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Essex, Missouri

City in Stoddard County, Missouri

Air quality

The air at Essex

Index 54, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Dyersburg (TN), 60 miles off.

54Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)54Moderate-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 31, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Essex

0.02 in in the last 24 hours, 0.11 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.02in
Last 3 days
0.11in

Visibility

How far you can see at Essex, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 10 miles Fri 5 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Essex, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.0 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

DexterS2048

At a soil climate station/4.4 mi away/296 ft/4 ft below here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank676of 1,014

Dexter ScanDEXM7

At a river or reservoir gauge/4.5 mi away/305 ft/5 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank654of 1,014

MaldenMAW

At an airfield/16.4 mi away/290 ft/10 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank724of 1,014

measured daily2 instruments

Dexter 2.9 EMO-ST-3

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.0 mi away/294 ft/6 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Dexter 1EDXTM7

At a cooperative observer's station/4.5 mi away/308 ft/8 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank740of 1,014

Station report

The weather at Malden, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 16.4 mi from Essex, Missouri. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:55 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 8,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Malden, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 8,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MAWFIG. A THE SKY OVER MALDENSECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,500ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTSCT 8,000 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEMalden, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS MAWTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MAW-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

73.4 F with a dew point of 59.0 F, 61 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 3,300 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 8,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Malden: temperature 73.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 59.0, 61 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 3,300 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 8,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MAWFIG. B THE AIR AT MALDENTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION02,0004,0006,0008,00010,00040 F50 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 3,300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 55.7 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 8,000 FTTEMPERATURE 73.4 FDEW POINT 59.0 FSPREAD 14.4 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 POINTTITLEMalden, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS MAWTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MAW-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south (190 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 29 mph.

Plan of the wind at Malden, north up: blowing from 190 degrees, the south, at 3 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MAWFIG. C THE WIND AT MALDENPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 190°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMalden, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MAWTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MAW-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Dexter 1E (DXTM7), 4.5 miles from here, read 13 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Missouri

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

Near Essex

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

Near Essex

River and lake gauges