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Bethany, Missouri

City in Harrison County, Missouri

Air quality

The air at Bethany

Index 53, moderate, led by coarse particles. Read at 1 PM from its reporting area, St. Joseph (MO), 48 miles off.

53Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)2Good-
  • Ozone24Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)53Moderate-

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 Bethany

None in the last 24 hours; 0.01 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
0.01in

Visibility

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

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

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Bethany, 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 now4 instruments

SpickardS2047

At a soil climate station/17.7 mi away/912 ft/35 ft below here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank713of 1,014

measured daily2 instruments

Bethany 0.4 WMO-HR-1

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.3 mi away/922 ft/25 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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BethanyBEYM7

At a cooperative observer's station/0.6 mi away/1,004 ft/57 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Chillicothe, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 38.8 mi from Bethany, Missouri. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:51 PM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

53.0 F with a dew point of 40.0 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.

Chart of the air at Chillicothe: temperature 53.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 40.0, 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; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CDJFIG. B THE AIR AT CHILLICOTHETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 3,000 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 37.2 FTEMPERATURE 53.0 FDEW POINT 40.0 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 POINTTITLEChillicothe, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS CDJTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CDJ-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (330 degrees) at 10 mph, gusting 20 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 29 mph.

Plan of the wind at Chillicothe, north up: blowing from 330 degrees, the north northwest, at 10 miles an hour, gusting 20; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CDJFIG. C THE WIND AT CHILLICOTHEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 330°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 10 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 20 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEChillicothe, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS CDJTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CDJ-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The column

At 768 ft above sea level, 3 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.10 inHg and the temperature at 56.3 F; the station's altimeter setting of 30.41 inHg means its barometer reads 29.58 inHg; it reports 53.0 F, 3.3 F colder than standard.

Section from sea level of where Chillicothe stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 768 feet above sea level with 3 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.10 inches of mercury, and temperature, 56.3 degrees Fahrenheit; the altimeter setting of 30.41 and the station pressure it means, 29.58.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CDJFIG. D WHERE CHILLICOTHE STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHERECHILLICOTHE3 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT768 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE29.10 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE56.3 FALTIMETER SETTING, REPORTED30.41 inHgITS BAROMETER READS29.58 inHgTEMPERATURE, REPORTED53.0 FTITLEChillicothe, the columnSTATION REPORT · ASOS CDJTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CDJ-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Chillicothe, in 5 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 Bethany

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

Near Bethany

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