct 27 Partly Sunny Partly Sunny48°73°
  8. WedOct 28 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny55°78°
  9. ThuOct 29 Cloudy Cloudy0.22 in52°79°
  10. FriOct 30 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy47°62°

Days after the National Weather Service's seven are MET Norway's outlook, a computer model with no forecaster's review.

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Weather news near Cape Girardeau

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    kfvs12.com·3 days ago
  • Frost Advisory in effect for tonight

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    kfvs12.com·3 days ago
  • Cool Fall Weather This Weekend, Frost Possible Sunday Morning

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    kbsi23.com·4 days ago
  • Chilly over the weekend, warming up next week

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    kfvs12.com·4 days ago
  • Chilly Friday with colder air this weekend

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    kfvs12.com·5 days ago
  • Big drop in temperatures for the weekend

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    kfvs12.com·5 days ago
  • Big Change in Temperatures, Breezy on Friday

    Temperatures plummet in the heartland on Friday, with a passing cold front bringing a breezy Friday ahead. Cloud cover will gradually decrease throughout the day as afternoon highs only reach the upper 50s. We will be…

    kbsi23.com·5 days ago
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  • A few showers remaining, chilly weekend ahead

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  • Showers Possible Overnight, Warmer on Thursday

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Air quality

40
Good
Ozone

Air quality is satisfactory, and air pollution poses little or no risk.

Farrar, MO reporting area · 2 hrs ago. Data from AirNow (EPA and its state, local and tribal partners); preliminary and subject to change.

Sun & moon

Sunrise 7:12 AM
Sunset 6:14 PM
Daylight 11 h 2 min (−2 min 15 s tomorrow)
Waxing Gibbous · 79% lit
Moonrise 3:48 PM Moonset 2:22 AM
Full moon Oct 26 New moon Nov 9

Almanac

Monthly
Normal high / low71° / 46°
Record high89° (1908)
Record low24° (1952)
Wettest1.46 in (1919)
Month to date1.70 in (normal 2.47 in)

Anna 4 N, records since 1887. Normals 1991–2020. Data from NOAA's Regional Climate Centers (ACIS).

Nearby

Forecasters' discussion

From the National Weather Service office in PAH, issued 1 hr ago

Key Messages

- Areas of dense fog will continue late overnight into the morning hours near bodies of water.

- Generally clear and temperate conditions will remain through the weekend.

- A small chance of a shower exists early next week, though confidence is low.

Discussion

Issued at 1219 PM CDT Wed Oct 21 2026

An UL omega block has been established, with our CWA on the eastern edge of the 250 mb ridge as of 16z. As such, high surface pressure will be dominant until Monday at the earliest, leaving generally cloudless skies and seasonable, if not slightly above average, temperatures. Tuesday, long-range guidance suggests weak FROPA associated with the easterly progression of the UL trough, but vorticity and frontogenesis values are low, and 250 mb flow is only weakly perturbed. GFS and ECMWF 500 mb relative humidity prog <40%, so chances of widespread precipitation are minimal. A brief shower or two cannot be ruled out though, especially Tuesday morning in western parts of our coverage area.

Given weak surface flow, patchy areas of dense radiation fog are possible near bodies of water and in surrounding low-lying areas overnight through the morning. Widely scattered clouds tomorrow morning will not hinder the suns ability to quickly erode this fog, so expect the fog threat to be eliminated by 15z tomorrow.

Aviation

Issued at 1209 PM CDT Wed Oct 21 2026

High pressure will continue to bring calm or very light NE winds through the forecast period. Low-lying river valley fog development is expected again during the 11-13z Thursday period. Included this in the CGI and OWB TAFs where impacts are most likely. Otherwise, VFR conditions are expected.

Pah Watches

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