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St. Louis Lambert International Airport, Missouri

Large airport in St. Louis County, Missouri

Air quality

The air at St. Louis Lambert International Airport

Index 19, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Saint Louis (MO), 20 miles off.

19Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)19Good9.5 mi
  • Ozone18Good11 ppb6.3 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)6Good11.3 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide1Good1.9 ppb4.2 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0.2 ppb4.2 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0.1 ppm9.5 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 40, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at St. Louis Lambert International Airport

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.

Last 24 hours
0.44in
Last 3 days
1.00in

Visibility

How far you can see at St. Louis Lambert International Airport, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 6 PM.

FriSat

Airfield

Code
STL
ICAO
KSTL
IATA
STL
Field elevation
618 ft
Serves
St Louis
Kind
Large airport
Scheduled service
Yes
Its own instrument
STL
Wind now
From 300° at 15 mph, read 16 Oct, 01:51

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
06 / 247,603 ft150 ftConcrete63° / 243°8 mph head, on 2413 mph from the right
11 / 299,000 ft150 ftConcrete122° / 302°15 mph head, on 291 mph from the left
12L / 30R9,013 ft150 ftConcrete122° / 302°15 mph head, on 30R1 mph from the left
12R / 30L11,020 ft200 ftConcrete122° / 302°15 mph head, on 30L1 mph from the left
0624112912L30R12R30L5,000 ftN300° 15 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 St. Louis (STL), St. Louis Lambert International Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

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
Temperature and Dew point at St. Louis, temperature from 56.0 to 81.0, the latest 56.0; dew point from 52.0 to 73.5, the latest 52.0, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF50607080903 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16TEMPERATUREDEW POINT

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

Humidity and dew point

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.

Dew point now
52F
1 AM
Humidity now
86%
Humidity, range
65 to 97%
Relative humidity at St. Louis, relative humidity from 65 to 97, the latest 86, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%607080901003 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16

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

Wind

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.

Now
13mph
from the west northwest
Strongest
19mph
10 PM Thursday
Highest gust
43mph
9 PM Thursday
Wind and Gust at St. Louis, wind from 1 to 19, the latest 13; gust from 18 to 43, the latest 26, in miles an hour.WIND AND GUSTmph02040603 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16WINDGUST
Wind direction at St. Louis, wind direction from 100 to 310, the latest 300, in degrees.WIND DIRECTION°0901802703603 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16

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

Pressure

30.10 inHg at 1 AM, rising 0.10 inHg over 3 hours; 0.05 inHg higher than a day before.

Now
30.10inHg
1 AM
3 hours
+0.10inHg
rising
24 hours
+0.05inHg
Pressure, altimeter at St. Louis, pressure, altimeter from 29.91 to 30.10, the latest 30.10, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg29.9029.9530.0030.0530.103 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16

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

Visibility

Down to 0.8 miles at 9 AM Thursday, under a mile for 1 hour; 9 miles now.

Now
9mi
Lowest
0.8mi
9 AM Thursday
Hours under a mile
1
Visibility at St. Louis, visibility from 0.8 to 10.0, the latest 9.0, in miles.VISIBILITYmi02.557.5103 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16LIFRIFRMVFRVFR

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

Cloud base

The lowest cloud base came down to 400 ft at 10 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 22 of the hours.

Lowest base now
-
Lowest in 24 hours
400ft
10 AM Thursday
Hours with a base reported
22
Lowest cloud base at St. Louis, lowest cloud base from 400 to 11,000, the latest 1,200, in feet.LOWEST CLOUD BASEft05,00010,00015,0003 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16MVFRVFR

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

Precipitation

0.59 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.29 in, in the hour to 9 AM Thursday.

Last 24 hours
0.59in
Wettest hour
0.29in
9 AM Thursday
Hours with some
9
Precipitation at St. Louis, precipitation from 0.00 to 0.29, the latest trace, in inches.PRECIPITATIONin0.000.100.200.303 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16

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

What is measuring near here

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

-

Snow on the ground

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