Temperature
56 F at 1 AM; 81 F at its warmest, 4 PM Thursday, and 56 F at its coolest, 12 AM.
- Now
- 56F
- 1 AM
- Highest
- 81F
- 4 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 56F
- 12 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Now. St. Louis Lambert International Airport is 56° and light rain at 2 AM. The dew point is 53°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the northwest at 16 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 58° by 5 PM. Tonight falls to about 42° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 79°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 60°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:22 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:22 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 12 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 2:00 AM in St. Louis Lambert International Airport, Missouri.
Air quality
Index 19, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Saint Louis (MO), 20 miles off.
Yesterday measured 40, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
0.44 in in the last 24 hours, 1.00 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 6 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06 / 24 | 7,603 ft | 150 ft | Concrete | 63° / 243° | 8 mph head, on 24 | 13 mph from the right |
| 11 / 29 | 9,000 ft | 150 ft | Concrete | 122° / 302° | 15 mph head, on 29 | 1 mph from the left |
| 12L / 30R | 9,013 ft | 150 ft | Concrete | 122° / 302° | 15 mph head, on 30R | 1 mph from the left |
| 12R / 30L | 11,020 ft | 200 ft | Concrete | 122° / 302° | 15 mph head, on 30L | 1 mph from the left |
Measured here
Every hour from St. Louis (STL), St. Louis Lambert International Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
56 F at 1 AM; 81 F at its warmest, 4 PM Thursday, and 56 F at its coolest, 12 AM.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 52 F, the air 86% saturated; the humidity ran from 65% at 5 PM Thursday to 97% at 10 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
13 mph from the west northwest at 1 AM; at its strongest 19 mph, 10 PM Thursday, with a gust of 43 mph at 9 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.10 inHg at 1 AM, rising 0.10 inHg over 3 hours; 0.05 inHg higher than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 0.8 miles at 9 AM Thursday, under a mile for 1 hour; 9 miles now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 400 ft at 10 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 22 of the hours.
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
0.59 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.29 in, in the hour to 9 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
St. Louis: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 5 instruments nearest St. Louis Lambert International Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
St. LouisSTL
At an airfield/0.3 mi away/561 ft/57 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
St. CharlesSCLM7
At a river or reservoir gauge/6.1 mi away/443 ft/175 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Shaw Nature ReserveS2227
At a soil climate station/30.1 mi away/623 ft/5 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Edmundson 0.7 NNWMO-FSA-189
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.4 mi away/581 ft/37 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Saint CharlesSCHM7
At a cooperative observer's station/7.4 mi away/551 ft/67 ft below 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.