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Butler, Missouri

City in Bates County, Missouri

Air quality

The air at Butler

Index 19, good, led by fine particles. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, El Dorado Springs (MO), 42 miles off.

19Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)19Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 21, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Butler

0.27 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.

Last 24 hours
0.27in
Last 3 days
1.60in

Visibility

How far you can see at Butler, the next 46 hours

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Butler, 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

measured daily2 instruments

Butler 0.1 NNEMO-BS-8

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.3 mi away/861 ft/16 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Butler 4WBUTM7

At a cooperative observer's station/3.8 mi away/804 ft/41 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank816of 1,014

Station report

The weather at Schell-Osage, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 24.5 mi from Butler, Missouri. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 3:00 AM local time: 3 of its 4 sheets.

The air

52.5 F with a dew point of 45.8 F, 78 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,500 ft up.

Chart of the air at Schell-Osage: temperature 52.5 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 45.8, 78 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,500 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT S2193FIG. B THE AIR AT SCHELL-OSAGETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 1,500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 44.3 FTEMPERATURE 52.5 FDEW POINT 45.8 FSPREAD 6.7 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 78 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 POINTTITLESchell-Osage, the airSTATION REPORT · SCAN S2193TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-S2193-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The column

At 814 ft above sea level, 3 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.05 inHg and the temperature at 56.1 F; it reports 52.5 F, 3.6 F colder than standard.

Section from sea level of where Schell-Osage stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 814 feet above sea level with 3 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.05 inches of mercury, and temperature, 56.1 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT S2193FIG. D WHERE SCHELL-OSAGE 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 ATMOSPHERESCHELL-OSAGE3 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT814 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 HERE29.05 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE56.1 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED52.5 FTITLESchell-Osage, the columnSTATION REPORT · SCAN S2193TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-S2193-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The sun

On Oct 16 the noon sun stands 43 degrees above the horizon at 37.99 N, and the day is 11 h 03 min long. Level ground there takes 68 per cent of the noon sunlight a surface facing the sun would.

Elevation of the noon sun at Schell-Osage, angles true: on Oct 16 it stands 43 degrees above the horizon, against 75 at the June solstice, 52 at the equinoxes and 29 at the December solstice; the day is 11 h 03 min long.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT S2193FIG. E THE SUN AT SCHELL-OSAGEELEVATION LOOKING WEST, SOUTH TO THE LEFT: THE NOON SUN ON THE DAY OF THE REPORT, AND AT THE SOLSTICES AND EQUINOXES; ANGLES TRUETHE STATIONJUNE SOLSTICE 75°EQUINOXES 52°DECEMBER SOLSTICE 29°OCT 16, 43°SOUTHANGLES TRUE; THE RAYS ARE OF ONE LENGTH AND DRAW DIRECTION ONLYDAY LENGTH 11 H 03 MINLEVEL GROUND TAKES 68 PER CENT OF THE NOON SUN A FACING SURFACE WOULDLATITUDE 37.99 N; THE SUN'S DECLINATION -9.1°TITLESchell-Osage, the sunSTATION REPORT · SCAN S2193TYPEELEVATIONSCALEANGLES TRUEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-S2193-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-007

The full report of Schell-Osage, in 4 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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