Rain Gage at Chariton River at Novinger401403092411101
At a river or reservoir gauge/22.6 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for Pollock until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Pollock is 51° and mostly clear at 1 AM. The dew point is 39°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the northwest at 12 mph, gusting to 25 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 53° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 33° 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 76°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 58°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 33°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:31 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:27 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 8 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 1:00 AM in Pollock, Missouri.
Air quality
Index 17, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Lake Sugema (IA), 61 miles off.
Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 28, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
None in the last 24 hours; 0.24 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Sat 5 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Pollock, MissouriReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 6 instruments nearest Pollock, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 7.1 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Rain Gage at Chariton River at Novinger401403092411101
At a river or reservoir gauge/22.6 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
SpickardS2047
At a soil climate station/33.6 mi away/912 ft/57 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
KirksvilleIRK
At an airfield/33.8 mi away/961 ft/8 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Chillicothe 22 ENE13301
At a climate reference station/34.6 mi away/833 ft/136 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Green CityGRCM7
At a cooperative observer's station/7.1 mi away/1,033 ft/64 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Unionville 0.8 WMO-FSA-171
In a volunteer observer's own ground/8.8 mi away/1,063 ft/94 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 33.8 mi from Pollock, Missouri. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:55 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
No cloud reported; visibility 10 mi or more.
53.0 F with a dew point of 46.0 F, 77 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,600 ft up.
From the northwest (310 degrees) at 14 mph, gusting 23 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 40 mph.
The full report of Kirksville, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it
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Snow on the ground
24 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.