Temperature
56 F at 3 AM; 80 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 56 F at its coolest, 2 AM.
- Now
- 56F
- 3 AM
- Highest
- 80F
- 3 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 56F
- 2 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Now. St Charles County Regional Airport/Smartt Field is 55° and mostly cloudy at 4 AM. The dew point is 49°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the northwest at 13 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 58° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 38° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 80°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 61°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 36°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:22 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:21 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 11 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 4:00 AM in St Charles County Regional Airport/Smartt Field, Missouri.
Air quality
Index 18, good, led by ozone. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Saint Louis (MO), 25 miles off.
Yesterday measured 40, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
1.40 in in the last 24 hours, 1.85 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 7 miles Fri 2 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09 / 27 | 2,000 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 91° / 271° | 10 mph head, on 27 | 8 mph from the right |
| 18 / 36 | 3,800 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 181° / 1° | 8 mph head, on 36 | 10 mph from the left |
Measured here
Every hour from St. Charles (SET), St Charles County Regional Airport/Smartt Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
56 F at 3 AM; 80 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 56 F at its coolest, 2 AM.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 49 F, the air 77% saturated; the humidity ran from 64% at 5 PM Thursday to 96% at 9 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
14 mph from the northwest at 3 AM; at its strongest 20 mph, 10 PM Thursday, with a gust of 35 mph at 10 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.11 inHg at 3 AM, rising 0.03 inHg over 3 hours; 0.10 inHg higher than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 0.2 miles at 9 AM Thursday, under a mile for 2 hours; 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 Thursday; a base was reported in 22 of the hours.
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
1.36 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.74 in, in the hour to 9 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
St. Charles: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 5 instruments nearest St Charles County Regional Airport/Smartt Field, 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
St. CharlesSET
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/440 ft/3 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
St. CharlesSCLM7
At a river or reservoir gauge/10.0 mi away/443 ft/6 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Elsberry PMCS2220
At a soil climate station/24.2 mi away/527 ft/90 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Portage Des Sioux 0.2 SSEMO-SS-65
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.8 mi away/435 ft/2 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Saint CharlesSCHM7
At a cooperative observer's station/10.8 mi away/551 ft/114 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
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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.