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Atlanta, Missouri

City in Macon County, Missouri

Air quality

The air at Atlanta

Index 17, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Mark Twain State Park (MO), 47 miles off.

17Good
  • Ozone17Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)1Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 29, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Atlanta

0.24 in in the last 24 hours, 0.80 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.24in
Last 3 days
0.80in

Visibility

How far you can see at Atlanta, the next 46 hours

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Atlanta, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.9 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

AtlantaATAM7

At a river or reservoir gauge/2.9 mi away/856 ft/49 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank270of 1,014

KirksvilleIRK

At an airfield/14.1 mi away/961 ft/56 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank161of 1,014

measured daily2 instruments

Macon 5.9 NMO-MC-7

In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.1 mi away/895 ft/10 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Long Branch ReservoirLBRM7

At a reservoir/10.4 mi away/817 ft/88 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Kirksville, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 14.1 mi from Atlanta, Missouri. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 9:55 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud reported; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Kirksville, height above the station to scale: no cloud reported, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT IRKFIG. A THE SKY OVER KIRKSVILLESECTION, 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETNO CLOUD REPORTEDVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEKirksville, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS IRKTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-IRK-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

53.0 F with a dew point of 47.0 F, 80 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,400 ft up.

Chart of the air at Kirksville: temperature 53.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 47.0, 80 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,400 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT IRKFIG. B THE AIR AT KIRKSVILLETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 1,400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 45.7 FTEMPERATURE 53.0 FDEW POINT 47.0 FSPREAD 6.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 80 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 POINTTITLEKirksville, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS IRKTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-IRK-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (320 degrees) at 16 mph, gusting 24 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 40 mph.

Plan of the wind at Kirksville, north up: blowing from 320 degrees, the northwest, at 16 miles an hour, gusting 24; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT IRKFIG. C THE WIND AT KIRKSVILLEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 320°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 16 MPH5FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 24 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEKirksville, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS IRKTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-IRK-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Kirksville, 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 Atlanta

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

Near Atlanta

River and lake gauges