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Blue Summit, Missouri

Community in Jackson County, Missouri

Air quality

The air at Blue Summit

Index 21, good, led by ozone. Read at 7 AM from its reporting area, Kansas City (MO), 4 miles off.

21Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)17Good8.6 mi
  • Ozone21Good21 ppb8.6 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)18Good4 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide8Good8.5 ppb5 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide1Good1.5 ppb5 mi

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 Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Blue Summit

0.10 in in the last 24 hours, 1.95 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 7 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.10in
Last 3 days
1.95in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 9 miles Sat 8 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Blue Summit, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.6 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Independence 4.1 WMO-JC-72

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.7 mi away/914 ft/57 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Kansas City/Dntn, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 6.6 mi from Blue Summit, Missouri. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 7:54 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 5,500 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Kansas City/Dntn, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 5,500 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETSCT 5,500 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, 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

49.0 F with a dew point of 38.0 F, 66 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,500 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 5,500 ft.

Chart of the air at Kansas City/Dntn: temperature 49.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 38.0, 66 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,500 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 5,500 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 2,500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 35.6 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 5,500 FTTEMPERATURE 49.0 FDEW POINT 38.0 FSPREAD 11.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 66 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 west northwest (300 degrees) at 13 mph, gusting 21 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 32 mph.

Plan of the wind at Kansas City/Dntn, north up: blowing from 300 degrees, the west northwest, at 13 miles an hour, gusting 21; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate 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 300°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 13 MPH5FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 21 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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Blue Springs 2SSE (BSPM7), 13.1 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 06:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Missouri

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

Near Blue Summit

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

Near Blue Summit

River and lake gauges