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Blue Springs, Missouri

City in Jackson County, Missouri

Air quality

The air at Blue Springs

Index 18, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Kansas City (MO), 17 miles off.

18Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)18Good-
  • Ozone18Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)14Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 28, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Blue Springs

0.57 in in the last 24 hours, 1.70 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.57in
Last 3 days
1.70in

Visibility

How far you can see at Blue Springs, the next 42 hours

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Blue Springs, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.6 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Blue Springs 1.0 SSEMO-JC-66

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.6 mi away/957 ft/36 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Lee s Summit, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 6.4 mi from Blue Springs, Missouri. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

A few clouds at 3,800 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Lee s Summit, height above the station to scale: a few clouds cloud with its base at 3,800 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LXTFIG. A THE SKY OVER LEE S SUMMITSECTION, 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 SHEETFEW 3,800 FTA FEW CLOUDS, 1 TO 2 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLELee s Summit, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS LXTTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LXT-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

50.0 F with a dew point of 37.0 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 3,800 ft.

Chart of the air at Lee s Summit: temperature 50.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 37.0, 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 3,800 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LXTFIG. B THE AIR AT LEE S SUMMITTHE 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 34.2 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, FEW 3,800 FTTEMPERATURE 50.0 FDEW POINT 37.0 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 POINTTITLELee s Summit, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS LXTTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LXT-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (330 degrees) at 16 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 35 mph.

Plan of the wind at Lee s Summit, north up: blowing from 330 degrees, the north northwest, at 16 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LXTFIG. C THE WIND AT LEE S SUMMITPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 330°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 16 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLELee s Summit, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS LXTTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LXT-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Lee s Summit, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Blue Springs 2SSE (BSPM7), 1.7 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 06:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Missouri

24 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Blue Springs

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

Near Blue Springs

River and lake gauges