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Birmingham, Missouri

Village in Clay County, Missouri

Air quality

The air at Birmingham

Index 19, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Kansas City (MO), 6 miles off.

19Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)16Good10.4 mi
  • Ozone19Good20 ppb10.4 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)13Good4.8 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide5Good5.3 ppb7.5 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide1Good1.5 ppb7.5 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Fri Oct 16, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 41, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Birmingham

0.43 in in the last 24 hours, 2.05 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.43in
Last 3 days
2.05in

Visibility

How far you can see at Birmingham, the next 45 hours

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Birmingham, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.6 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Randolph 1.8 NWMO-CY-34

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.6 mi away/876 ft/139 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Kearney 3EKRNM7

At a cooperative observer's station/15.4 mi away/846 ft/109 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Kansas City/Dntn, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 8.2 mi from Birmingham, Missouri. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:01 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 2,800 ft, overcast at 4,000 ft; the ceiling is 2,800 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Kansas City/Dntn, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 2,800 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 4,000 feet, the ceiling at 2,800 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MKCFIG. A THE SKY OVER KANSAS CITY/DNTNSECTION, 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 4,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 2,800 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,800 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEKansas City/Dntn, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS MKCTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MKC-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

56.0 F with a dew point of 48.0 F, 74 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,800 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,800 ft.

Chart of the air at Kansas City/Dntn: temperature 56.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 48.0, 74 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,800 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,800 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MKCFIG. B THE AIR AT KANSAS CITY/DNTNTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00040 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 1,800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 46.2 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 2,800 FTTEMPERATURE 56.0 FDEW POINT 48.0 FSPREAD 8.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 74 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 POINTTITLEKansas City/Dntn, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS MKCTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MKC-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (330 degrees) at 9 mph, gusting 20 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 35 mph.

Plan of the wind at Kansas City/Dntn, north up: blowing from 330 degrees, the north northwest, at 9 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 MKCFIG. C THE WIND AT KANSAS CITY/DNTNPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 330°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 9 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 20 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEKansas City/Dntn, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MKCTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MKC-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Kansas City/Dntn, 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 Birmingham

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

Near Birmingham

River and lake gauges