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East Prairie, Missouri

City in Mississippi County, Missouri

Air quality

The air at East Prairie

Index 50, good, led by fine particles. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Paducah (KY), 49 miles off.

50Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)50Good-
  • Ozone36Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 43, good.

Smoke, the next 40 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at East Prairie

0.02 in in the last 24 hours, 0.04 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.02in
Last 3 days
0.04in

Visibility

How far you can see at East Prairie, the next 40 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 8 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest East Prairie, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.7 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

SikestonSIK

At an airfield/12.9 mi away/303 ft/3 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank821of 1,014

DexterS2048

At a soil climate station/30.2 mi away/296 ft/10 ft below here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank676of 1,014

Dexter ScanDEXM7

At a river or reservoir gauge/30.4 mi away/305 ft/1 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank654of 1,014

measured daily2 instruments

East Prairie 0.7 NNEMO-MP-5

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.7 mi away/314 ft/8 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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East PrairieEPRM7

At a cooperative observer's station/1.9 mi away/305 ft/1 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Sikeston, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 12.9 mi from East Prairie, Missouri. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 3:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 2,300 ft, overcast at 3,200 ft; the ceiling is 2,300 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Sikeston, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 2,300 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 3,200 feet, the ceiling at 2,300 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SIKFIG. A THE SKY OVER SIKESTONSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 3,200 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 2,300 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,300 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLESikeston, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS SIKTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SIK-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

66.0 F with a dew point of 60.0 F, 81 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,400 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,300 ft.

Chart of the air at Sikeston: temperature 66.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 60.0, 81 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,400 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,300 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SIKFIG. B THE AIR AT SIKESTONTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00050 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 1,400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 58.6 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 2,300 FTTEMPERATURE 66.0 FDEW POINT 60.0 FSPREAD 6.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 81 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 POINTTITLESikeston, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS SIKTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SIK-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (320 degrees) at 18 mph, gusting 24 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 24 mph.

Plan of the wind at Sikeston, north up: blowing from 320 degrees, the northwest, at 18 miles an hour, gusting 24; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SIKFIG. C THE WIND AT SIKESTONPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 320°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 18 MPH5FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 24 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLESikeston, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS SIKTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SIK-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Missouri

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Near East Prairie

River and lake gauges