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Lucerne, Missouri

Village in Putnam County, Missouri

Air quality

The air at Lucerne

Index 14, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 PM from its reporting area, Lake Sugema (IA), 69 miles off.

14Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)8Good-
  • Ozone14Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 28, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 7 AM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Lucerne

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 12 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.00in

Visibility

How far you can see at Lucerne, the next 43 hours

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

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

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Lucerne, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 11.8 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

SpickardS2047

At a soil climate station/27.0 mi away/912 ft/61 ft below here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank713of 1,014

measured daily2 instruments

Unionville 6.2 NWMO-PN-3

In a volunteer observer's own ground/11.8 mi away/1,078 ft/105 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

PrincetonPRTM7

At a cooperative observer's station/16.1 mi away/932 ft/41 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank68of 1,014

Station report

The weather at Spickard Scan, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 26.9 mi from Lucerne, Missouri. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:00 PM local time: 3 of its 3 sheets.

The column

At 911 ft above sea level, 3 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 28.95 inHg and the temperature at 55.8 F; it reports 50.9 F, 4.9 F colder than standard.

Section from sea level of where Spickard Scan stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 911 feet above sea level with 3 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 28.95 inches of mercury, and temperature, 55.8 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SPCM7FIG. D WHERE SPICKARD SCAN 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 ATMOSPHERESPICKARD SCAN3 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT911 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 HERE28.95 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE55.8 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED50.9 FTITLESpickard Scan, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP SPCM7TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 3DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SPCM7-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The sun

On Oct 16 the noon sun stands 41 degrees above the horizon at 40.25 N, and the day is 10 h 58 min long. Level ground there takes 65 per cent of the noon sunlight a surface facing the sun would.

Elevation of the noon sun at Spickard Scan, angles true: on Oct 16 it stands 41 degrees above the horizon, against 73 at the June solstice, 50 at the equinoxes and 26 at the December solstice; the day is 10 h 58 min long.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SPCM7FIG. E THE SUN AT SPICKARD SCANELEVATION 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 73°EQUINOXES 50°DECEMBER SOLSTICE 26°OCT 16, 41°SOUTHANGLES TRUE; THE RAYS ARE OF ONE LENGTH AND DRAW DIRECTION ONLYDAY LENGTH 10 H 58 MINLEVEL GROUND TAKES 65 PER CENT OF THE NOON SUN A FACING SURFACE WOULDLATITUDE 40.25 N; THE SUN'S DECLINATION -9.1°TITLESpickard Scan, the sunSTATION REPORT · DCP SPCM7TYPEELEVATIONSCALEANGLES TRUEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 3DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SPCM7-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-007

The instrument

A data collection platform, 911 ft above sea level. Its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:00 PM local time is written on the sensors that made it.

Elevation of a data collection platform, Spickard Scan, each sensor drawn and labelled with what it read: antenna, sending by satellite, last heard oct 16, 2026, 12:00 pm local time; air temperature, 50.9 f; precipitation gauge, 0.00 in today.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SPCM7FIG. F THE INSTRUMENTELEVATION OF A DATA COLLECTION PLATFORM, EACH SENSOR WITH WHAT IT READ, OCT 16, 2026, 12:00 PM LOCAL TIMEANTENNA, SENDING BY SATELLITELAST HEARD OCT 16, 2026, 12:00 PM LOCAL TIMEAIR TEMPERATURE50.9 FPRECIPITATION GAUGE0.00 IN TODAYSCHEMATIC; THE SPACING BETWEEN SENSORS IS NOT TO SCALETITLESpickard Scan, the instrumentSTATION REPORT · DCP SPCM7TYPEELEVATIONSCALESCHEMATICREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 3DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SPCM7-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-INS-001

The full report of Spickard Scan, in 3 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 Lucerne

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

Near Lucerne

River and lake gauges