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Ionia, Missouri

Town in Benton County, Missouri

Air quality

The air at Ionia

Index 19, good, led by fine particles. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, El Dorado Springs (MO), 68 miles off.

19Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)19Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 21, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Ionia

0.46 in in the last 24 hours, 1.55 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.46in
Last 3 days
1.55in

Visibility

How far you can see at Ionia, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 5 miles Fri 3 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Ionia, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.6 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

WarsawRAW

At an airfield/10.9 mi away/937 ft/15 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank680of 1,014

measured daily2 instruments

Ionia 1.6 SSWMO-BT-5

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.6 mi away/930 ft/22 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Cole Camp 3NWCCMM7

At a cooperative observer's station/3.8 mi away/1,010 ft/58 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank138of 1,014

Station report

The weather at Warsaw, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 10.9 mi from Ionia, Missouri. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Warsaw, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RAWFIG. A THE SKY OVER WARSAWSECTION, 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 SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEWarsaw, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS RAWTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RAW-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

47.0 F with a dew point of 37.4 F, 69 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,200 ft up.

Chart of the air at Warsaw: temperature 47.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 37.4, 69 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,200 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RAWFIG. B THE AIR AT WARSAWTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 2,200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 35.3 FTEMPERATURE 47.0 FDEW POINT 37.4 FSPREAD 9.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 69 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 POINTTITLEWarsaw, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS RAWTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RAW-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (320 degrees) at 10 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 22 mph.

Plan of the wind at Warsaw, north up: blowing from 320 degrees, the northwest, at 10 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RAWFIG. C THE WIND AT WARSAWPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 320°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 10 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEWarsaw, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS RAWTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RAW-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Cole Camp 3NW (CCMM7), 3.8 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 Ionia

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Near Ionia

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