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Agency, Missouri

Village in Buchanan County, Missouri

Air quality

The air at Agency

Index 53, moderate, led by coarse particles. Read at 1 PM from its reporting area, St. Joseph (MO), 21 miles off.

53Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)2Good8.1 mi
  • Ozone24Good22 ppb13.7 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)53Moderate8.1 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 21, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 7 AM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Agency

None in the last 24 hours; 0.07 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.07in

Visibility

How far you can see at Agency, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 7 AM, lowest 9 miles Sun 4 AM.

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On the radar over Agency, MissouriReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Agency, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 6.7 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

St. JosephSTJ

At an airfield/11.4 mi away/810 ft/66 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank229of 1,014

measured daily2 instruments

St. Joseph 4.3 SSWMO-BC-7

In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.7 mi away/853 ft/23 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Cosby 2WCSBM7

At a cooperative observer's station/13.6 mi away/932 ft/56 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at St. Joseph, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 11.4 mi from Agency, Missouri. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:53 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 3,900 ft; the ceiling is 3,900 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over St. Joseph, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 3,900 feet, the ceiling at 3,900 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT STJFIG. A THE SKY OVER ST. JOSEPHSECTION, HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALE, EACH LAYER AT THE HEIGHT OF ITS BASE AS REPORTED; COVER IN EIGHTHS OF THE SKY; TOPS NOT MEASUREDFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 3,900 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 3,900 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLESt. Joseph, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS STJTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-STJ-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

53.0 F with a dew point of 35.0 F, 50 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 4,100 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 3,900 ft.

Chart of the air at St. Joseph: temperature 53.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 35.0, 50 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 4,100 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 3,900 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT STJFIG. B THE AIR AT ST. JOSEPHTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 4,100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 31.2 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 3,900 FTTEMPERATURE 53.0 FDEW POINT 35.0 FSPREAD 18.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 50 PER CENTTHE AIR COOLS ABOUT 5.4 F EACH 1,000 FT IT RISES, AND ITS DEW POINT ABOUT 1 FSOLID: THE LIFTED AIR'S TEMPERATURE; DASHED: ITS DEW POINTTITLESt. Joseph, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS STJTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-STJ-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (330 degrees) at 24 mph, gusting 37 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 41 mph.

Plan of the wind at St. Joseph, north up: blowing from 330 degrees, the north northwest, at 24 miles an hour, gusting 37; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 5, fresh breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT STJFIG. C THE WIND AT ST. JOSEPHPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 330°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19NOW, 24 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE32GUST, 37 MPH8GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLESt. Joseph, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS STJTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-STJ-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of St. Joseph, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Missouri

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