Citizen station FW2285FW2285
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.9 mi away/905 ft/123 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Pleasant Valley, Missouri
City in Clay County, Missouri* WHAT...Temperatures as low as 32 will result in frost formation. * WHERE...Portions of east central and northeast Kansas and central, north central, northeast, northwest, and west central Missouri. * WHEN...From 1 AM to 9 AM CDT Saturday. * IMPACTS...Frost could harm sensitive outdoor vegetation. Sensitive outdoor plants may be killed if left uncovered.
Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.
48°
55°/44°
Clear·
Feels like 44°·Gentle breeze 9 mph NW
Alert. A Frost Advisory is in force for Pleasant Valley until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Pleasant Valley is 48° and clear at 3 AM. With the wind it feels like 44°. The dew point is 37°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the northwest at 9 mph, gusting to 21 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 54° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 35° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 80°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 59°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 35°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:38 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:37 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 11 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
21Air quality
65%Humidity
2%Cloud
Now
3:00 AM
48feels44
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
5544
21mph
Sat
Oct 17
5935
clear day
Sun
Oct 18
6738
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
7044
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7448
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7853
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
8058
overcast
48°
55°44°
59°35°
67°38°
70°44°
74°48°
78°53°
80°58°
As of 3:00 AM in Pleasant Valley, Missouri.
Air quality
The air at Pleasant Valley
Index 21, good, led by fine particles. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Kansas City (MO), 8 miles off.
21Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)21Good10.9 mi
- Ozone20Good22 ppb10.9 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)19Good10.9 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide0Good0.8 ppb10.9 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0.4 ppb10.9 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 28, good.
GoodModerate
- 28YesterdayOct 15
- 17TodayOct 16
Smoke, the next 41 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Pleasant Valley
0.22 in in the last 24 hours, 1.65 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.22in
- Last 3 days
- 1.65in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 13%
Visibility
How far you can see at Pleasant Valley, the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Sat 8 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Pleasant Valley, MissouriReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
Weather instrument stations by state
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Pleasant Valley, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.5 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Rank822of 1,014
Rain Gage at Rock Creek in Independence390632094282001
At a river or reservoir gauge/7.6 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
At an airfield/8.8 mi away/745 ft/37 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Powell GardensS2061
At a soil climate station/34.2 mi away/967 ft/185 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Pleasant Valley 0.5 NWMO-CY-37
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.5 mi away/846 ft/64 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Smithville LakeSLKM7
At a cooperative observer's station/12.6 mi away/902 ft/120 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The weather at Kansas City/Dntn, drawn
The nearest airport reporting now, 8.8 mi from Pleasant Valley, Missouri. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:54 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
The sky
No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
The air
49.0 F with a dew point of 37.0 F, 63 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,700 ft up.
The wind
From the northwest (310 degrees) at 10 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 32 mph.
The full report of Kansas City/Dntn, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Smithville Lake (SLKM7), 12.6 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Missouri
24 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Pleasant Valley
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Claycomovillage, 1 mi
- Glenairecity, 2 mi
- Libertycity, 3 mi
- Gladstonecity, 4 mi
- Birminghamvillage, 4 mi
- Randolphvillage, 4 mi
- Oakviewvillage, 5 mi
- Oaksvillage, 5 mi
- Oakwoodvillage, 5 mi
- Oakwood Parkvillage, 5 mi
- Avondalecity, 6 mi
- River Bendvillage, 6 mi