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Joplin Regional Airport, Missouri

Medium airport in Jasper County, Missouri

Air quality

The air at Joplin Regional Airport

Index 11, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Alba (MO), 7 miles off.

11Good
  • Ozone11Good11 ppb7.4 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)10Good10.6 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 14, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Joplin Regional Airport

0.55 in in the last 24 hours, 1.75 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.55in
Last 3 days
1.75in

Visibility

How far you can see at Joplin Regional Airport, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Sat 8 AM.

FriSat

Airfield

Code
JLN
ICAO
KJLN
IATA
JLN
Field elevation
981 ft
Serves
Joplin
Kind
Medium airport
Scheduled service
Yes
Its own instrument
JLN
Wind now
From 350° at 17 mph, read 15 Oct, 21:53

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
13 / 316,501 ft150 ftAsphalt138° / 318°14 mph head, on 319 mph from the right
18 / 366,502 ft100 ftAsphalt182° / 2°17 mph head, on 364 mph from the left
133118362,500 ftN350° 17 mph
Runways from their surveyed ends, north up, lengths and positions to scale; the rose in the corner is the wind now.

Measured here

What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours

Every hour from Joplin (JLN), Joplin Regional Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

58 F at 9 PM; 75 F at its warmest, 3 PM, and 58 F at its coolest, 9 PM.

Now
58F
9 PM
Highest
75F
3 PM
Lowest
58F
9 PM
Temperature and Dew point at Joplin, temperature from 57.8 to 75.0, the latest 57.8; dew point from 56.6 to 70.0, the latest 56.6, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF5560657075Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMTEMPERATUREDEW POINT

How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009

Humidity and dew point

A dew point of 57 F, the air 96% saturated; the humidity ran from 79% at 2 PM to 98% at 3 AM.

Dew point now
57F
9 PM
Humidity now
96%
Humidity, range
79 to 98%
Relative humidity at Joplin, relative humidity from 79 to 98, the latest 96, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%7580859095100Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002

Wind

18 mph at 10 PM; at its strongest 18 mph, 10 PM, with a gust of 26 mph at 8 AM.

Now
18mph
Strongest
18mph
10 PM
Highest gust
26mph
8 AM
Wind and Gust at Joplin, wind from 5 to 18, the latest 18; gust from 16 to 26, the latest 26, in miles an hour.WIND AND GUSTmph0102030Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMWINDGUST
Wind direction at Joplin, wind direction from 90 to 350, the latest 350, in degrees.WIND DIRECTION°090180270360Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008

Pressure

30.20 inHg at 10 PM, rising 0.08 inHg over 3 hours; 0.17 inHg higher than a day before.

Now
30.20inHg
10 PM
3 hours
+0.08inHg
rising
24 hours
+0.17inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Joplin, pressure, altimeter from 29.94 to 30.20, the latest 30.20, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg29.9030.0030.1030.20Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003

Visibility

Down to 1 miles at 3 AM; 8 miles now.

Now
8mi
Lowest
1mi
3 AM
Hours under a mile
0
Visibility at Joplin, visibility from 1.3 to 10.0, the latest 8.0, in miles.VISIBILITYmi02.557.510Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMLIFRIFRMVFRVFR

How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020

Cloud base

The lowest cloud base came down to 300 ft at 4 AM; a base was reported in 24 of the hours.

Lowest base now
1,300ft
Lowest in 24 hours
300ft
4 AM
Hours with a base reported
24
Lowest cloud base at Joplin, lowest cloud base from 300 to 2,300, the latest 1,300, in feet.LOWEST CLOUD BASEft05001,0001,5002,0002,500Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMLIFRIFRMVFR

How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001

Precipitation

0.62 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.30 in, in the hour to 3 AM.

Last 24 hours
0.62in
Wettest hour
0.30in
3 AM
Hours with some
16
Precipitation at Joplin, precipitation from 0.00 to 0.30, the latest 0.01, in inches.PRECIPITATIONin0.000.100.200.30Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002

Joplin: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Joplin Regional Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

JoplinJLN

At an airfield/0.2 mi away/962 ft/19 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Joplin 24 N23908

At a climate reference station/19.1 mi away/952 ft/29 ft below here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Joplin 24 NJONM7

At a river or reservoir gauge/19.7 mi away/955 ft/26 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Mt VernonS2060

At a soil climate station/34.5 mi away/1,254 ft/273 ft above here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

measured daily2 instruments

Oakland Park 0.6 ESEMO-JS-3

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.7 mi away/1,037 ft/56 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Diamond 2WDMDM7

At a cooperative observer's station/13.9 mi away/1,070 ft/89 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Diamond 2W (DMDM7), 13.9 miles from here, read 14 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

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