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Preston, Missouri

Village in Hickory County, Missouri

Air quality

The air at Preston

Index 18, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Springfield (MO), 47 miles off.

18Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)18Good-
  • Ozone18Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)4Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 36, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Preston

0.82 in in the last 24 hours, 1.85 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.82in
Last 3 days
1.85in

Visibility

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

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Preston, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.6 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Macks CreekCMMM7

At a river or reservoir gauge/17.0 mi away/1,001 ft/16 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank236of 1,014

CamdentonOZS

At an airfield/28.5 mi away/1,066 ft/49 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank662of 1,014

measured daily2 instruments

Hermitage 0.6 ESEMO-HC-5

In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.6 mi away/801 ft/216 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Camdenton, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 28.5 mi from Preston, Missouri. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:15 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 800 ft, overcast at 1,500 ft; the ceiling is 800 ft; visibility 5 mi.

Section of the sky over Camdenton, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 800 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 1,500 feet, the ceiling at 800 feet, and visibility of 5 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT OZSFIG. A THE SKY OVER CAMDENTONSECTION, 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 SHEETOVC 1,500 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 800 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 800 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 5 MI0510TITLECamdenton, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS OZSTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-OZS-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

55.4 F with a dew point of 55.4 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground; the lowest cloud reported is at 800 ft.

Chart of the air at Camdenton: temperature 55.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 55.4, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground, against the lowest cloud reported at 800 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT OZSFIG. B THE AIR AT CAMDENTONTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00040 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 800 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 55.4 F, 55.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 100 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 POINTTITLECamdenton, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS OZSTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-OZS-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (320 degrees) at 16 mph, gusting 22 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 33 mph.

Plan of the wind at Camdenton, north up: blowing from 320 degrees, the northwest, at 16 miles an hour, gusting 22; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT OZSFIG. C THE WIND AT CAMDENTONPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 320°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 16 MPH5FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 22 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECamdenton, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS OZSTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-OZS-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Camdenton, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Missouri

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Near Preston

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

Near Preston

River and lake gauges