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Oaks, Missouri

Village in Clay County, Missouri

Air quality

The air at Oaks

Index 21, good, led by fine particles. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Kansas City (MO), 5 miles off.

21Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)21Good12.6 mi
  • Ozone13Good9 ppb9.1 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)16Good5.1 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide18Good19.1 ppb6.6 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide1Good1.4 ppb6.6 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 20, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Mon 1 AM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Oaks

None in the last 24 hours; 0.21 in over the last 3 days, to Sat 5 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.21in

Visibility

How far you can see at Oaks, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Mon 1 AM, lowest 10 miles Sun 5 AM.

SatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Oaks, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.7 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Oakview 0.1 EMO-CY-43

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.7 mi away/989 ft/11 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Kansas City/Dntn, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 5.3 mi from Oaks, Missouri. From its report of Oct 17, 2026, 5:54 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Kansas City/Dntn, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MKCFIG. A THE SKY OVER KANSAS CITY/DNTNSECTION, 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEKansas City/Dntn, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS MKCTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-MKC-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

40.0 F with a dew point of 36.0 F, 85 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 900 ft up.

Chart of the air at Kansas City/Dntn: temperature 40.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 36.0, 85 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 900 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MKCFIG. B THE AIR AT KANSAS CITY/DNTNTHE 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 900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 35.1 FTEMPERATURE 40.0 FDEW POINT 36.0 FSPREAD 4.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 85 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 POINTTITLEKansas City/Dntn, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS MKCTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-MKC-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Kansas City/Dntn, north up: calm; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 0, calm, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MKCFIG. C THE WIND AT KANSAS CITY/DNTNPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEKansas City/Dntn, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MKCTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-MKC-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Kansas City/Dntn, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Smithville Lake (SLKM7), 13.3 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Missouri

24 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Oaks

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

Near Oaks

River and lake gauges