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Anniston, Missouri

Town in Mississippi County, Missouri

Air quality

The air at Anniston

Index 21, good, led by ozone. Read at 6 PM from its reporting area, Paducah (KY), 45 miles off.

21Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)16Good-
  • Ozone21Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 43, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 PM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Anniston

0.11 in in the last 24 hours, 0.15 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 6 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.11in
Last 3 days
0.15in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sun 1 PM, lowest 9 miles Sat 12 AM.

FriSatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Anniston, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.8 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

SikestonSIK

At an airfield/13.9 mi away/303 ft/9 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank826of 1,043

DexterS2048

At a soil climate station/33.5 mi away/296 ft/16 ft below here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank648of 1,043

Dexter ScanDEXM7

At a river or reservoir gauge/33.7 mi away/305 ft/7 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank652of 1,043

measured daily2 instruments

Anniston 1.9 WNWMO-FSA-133

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.8 mi away/308 ft/4 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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East PrairieEPRM7

At a cooperative observer's station/3.1 mi away/305 ft/7 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Sikeston, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 13.9 mi from Anniston, Missouri. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 6:55 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 4,300 ft, broken at 6,000 ft; the ceiling is 6,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Sikeston, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 4,300 feet, broken cloud with its base at 6,000 feet, the ceiling at 6,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SIKFIG. A THE SKY OVER SIKESTONSECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETBKN 6,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 4,300 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 6,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLESikeston, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS SIKTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SIK-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

52.0 F with a dew point of 49.0 F, 89 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 700 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 4,300 ft.

Chart of the air at Sikeston: temperature 52.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 49.0, 89 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 700 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 4,300 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SIKFIG. B THE AIR AT SIKESTONTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00040 F50 F60 FSATURATES 700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 48.3 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 4,300 FTTEMPERATURE 52.0 FDEW POINT 49.0 FSPREAD 3.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 89 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 POINTTITLESikeston, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS SIKTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SIK-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (310 degrees) at 8 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 32 mph.

Plan of the wind at Sikeston, north up: blowing from 310 degrees, the northwest, at 8 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SIKFIG. C THE WIND AT SIKESTONPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 310°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 8 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLESikeston, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS SIKTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SIK-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Missouri

24 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Anniston

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near Anniston

River and lake gauges