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Cosby, Missouri

Village in Andrew County, Missouri

Air quality

The air at Cosby

Index 37, good, led by coarse particles. Read at 5 PM from its reporting area, St. Joseph (MO), 11 miles off.

37Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)7Good12.5 mi
  • Ozone23Good26 ppb11.1 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)37Good12.5 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 21, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 PM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Cosby

None in the last 24 hours; 0.13 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 5 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.13in

Visibility

How far you can see at Cosby, the next 44 hours

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

FriSatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Cosby, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.2 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

Citizen station EW7827EW7827

In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.7 mi away/913 ft/21 ft below here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

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St. JosephSTJ

At an airfield/13.8 mi away/810 ft/124 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

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measured daily2 instruments

Cosby 1.2 EMO-AW-8

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.2 mi away/1,018 ft/84 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Cosby 2WCSBM7

At a cooperative observer's station/1.7 mi away/932 ft/2 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at St. Joseph, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 13.8 mi from Cosby, Missouri. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 5:53 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 4,900 ft; the ceiling is 4,900 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over St. Joseph, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 4,900 feet, the ceiling at 4,900 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT STJFIG. A THE SKY OVER ST. JOSEPHSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETBKN 4,900 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 4,900 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLESt. Joseph, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS STJTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-STJ-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

54.0 F with a dew point of 33.0 F, 45 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 4,800 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 4,900 ft.

Chart of the air at St. Joseph: temperature 54.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 33.0, 45 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 4,800 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 4,900 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT STJFIG. B THE AIR AT ST. JOSEPHTHE 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 4,800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 28.6 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 4,900 FTTEMPERATURE 54.0 FDEW POINT 33.0 FSPREAD 21.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 45 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 POINTTITLESt. Joseph, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS STJTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-STJ-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (350 degrees) at 13 mph, gusting 25 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 41 mph.

Plan of the wind at St. Joseph, north up: blowing from 350 degrees, the north, at 13 miles an hour, gusting 25; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT STJFIG. C THE WIND AT ST. JOSEPHPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 350°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 13 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 25 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLESt. Joseph, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS STJTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-STJ-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of St. Joseph, 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 Cosby

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Near Cosby

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