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Houstonia, Missouri

City in Pettis County, Missouri

Air quality

The air at Houstonia

Index 12, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Columbia (MO), 57 miles off.

12Good
  • Ozone12Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 11, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Houstonia

0.31 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
0.31in
Last 3 days
1.15in

Visibility

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

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Houstonia, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.7 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Whiteman AFBSZL

At an airfield/15.4 mi away/869 ft/108 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank3of 1,014

measured daily2 instruments

Sweet SpringsSSPM7

At a cooperative observer's station/5.7 mi away/686 ft/75 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Sweet Springs 5.6 SWMO-PS-12

In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.2 mi away/740 ft/21 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Whiteman AFB, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 15.4 mi from Houstonia, Missouri. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:55 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 3,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Whiteman AFB, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 3,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SZLFIG. A THE SKY OVER WHITEMAN AFBSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONSCT 3,000 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEWhiteman AFB, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS SZLTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SZL-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

56.5 F with a dew point of 49.3 F, 77 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,700 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 3,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Whiteman AFB: temperature 56.5 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 49.3, 77 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,700 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 3,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SZLFIG. B THE AIR AT WHITEMAN AFBTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00040 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 1,700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 47.7 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 3,000 FTTEMPERATURE 56.5 FDEW POINT 49.3 FSPREAD 7.2 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 77 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 POINTTITLEWhiteman AFB, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS SZLTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SZL-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (340 degrees) at 16 mph, gusting 24 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 32 mph.

Plan of the wind at Whiteman AFB, north up: blowing from 340 degrees, the north northwest, at 16 miles an hour, gusting 24; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SZLFIG. C THE WIND AT WHITEMAN AFBPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 340°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 16 MPH5FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 24 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEWhiteman AFB, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS SZLTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SZL-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Whiteman AFB, 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 Houstonia

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

Near Houstonia

River and lake gauges