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Fairfax, Missouri

City in Atchison County, Missouri

Air quality

The air at Fairfax

Index 15, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, St. Joseph (MO), 39 miles off.

15Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)6Good-
  • Ozone15Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)8Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 48, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Fairfax

0.09 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.09in
Last 3 days
0.09in

Visibility

How far you can see at Fairfax, the next 45 hours

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Fairfax, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 6.8 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

MaryvilleEVU

At an airfield/25.1 mi away/1,138 ft/204 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank717of 1,014

measured daily2 instruments

Tarkio #2TAKM7

At a cooperative observer's station/6.8 mi away/997 ft/63 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Tarkio 0.1 WNWMO-AT-1

In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.2 mi away/1,007 ft/73 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Maryville, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 25.1 mi from Fairfax, Missouri. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:15 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 4,600 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Maryville, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 4,600 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT EVUFIG. A THE SKY OVER MARYVILLESECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETSCT 4,600 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEMaryville, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS EVUTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-EVU-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

51.6 F with a dew point of 38.7 F, 61 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,900 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 4,600 ft.

Chart of the air at Maryville: temperature 51.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 38.7, 61 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,900 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 4,600 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT EVUFIG. B THE AIR AT MARYVILLETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 2,900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 35.9 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 4,600 FTTEMPERATURE 51.6 FDEW POINT 38.7 FSPREAD 12.9 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 POINTTITLEMaryville, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS EVUTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-EVU-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (340 degrees) at 10 mph, gusting 28 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 29 mph.

Plan of the wind at Maryville, north up: blowing from 340 degrees, the north northwest, at 10 miles an hour, gusting 28; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT EVUFIG. C THE WIND AT MARYVILLEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 340°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 10 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 28 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMaryville, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS EVUTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-EVU-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Maryville, 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 Fairfax

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

Near Fairfax

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