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Arcola, Missouri

Village in Dade County, Missouri

Air quality

The air at Arcola

Index 18, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, El Dorado Springs (MO), 14 miles off.

18Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)14Good13.8 mi
  • Ozone18Good19 ppb13.8 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 21, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 7 PM.

SatSun

Precipitation

What has fallen at Arcola

None in the last 24 hours; 1.40 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
1.40in

Visibility

How far you can see at Arcola, the next 44 hours

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

SatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Arcola, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 6.1 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

Schell-OsageS2193

At a soil climate station/31.8 mi away/814 ft/208 ft below here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank697of 1,043

SpringfieldSGF

At an airfield/34.1 mi away/1,280 ft/258 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank1of 1,043

Joplin 24 N23908

At a climate reference station/39.7 mi away/952 ft/70 ft below here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

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measured daily2 instruments

Greenfield 4.7 NNEMO-DD-11

In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.1 mi away/963 ft/59 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Jerico SpringsJERM7

At a cooperative observer's station/9.1 mi away/1,053 ft/31 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Springfield, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 34.1 mi from Arcola, Missouri. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 11:52 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 3,600 ft; the ceiling is 3,600 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Springfield, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 3,600 feet, the ceiling at 3,600 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SGFFIG. A THE SKY OVER SPRINGFIELDSECTION, 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 3,600 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 3,600 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLESpringfield, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS SGFTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-SGF-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

49.0 F with a dew point of 36.0 F, 61 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 3,000 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 3,600 ft.

Chart of the air at Springfield: temperature 49.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 36.0, 61 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 3,000 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 3,600 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SGFFIG. B THE AIR AT SPRINGFIELDTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 3,000 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 33.2 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 3,600 FTTEMPERATURE 49.0 FDEW POINT 36.0 FSPREAD 13.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 61 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 POINTTITLESpringfield, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS SGFTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-SGF-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (360 degrees) at 18 mph, gusting 23 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 37 mph.

Plan of the wind at Springfield, north up: blowing from 360 degrees, the north, at 18 miles an hour, gusting 23; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SGFFIG. C THE WIND AT SPRINGFIELDPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 360°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 18 MPH5FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 23 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLESpringfield, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS SGFTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-SGF-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Springfield, 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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Near Arcola

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