Temperature
54 F at 2 AM; 82 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 54 F at its coolest, 2 AM.
- Now
- 54F
- 2 AM
- Highest
- 82F
- 2 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 54F
- 2 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Now. Branson Airport is 54° and light rain at 3 AM. The dew point is 54°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the north-northwest at 13 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 57° by 1 PM. Tonight falls to about 41° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 83°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 62°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:35 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:41 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 15 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 3:00 AM in Branson Airport, Missouri.
Air quality
Index 15, good, led by ozone. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Springfield (MO), 51 miles off.
Yesterday measured 19, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
0.09 in in the last 24 hours, 2.60 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 7 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 / 32 | 7,140 ft | 150 ft | Concrete | 145° / 325° | - | - |
Measured here
Every hour from Branson (BBG), Branson Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
54 F at 2 AM; 82 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 54 F at its coolest, 2 AM.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 54 F, the air 100% saturated; the humidity ran from 58% at 2 PM Thursday to 100% at 4 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
15 mph from the northwest at 2 AM; at its strongest 16 mph, 10 PM Thursday, with a gust of 29 mph at 10 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.26 inHg at 2 AM, rising 0.13 inHg over 3 hours; 0.24 inHg higher than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 0.3 miles at 4 AM Thursday, under a mile for 3 hours; 5 miles now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 200 ft at 4 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 20 of the hours.
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
0.05 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.05 in, in the hour to 2 AM.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Branson: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 4 instruments nearest Branson Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.0 miles away.
measured now2 instruments
BransonBBG
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/1,302 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Ava/TidwellBEVM7
At a river or reservoir gauge/20.1 mi away/1,345 ft/43 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Branson AirportBNNM7
At an airfield/0.5 mi away/1,325 ft/23 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Hollister 3.8 SWMO-TY-12
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.7 mi away/1,286 ft/16 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
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Snow on the ground
24 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.