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La Russell, Missouri

City in Jasper County, Missouri

Air quality

The air at La Russell

Index 14, good, led by ozone. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Alba (MO), 21 miles off.

14Good
  • Ozone14Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)8Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 23, good.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at La Russell

0.23 in in the last 24 hours, 3.05 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.23in
Last 3 days
3.05in

Visibility

How far you can see at La Russell, the next 41 hours

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest La Russell, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.9 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

Mt VernonS2060

At a soil climate station/11.1 mi away/1,254 ft/182 ft above here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank703of 1,014

MonettHFJ

At an airfield/16.4 mi away/1,314 ft/242 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank159of 1,014

Joplin 24 N23908

At a climate reference station/34.4 mi away/952 ft/120 ft below here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Red Oak 0.8 SSWMO-LW-42

In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.9 mi away/1,160 ft/88 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Miller 1 EMLRM7

At a cooperative observer's station/13.6 mi away/1,309 ft/237 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank869of 1,014

Station report

The weather at Monett, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 16.4 mi from La Russell, Missouri. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 1,800 ft, overcast at 2,900 ft; the ceiling is 2,900 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Monett, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 1,800 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 2,900 feet, the ceiling at 2,900 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HFJFIG. A THE SKY OVER MONETTSECTION, 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 STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 2,900 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 1,800 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,900 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEMonett, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS HFJTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HFJ-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

53.6 F with a dew point of 48.2 F, 82 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,200 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,800 ft.

Chart of the air at Monett: temperature 53.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 48.2, 82 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,200 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,800 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HFJFIG. B THE AIR AT MONETTTHE 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 FSATURATES 1,200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 47.0 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 1,800 FTTEMPERATURE 53.6 FDEW POINT 48.2 FSPREAD 5.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 82 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 POINTTITLEMonett, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS HFJTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HFJ-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (330 degrees) at 13 mph, gusting 20 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 24 mph.

Plan of the wind at Monett, north up: blowing from 330 degrees, the north northwest, at 13 miles an hour, gusting 20; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HFJFIG. C THE WIND AT MONETTPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 330°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 13 MPH5FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 20 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMonett, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS HFJTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HFJ-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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