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Ritchey, Missouri

Town in Newton County, Missouri

Air quality

The air at Ritchey

Index 9, good, led by coarse particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Alba (MO), 24 miles off.

9Good
  • Ozone9Good13 ppb24.3 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)9Good19.2 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 14, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Ritchey

0.26 in in the last 24 hours, 2.80 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.26in
Last 3 days
2.80in

Visibility

How far you can see at Ritchey, the next 44 hours

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Ritchey, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.3 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

MonettHFJ

At an airfield/9.9 mi away/1,314 ft/241 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank159of 1,014

Mt VernonS2060

At a soil climate station/19.0 mi away/1,254 ft/181 ft above here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank703of 1,014

Joplin 24 N23908

At a climate reference station/39.4 mi away/952 ft/121 ft below here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Granby 1.2 ENEMO-NW-6

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.3 mi away/1,204 ft/131 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Diamond 2WDMDM7

At a cooperative observer's station/9.8 mi away/1,070 ft/3 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank935of 1,014

Station report

The weather at Monett, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 9.9 mi from Ritchey, Missouri. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:55 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 800 ft; the ceiling is 800 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Monett, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 800 feet, the ceiling at 800 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HFJFIG. A THE SKY OVER MONETTSECTION, 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 800 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 800 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEMonett, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS HFJTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HFJ-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

53.6 F with a dew point of 53.6 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 Monett: temperature 53.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 53.6, 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 HFJFIG. B THE AIR AT MONETTTHE 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 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 800 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 53.6 F, 53.6 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 POINTTITLEMonett, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS HFJTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HFJ-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (350 degrees) at 16 mph, gusting 21 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 29 mph.

Plan of the wind at Monett, north up: blowing from 350 degrees, the north, at 16 miles an hour, gusting 21; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HFJFIG. C THE WIND AT MONETTPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 350°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 16 MPH5FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 21 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMonett, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS HFJTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HFJ-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Diamond 2W (DMDM7), 9.8 miles from here, read 14 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Missouri

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Near Ritchey

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Near Ritchey

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