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Garden City, Missouri

City in Cass County, Missouri

Air quality

The air at Garden City

Index 18, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Kansas City (MO), 43 miles off.

18Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)18Good-
  • Ozone18Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)14Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 41, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Garden City

0.55 in in the last 24 hours, 1.85 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.55in
Last 3 days
1.85in

Visibility

How far you can see at Garden City, the next 43 hours

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Garden City, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.2 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Creighton 4.8 WNWMO-CS-20

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.2 mi away/933 ft/17 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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HarrisonvilleHRRM7

At a cooperative observer's station/10.8 mi away/919 ft/3 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Citizen station W0WFX, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 18.7 mi from Garden City, Missouri. From its report of undefined: 3 of its 4 sheets.

The wind

From the north (5 degrees) at 2 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Citizen station W0WFX, north up: blowing from 5 degrees, the north, at 2 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 W0WFXFIG. C THE WIND AT CITIZEN STATION W0WFXPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 5°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 2 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECitizen station W0WFX, the windSTATION REPORT · CWOP W0WFXTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-W0WFX-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 863 ft above sea level, 3 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.00 inHg and the temperature at 55.9 F; the station's altimeter setting of 30.13 inHg means its barometer reads 29.20 inHg; it reports 54.0 F, 1.9 F colder than standard.

Section from sea level of where Citizen station W0WFX stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 863 feet above sea level with 3 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.00 inches of mercury, and temperature, 55.9 degrees Fahrenheit; the altimeter setting of 30.13 and the station pressure it means, 29.20.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT W0WFXFIG. D WHERE CITIZEN STATION W0WFX 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 ATMOSPHERECITIZEN STATION W0WFX3 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT863 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 HERE29.00 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE55.9 FALTIMETER SETTING, REPORTED30.13 inHgITS BAROMETER READS29.20 inHgTEMPERATURE, REPORTED54.0 FTITLECitizen station W0WFX, the columnSTATION REPORT · CWOP W0WFXTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-W0WFX-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The sun

On Oct 16 the noon sun stands 42 degrees above the horizon at 38.60 N, and the day is 11 h 01 min long. Level ground there takes 67 per cent of the noon sunlight a surface facing the sun would.

Elevation of the noon sun at Citizen station W0WFX, angles true: on Oct 16 it stands 42 degrees above the horizon, against 75 at the June solstice, 51 at the equinoxes and 28 at the December solstice; the day is 11 h 01 min long.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT W0WFXFIG. E THE SUN AT CITIZEN STATION W0WFXELEVATION LOOKING WEST, SOUTH TO THE LEFT: THE NOON SUN ON THE DAY OF THE REPORT, AND AT THE SOLSTICES AND EQUINOXES; ANGLES TRUETHE STATIONJUNE SOLSTICE 75°EQUINOXES 51°DECEMBER SOLSTICE 28°OCT 16, 42°SOUTHANGLES TRUE; THE RAYS ARE OF ONE LENGTH AND DRAW DIRECTION ONLYDAY LENGTH 11 H 01 MINLEVEL GROUND TAKES 67 PER CENT OF THE NOON SUN A FACING SURFACE WOULDLATITUDE 38.60 N; THE SUN'S DECLINATION -9.1°TITLECitizen station W0WFX, the sunSTATION REPORT · CWOP W0WFXTYPEELEVATIONSCALEANGLES TRUEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-W0WFX-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-007

The full report of Citizen station W0WFX, in 4 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 Garden City

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

Near Garden City

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