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Newtown, Missouri

Town in Sullivan County, Missouri

Air quality

The air at Newtown

Index 13, good, led by ozone. Read at 9 AM from its reporting area, Lake Sugema (IA), 73 miles off.

13Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)6Good-
  • Ozone13Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 19, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Mon 7 AM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Newtown

None in the last 24 hours; 0.02 in over the last 3 days, to Sat 9 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.02in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Mon 7 AM, lowest 9 miles Sun 7 AM.

SatSunMon

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Newtown, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 13.1 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

SpickardS2047

At a soil climate station/21.8 mi away/912 ft/31 ft below here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank711of 1,043

measured daily2 instruments

PrincetonPRTM7

At a cooperative observer's station/13.2 mi away/932 ft/11 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank68of 1,043

Station report

The weather at Spickard, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 21.8 mi from Newtown, Missouri. From its report of Oct 17, 2026, 9:00 AM local time: 3 of its 4 sheets.

The air

37.8 F with a dew point of 34.3 F, 87 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 800 ft up.

Chart of the air at Spickard: temperature 37.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 34.3, 87 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 800 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT S2047FIG. B THE AIR AT SPICKARDTHE 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 FSATURATES 800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 33.5 FTEMPERATURE 37.8 FDEW POINT 34.3 FSPREAD 3.5 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 87 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 POINTTITLESpickard, the airSTATION REPORT · SCAN S2047TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 4DATE2026-10-17IDSR-S2047-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The column

At 912 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 55.7 F; it reports 37.8 F, 17.9 F colder than standard.

Section from sea level of where Spickard stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 912 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, 55.7 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT S2047FIG. D WHERE SPICKARD 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 ATMOSPHERESPICKARD3 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT912 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 HERE55.7 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED37.8 FTITLESpickard, the columnSTATION REPORT · SCAN S2047TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 4DATE2026-10-17IDSR-S2047-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The sun

On Oct 17 the noon sun stands 40 degrees above the horizon at 40.23 N, and the day is 10 h 55 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, angles true: on Oct 17 it stands 40 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 55 min long.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT S2047FIG. E THE SUN AT SPICKARDELEVATION 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 17, 40°SOUTHANGLES TRUE; THE RAYS ARE OF ONE LENGTH AND DRAW DIRECTION ONLYDAY LENGTH 10 H 55 MINLEVEL GROUND TAKES 65 PER CENT OF THE NOON SUN A FACING SURFACE WOULDLATITUDE 40.23 N; THE SUN'S DECLINATION -9.5°TITLESpickard, the sunSTATION REPORT · SCAN S2047TYPEELEVATIONSCALEANGLES TRUEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 4DATE2026-10-17IDSR-S2047-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-007

The full report of Spickard, in 4 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 Newtown

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Near Newtown

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