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Potosi, Missouri

City in Washington County, Missouri

Air quality

The air at Potosi

Index 23, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Bonne Terre (MO), 20 miles off.

23Good
  • Ozone23Good25 ppb19.6 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 21, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Potosi

0.25 in in the last 24 hours, 0.80 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.25in
Last 3 days
0.80in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Thu 11 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Potosi, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.1 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

FarmingtonFAM

At an airfield/22.9 mi away/945 ft/25 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank971of 1,014

measured daily2 instruments

PotosiPTSM7

At a cooperative observer's station/2.1 mi away/1,056 ft/86 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank66of 1,014

Potosi 3.2 WMO-WS-2

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.2 mi away/980 ft/10 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Belgrade - Council Bluff, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 17.1 mi from Potosi, Missouri. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:18 PM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

69.0 F with a dew point of 67.2 F, 94 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 400 ft up.

Chart of the air at Belgrade - Council Bluff: temperature 69.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 67.2, 94 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 400 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CBFM7FIG. B THE AIR AT BELGRADE - COUNCIL BLUFFTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00060 F70 F80 FSATURATES 400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 66.7 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 69.0 F, 67.2 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 94 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 POINTTITLEBelgrade - Council Bluff, the airSTATION REPORT · DCP CBFM7TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CBFM7-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the southwest (222 degrees) at 1 mph, gusting 6 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 10 mph.

Plan of the wind at Belgrade - Council Bluff, north up: blowing from 222 degrees, the southwest, at 1 miles an hour, gusting 6; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CBFM7FIG. C THE WIND AT BELGRADE - COUNCIL BLUFFPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 222°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 1 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE4GUST, 6 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEBelgrade - Council Bluff, the windSTATION REPORT · DCP CBFM7TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CBFM7-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 1,286 ft above sea level, 5 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 28.56 inHg and the temperature at 54.4 F; it reports 69.0 F, 14.6 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Belgrade - Council Bluff stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 1,286 feet above sea level with 5 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 28.56 inches of mercury, and temperature, 54.4 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CBFM7FIG. D WHERE BELGRADE - COUNCIL BLUFF 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 ATMOSPHEREBELGRADE - COUNCIL BLUFF5 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT1,286 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 HERE28.56 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE54.4 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED69.0 FTITLEBelgrade - Council Bluff, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP CBFM7TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CBFM7-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Belgrade - Council Bluff, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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