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Mineral Point, Missouri

Town in Washington County, Missouri

Air quality

The air at Mineral Point

Index 23, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Bonne Terre (MO), 16 miles off.

23Good
  • Ozone23Good25 ppb16.5 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 21, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Mineral Point

0.28 in in the last 24 hours, 0.82 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.28in
Last 3 days
0.82in

Visibility

How far you can see at Mineral Point, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Thu 11 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Mineral Point, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.7 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

FarmingtonFAM

At an airfield/20.6 mi away/945 ft/70 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank971of 1,014

measured daily2 instruments

PotosiPTSM7

At a cooperative observer's station/2.7 mi away/1,056 ft/181 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank66of 1,014

Bonne Terre 3.4 WMO-SF-8

In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.3 mi away/954 ft/79 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Shaw Nature Reserve, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 37.1 mi from Mineral Point, Missouri. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 9:00 PM local time: 3 of its 4 sheets.

The air

73.9 F with a dew point of 65.1 F, 74 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,100 ft up.

Chart of the air at Shaw Nature Reserve: temperature 73.9 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 65.1, 74 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,100 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT S2227FIG. B THE AIR AT SHAW NATURE RESERVETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00050 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 2,100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 62.9 FTEMPERATURE 73.9 FDEW POINT 65.1 FSPREAD 8.8 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 74 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 POINTTITLEShaw Nature Reserve, the airSTATION REPORT · SCAN S2227TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-S2227-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The column

At 623 ft above sea level, 2 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.25 inHg and the temperature at 56.8 F; it reports 73.9 F, 17.1 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Shaw Nature Reserve stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 623 feet above sea level with 2 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.25 inches of mercury, and temperature, 56.8 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT S2227FIG. D WHERE SHAW NATURE RESERVE 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 ATMOSPHERESHAW NATURE RESERVE2 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT623 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 HERE29.25 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE56.8 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED73.9 FTITLEShaw Nature Reserve, the columnSTATION REPORT · SCAN S2227TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-S2227-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The sun

On Oct 16 the noon sun stands 42 degrees above the horizon at 38.48 N, and the day is 11 h 02 min long. Level ground there takes 67 per cent of the noon sunlight a surface facing the sun would.

Elevation of the noon sun at Shaw Nature Reserve, angles true: on Oct 16 it stands 42 degrees above the horizon, against 75 at the June solstice, 52 at the equinoxes and 28 at the December solstice; the day is 11 h 02 min long.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT S2227FIG. E THE SUN AT SHAW NATURE RESERVEELEVATION 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 75°EQUINOXES 52°DECEMBER SOLSTICE 28°OCT 16, 42°SOUTHANGLES TRUE; THE RAYS ARE OF ONE LENGTH AND DRAW DIRECTION ONLYDAY LENGTH 11 H 02 MINLEVEL GROUND TAKES 67 PER CENT OF THE NOON SUN A FACING SURFACE WOULDLATITUDE 38.48 N; THE SUN'S DECLINATION -9.1°TITLEShaw Nature Reserve, the sunSTATION REPORT · SCAN S2227TYPEELEVATIONSCALEANGLES TRUEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-S2227-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-007

The full report of Shaw Nature Reserve, in 4 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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