Temperature
58 F at 10 PM; 79 F at its warmest, 1 PM, and 58 F at its coolest, 10 PM.
- Now
- 58F
- 10 PM
- Highest
- 79F
- 1 PM
- Lowest
- 58F
- 10 PM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Coming up. Tomorrow is 21 degrees cooler: a high of 57° after 78° today.
Now. Jefferson City Memorial Airport is 59° and overcast at 10 PM. The dew point is 55°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the northwest at 12 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 45° by 7 AM, with some cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 79°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 57°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible Saturday morning, a low of 36°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the 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 day is 11 hours 14 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 10:00 PM in Jefferson City Memorial Airport, Missouri.
Air quality
Index 11, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Jefferson City (MO), 9 miles off.
Yesterday measured 18, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
0.61 in in the last 24 hours, 1.20 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Sat 8 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09 / 27 | 3,401 ft | 75 ft | Concrete | 91° / 271° | 9 mph head, on 27 | 8 mph from the right |
| 12 / 30 | 6,000 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 122° / 302° | 12 mph head, on 30 | 2 mph from the right |
Measured here
Every hour from Jefferson City (JEF), Jefferson City Memorial Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
58 F at 10 PM; 79 F at its warmest, 1 PM, and 58 F at its coolest, 10 PM.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 55 F, the air 90% saturated; the humidity ran from 67% at 3 PM to 100% at 3 AM.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
12 mph from the northwest at 10 PM; at its strongest 15 mph, 8 PM, with a gust of 37 mph at 7 PM.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.10 inHg at 10 PM, rising 0.11 inHg over 3 hours; 0.04 inHg higher than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 0.8 miles at 7 AM, under a mile for 1 hour; 10 miles or more now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 400 ft at 9 AM; a base was reported in 24 of the hours.
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
0.70 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.48 in, in the hour to 7 AM.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Jefferson City: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 5 instruments nearest Jefferson City Memorial 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 now3 instruments
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/551 ft/2 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Jefferson City - Lincoln UnivCRFM7
At a river or reservoir gauge/4.3 mi away/567 ft/18 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Carver FarmS2223
At a soil climate station/4.5 mi away/581 ft/32 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Water PlantJWPM7
At a cooperative observer's station/0.6 mi away/558 ft/9 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Jefferson City 1.1 NMO-CE-2
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.7 mi away/656 ft/107 ft above 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.