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Fordland, Missouri

City in Webster County, Missouri

Air quality

The air at Fordland

Index 17, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Springfield (MO), 21 miles off.

17Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)0Good-
  • Ozone17Good11 ppb18.2 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)4Good20.9 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 36, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Fordland

0.22 in in the last 24 hours, 1.15 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.22in
Last 3 days
1.15in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 4 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Fordland, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.3 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

SpringfieldSGF

At an airfield/25.3 mi away/1,280 ft/309 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank2of 1,014

measured daily2 instruments

Fordland 1.3 WSWMO-WB-34

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.3 mi away/1,595 ft/6 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

MarshfieldMRFM7

At a cooperative observer's station/12.7 mi away/1,499 ft/90 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank155of 1,014

Station report

The weather at Springfield, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 25.3 mi from Fordland, Missouri. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:52 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 700 ft, broken at 1,100 ft, overcast at 2,000 ft; the ceiling is 1,100 ft; visibility 9 mi.

Section of the sky over Springfield, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 700 feet, broken cloud with its base at 1,100 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 2,000 feet, the ceiling at 1,100 feet, and visibility of 9 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SGFFIG. A THE SKY OVER SPRINGFIELDSECTION, 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 2,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 1,100 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 700 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,100 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 9 MI0510TITLESpringfield, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS SGFTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SGF-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

56.0 F with a dew point of 54.0 F, 93 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 500 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 700 ft.

Chart of the air at Springfield: temperature 56.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 54.0, 93 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 500 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 700 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SGFFIG. B THE AIR AT SPRINGFIELDTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00040 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 53.5 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 700 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 56.0 F, 54.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 93 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 POINTTITLESpringfield, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS SGFTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SGF-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (350 degrees) at 21 mph, gusting 35 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 37 mph.

Plan of the wind at Springfield, north up: blowing from 350 degrees, the north, at 21 miles an hour, gusting 35; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 5, fresh breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SGFFIG. C THE WIND AT SPRINGFIELDPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 350°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19NOW, 21 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE32GUST, 35 MPH8GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLESpringfield, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS SGFTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SGF-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Marshfield (MRFM7), 12.7 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Missouri

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

Near Fordland

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

Near Fordland

River and lake gauges