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Pocahontas, Missouri

Town in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri

Air quality

The air at Pocahontas

Index 19, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Farrar (MO), 14 miles off.

19Good
  • Ozone19Good20 ppb14.4 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 28, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Pocahontas

0.19 in in the last 24 hours, 0.49 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.19in
Last 3 days
0.49in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 10 miles Fri 1 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Pocahontas, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.7 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

PiedmontPMRM7

At a river or reservoir gauge/39.1 mi away/840 ft/247 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank326of 1,014

measured daily2 instruments

Jackson 3.7 NEMO-CG-26

In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.7 mi away/600 ft/7 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Water PlantPRRM7

At a cooperative observer's station/22.1 mi away/509 ft/84 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank23of 1,014

Station report

The weather at Citizen station GW0772, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 7.8 mi from Pocahontas, Missouri. From its report of undefined: 3 of its 4 sheets.

The wind

From the west northwest (282 degrees) at 1 mph, gusting 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Citizen station GW0772, north up: blowing from 282 degrees, the west northwest, at 1 miles an hour, gusting 3; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GW0772FIG. C THE WIND AT CITIZEN STATION GW0772PLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 282°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 1 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECitizen station GW0772, the windSTATION REPORT · CWOP GW0772TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GW0772-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 425 ft above sea level, 2 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.46 inHg and the temperature at 57.5 F; the station's altimeter setting of 29.91 inHg means its barometer reads 29.45 inHg; it reports 79.0 F, 21.5 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Citizen station GW0772 stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 425 feet above sea level with 2 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.46 inches of mercury, and temperature, 57.5 degrees Fahrenheit; the altimeter setting of 29.91 and the station pressure it means, 29.45.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GW0772FIG. D WHERE CITIZEN STATION GW0772 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 ATMOSPHERECITIZEN STATION GW07722 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT425 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 HERE29.46 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE57.5 FALTIMETER SETTING, REPORTED29.91 inHgITS BAROMETER READS29.45 inHgTEMPERATURE, REPORTED79.0 FTITLECitizen station GW0772, the columnSTATION REPORT · CWOP GW0772TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GW0772-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The sun

On Oct 16 the noon sun stands 44 degrees above the horizon at 37.39 N, and the day is 11 h 04 min long. Level ground there takes 69 per cent of the noon sunlight a surface facing the sun would.

Elevation of the noon sun at Citizen station GW0772, angles true: on Oct 16 it stands 44 degrees above the horizon, against 76 at the June solstice, 53 at the equinoxes and 29 at the December solstice; the day is 11 h 04 min long.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GW0772FIG. E THE SUN AT CITIZEN STATION GW0772ELEVATION 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 76°EQUINOXES 53°DECEMBER SOLSTICE 29°OCT 16, 44°SOUTHANGLES TRUE; THE RAYS ARE OF ONE LENGTH AND DRAW DIRECTION ONLYDAY LENGTH 11 H 04 MINLEVEL GROUND TAKES 69 PER CENT OF THE NOON SUN A FACING SURFACE WOULDLATITUDE 37.39 N; THE SUN'S DECLINATION -9.1°TITLECitizen station GW0772, the sunSTATION REPORT · CWOP GW0772TYPEELEVATIONSCALEANGLES TRUEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GW0772-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-007

The full report of Citizen station GW0772, in 4 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Water Plant (PRRM7), 22.1 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 Pocahontas

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

Near Pocahontas

River and lake gauges