In a volunteer observer's own ground/26.6 mi away/860 ft/248 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Now. Big Spring is 48° and mostly cloudy at 4 AM. With the wind it feels like 42°. The dew point is 47°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the northwest at 13 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 56° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 35° by 7 AM, with some cloud. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 80°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 60°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 35°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:26 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:26 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The day is 11 hours 11 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 4:00 AM in Big Spring, Missouri.
Air quality
Index 16, good, led by ozone. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Jefferson City (MO), 34 miles off.
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
0.83 in in the last 24 hours, 1.60 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Sat 7 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Big Spring, MissouriReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 6 instruments nearest Big Spring, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.2 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
In a volunteer observer's own ground/26.6 mi away/860 ft/248 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
WashingtonFYG
At an airfield/29.8 mi away/480 ft/132 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Ameren Power Plant near Labadie383357090502101
At a power station/37.9 mi away/471 ft/141 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Carver FarmS2223
At a soil climate station/39.9 mi away/581 ft/31 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Hermann 3.6 NNEMO-WR-14
In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.2 mi away/621 ft/9 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Montgomery City 2MGCM7
At a cooperative observer's station/12.6 mi away/807 ft/195 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 29.8 mi from Big Spring, Missouri. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 3:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
A few clouds at 5,500 ft, scattered at 8,500 ft, broken at 11,000 ft; the ceiling is 11,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
55.4 F with a dew point of 53.6 F, 94 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 400 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 5,500 ft.
From the west northwest (290 degrees) at 14 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale.
The full report of Washington, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it
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Snow on the ground
Measured at Montgomery City 2 (MGCM7), 12.6 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
24 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.