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Richards, Missouri

Town in Vernon County, Missouri

Air quality

The air at Richards

Index 18, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, El Dorado Springs (MO), 32 miles off.

18Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)14Good-
  • Ozone18Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 21, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 7 PM.

SatSun

Precipitation

What has fallen at Richards

None in the last 24 hours; 1.30 in over the last 3 days, to Sat 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
1.30in

Visibility

How far you can see at Richards, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sun 7 PM, lowest 10 miles Sun 5 AM.

SatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Richards, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.3 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Joplin 24 N23908

At a climate reference station/33.9 mi away/952 ft/117 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Richards 4.2 SSEMO-VR-11

In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.3 mi away/781 ft/54 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Sewage PlantNEVM7

At a cooperative observer's station/9.5 mi away/764 ft/71 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank12of 1,043

Station report

The weather at Schell-Osage, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 28.6 mi from Richards, Missouri. From its report of Oct 17, 2026, 12:00 AM local time: 3 of its 4 sheets.

The air

43.9 F with a dew point of 36.5 F, 75 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,700 ft up.

Chart of the air at Schell-Osage: temperature 43.9 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 36.5, 75 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,700 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT S2193FIG. B THE AIR AT SCHELL-OSAGETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00020 F30 F40 F50 FSATURATES 1,700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 34.9 FTEMPERATURE 43.9 FDEW POINT 36.5 FSPREAD 7.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 75 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 POINTTITLESchell-Osage, the airSTATION REPORT · SCAN S2193TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 4DATE2026-10-17IDSR-S2193-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The column

At 814 ft above sea level, 3 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.05 inHg and the temperature at 56.1 F; it reports 43.9 F, 12.2 F colder than standard.

Section from sea level of where Schell-Osage stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 814 feet above sea level with 3 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.05 inches of mercury, and temperature, 56.1 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT S2193FIG. D WHERE SCHELL-OSAGE 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 ATMOSPHERESCHELL-OSAGE3 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT814 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 HERE29.05 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE56.1 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED43.9 FTITLESchell-Osage, the columnSTATION REPORT · SCAN S2193TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 4DATE2026-10-17IDSR-S2193-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The sun

On Oct 17 the noon sun stands 43 degrees above the horizon at 37.99 N, and the day is 11 h 00 min long. Level ground there takes 68 per cent of the noon sunlight a surface facing the sun would.

Elevation of the noon sun at Schell-Osage, angles true: on Oct 17 it stands 43 degrees above the horizon, against 75 at the June solstice, 52 at the equinoxes and 29 at the December solstice; the day is 11 h 00 min long.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT S2193FIG. E THE SUN AT SCHELL-OSAGEELEVATION 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 75°EQUINOXES 52°DECEMBER SOLSTICE 29°OCT 17, 43°SOUTHANGLES TRUE; THE RAYS ARE OF ONE LENGTH AND DRAW DIRECTION ONLYDAY LENGTH 11 H 00 MINLEVEL GROUND TAKES 68 PER CENT OF THE NOON SUN A FACING SURFACE WOULDLATITUDE 37.99 N; THE SUN'S DECLINATION -9.5°TITLESchell-Osage, the sunSTATION REPORT · SCAN S2193TYPEELEVATIONSCALEANGLES TRUEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 4DATE2026-10-17IDSR-S2193-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-007

The full report of Schell-Osage, in 4 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Sewage Plant (NEVM7), 9.5 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 06:30. measured daily

Elsewhere in Missouri

24 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Richards

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

Near Richards

River and lake gauges