Now. Springfield Branson National Airport is 56° and light rain at 12 AM. The dew point is 54°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Fresh breeze from the north-northwest at 19 mph, gusting to 35 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 46° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 37° by 7 AM, with some cloud. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 82°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 60°. 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 10:40 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 day is 11 hours 14 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 12:00 AM in Springfield Branson National Airport, Missouri.
Air quality
Index 17, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Springfield (MO), 5 miles off.
Yesterday measured 36, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
0.03 in in the last 24 hours, 1.25 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 10 miles Fri 3 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 / 20 | 7,003 ft | 150 ft | Concrete | 22° / 202° | 18 mph head, on 02 | 11 mph from the left |
| 14 / 32 | 8,000 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt and concrete | 142° / 322° | 19 mph head, on 32 | 10 mph from the right |
Measured here
Every hour from Springfield (SGF), Springfield Branson National Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
58 F at 10 PM Thursday; 80 F at its warmest, 12 PM Thursday, and 58 F at its coolest, 10 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 55 F, the air 89% saturated; the humidity ran from 56% at 12 PM Thursday to 97% at 4 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
19 mph from the north northwest at 10 PM Thursday; at its strongest 19 mph, 10 PM Thursday, with a gust of 36 mph at 9 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.16 inHg at 10 PM Thursday, rising 0.12 inHg over 3 hours; 0.13 inHg higher than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 6 miles at 7 AM Thursday; 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 5 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 22 of the hours.
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Springfield: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 5 instruments nearest Springfield Branson National Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.4 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
SpringfieldSGF
At an airfield/0.4 mi away/1,280 ft/12 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Wilson Creek RAWSSPWM7
A remote fire weather station/9.3 mi away/1,182 ft/86 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Mt VernonS2060
At a soil climate station/29.6 mi away/1,254 ft/14 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Springfield WfoSPFM7
At a cooperative observer's station/1.0 mi away/1,275 ft/7 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Springfield 5.3 WMO-GR-90
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.6 mi away/1,285 ft/17 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Springfield Wfo (SPFM7), 1.0 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 18:55. measured daily
24 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.