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Galena, Missouri

City in Stone County, Missouri

Air quality

The air at Galena

Index 20, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Springfield (MO), 33 miles off.

20Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)0Good-
  • Ozone20Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)9Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 31, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 7 PM.

SatSun

Precipitation

What has fallen at Galena

None in the last 24 hours; 0.87 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.87in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sun 7 PM, lowest 10 miles Sat 8 AM.

SatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Galena, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Mt VernonS2060

At a soil climate station/29.2 mi away/1,254 ft/219 ft above here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank695of 1,043

measured daily2 instruments

GalenaGALM7

At a cooperative observer's station/0.1 mi away/1,007 ft/28 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank806of 1,043

Galena 0.1 NWMO-SE-25

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.2 mi away/1,148 ft/113 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Branson West Muni, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 8.2 mi from Galena, Missouri. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 11:35 PM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

50.0 F with a dew point of 35.6 F, 58 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 3,300 ft up.

Chart of the air at Branson West Muni: temperature 50.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 35.6, 58 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; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FWBFIG. B THE AIR AT BRANSON WEST MUNITHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 3,300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 32.5 FTEMPERATURE 50.0 FDEW POINT 35.6 FSPREAD 14.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 58 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 POINTTITLEBranson West Muni, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS FWBTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-10-17IDSR-FWB-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (360 degrees) at 8 mph, gusting 17 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 26 mph.

Plan of the wind at Branson West Muni, north up: blowing from 360 degrees, the north, at 8 miles an hour, gusting 17; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FWBFIG. C THE WIND AT BRANSON WEST MUNIPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 360°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 8 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE13GUST, 17 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEBranson West Muni, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS FWBTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-10-17IDSR-FWB-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The column

At 1,292 ft above sea level, 5 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 28.55 inHg and the temperature at 54.4 F; the station's altimeter setting of 30.51 inHg means its barometer reads 29.11 inHg; it reports 50.0 F, 4.4 F colder than standard.

Section from sea level of where Branson West Muni stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 1,292 feet above sea level with 5 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 28.55 inches of mercury, and temperature, 54.4 degrees Fahrenheit; the altimeter setting of 30.51 and the station pressure it means, 29.11.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FWBFIG. D WHERE BRANSON WEST MUNI STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREBRANSON WEST MUNI5 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT1,292 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE28.55 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE54.4 FALTIMETER SETTING, REPORTED30.51 inHgITS BAROMETER READS29.11 inHgTEMPERATURE, REPORTED50.0 FTITLEBranson West Muni, the columnSTATION REPORT · ASOS FWBTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-10-17IDSR-FWB-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Branson West Muni, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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