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Lake Lafayette, Missouri

City in Lafayette County, Missouri

Air quality

The air at Lake Lafayette

Index 18, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Kansas City (MO), 33 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 Lake Lafayette

0.75 in in the last 24 hours, 1.75 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.75in
Last 3 days
1.75in

Visibility

How far you can see at Lake Lafayette, the next 43 hours

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Lake Lafayette, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.4 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Odessa 0.2 WSWMO-LF-10

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.4 mi away/942 ft/59 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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ElmELMM7

At a cooperative observer's station/6.6 mi away/938 ft/55 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Warrensburg, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 14.4 mi from Lake Lafayette, Missouri. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:55 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 3,400 ft; the ceiling is 3,400 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Warrensburg, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 3,400 feet, the ceiling at 3,400 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RCMFIG. A THE SKY OVER WARRENSBURGSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 3,400 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 3,400 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEWarrensburg, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS RCMTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RCM-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 46.4 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 3,400 ft.

Chart of the air at Warrensburg: temperature 53.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 46.4, 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 3,400 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RCMFIG. B THE AIR AT WARRENSBURGTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 1,700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 44.8 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 3,400 FTTEMPERATURE 53.6 FDEW POINT 46.4 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 POINTTITLEWarrensburg, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS RCMTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RCM-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (320 degrees) at 13 mph, gusting 22 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 28 mph.

Plan of the wind at Warrensburg, north up: blowing from 320 degrees, the northwest, at 13 miles an hour, gusting 22; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RCMFIG. C THE WIND AT WARRENSBURGPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 320°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 13 MPH5FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 22 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEWarrensburg, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS RCMTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RCM-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Warrensburg, 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 Lake Lafayette

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

Near Lake Lafayette

River and lake gauges