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Riverside, Missouri

City in Platte County, Missouri

Air quality

The air at Riverside

Index 21, good, led by coarse particles. Read at 1 PM from its reporting area, Kansas City (MO), 5 miles off.

21Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)12Good5.8 mi
  • Ozone21Good21 ppb10.7 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)21Good5.8 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide5Good5.8 ppb5.8 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide1Good1.5 ppb5.8 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 28, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 7 AM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Riverside

0.06 in in the last 24 hours, 1.55 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.06in
Last 3 days
1.55in

Visibility

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

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

FriSatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Riverside, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.9 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Riverside 1.7 ENEMO-PT-18

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.9 mi away/878 ft/77 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Kansas City/Dntn, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 4.1 mi from Riverside, Missouri. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:54 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 4,000 ft; the ceiling is 4,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Kansas City/Dntn, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 4,000 feet, the ceiling at 4,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MKCFIG. A THE SKY OVER KANSAS CITY/DNTNSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 4,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 4,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEKansas City/Dntn, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS MKCTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MKC-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

52.0 F with a dew point of 38.0 F, 59 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 3,200 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 4,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Kansas City/Dntn: temperature 52.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 38.0, 59 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 3,200 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 4,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MKCFIG. B THE AIR AT KANSAS CITY/DNTNTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 3,200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 35.0 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 4,000 FTTEMPERATURE 52.0 FDEW POINT 38.0 FSPREAD 14.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 59 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 POINTTITLEKansas City/Dntn, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS MKCTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MKC-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (340 degrees) at 22 mph, gusting 33 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 38 mph.

Plan of the wind at Kansas City/Dntn, north up: blowing from 340 degrees, the north northwest, at 22 miles an hour, gusting 33; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 5, fresh breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MKCFIG. C THE WIND AT KANSAS CITY/DNTNPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 340°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19NOW, 22 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE32GUST, 33 MPH8GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEKansas City/Dntn, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MKCTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MKC-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Kansas City/Dntn, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Smithville Lake (SLKM7), 14.8 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Missouri

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

Near Riverside

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

Near Riverside

River and lake gauges