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Seneca, Missouri

City in Newton County, Missouri

Air quality

The air at Seneca

Index 14, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Miami (OK), 14 miles off.

14Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)14Good-
  • Ozone13Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 23, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Seneca

0.58 in in the last 24 hours, 2.45 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.58in
Last 3 days
2.45in

Visibility

How far you can see at Seneca, 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 Seneca, MissouriReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Seneca, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.8 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

JoplinJLN

At an airfield/22.5 mi away/962 ft/110 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank163of 1,014

measured daily2 instruments

Seneca 3.6 SMO-NW-24

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.8 mi away/993 ft/141 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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NeoshoNEOM7

At a cooperative observer's station/13.8 mi away/1,043 ft/191 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Joplin, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 22.5 mi from Seneca, Missouri. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:53 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 2,600 ft, overcast at 6,000 ft; the ceiling is 2,600 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Joplin, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 2,600 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 6,000 feet, the ceiling at 2,600 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT JLNFIG. A THE SKY OVER JOPLINSECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 6,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 2,600 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,600 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEJoplin, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS JLNTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-JLN-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

56.0 F with a dew point of 51.0 F, 83 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,200 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,600 ft.

Chart of the air at Joplin: temperature 56.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 51.0, 83 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,200 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,600 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT JLNFIG. B THE AIR AT JOPLINTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00040 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 1,200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 49.8 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 2,600 FTTEMPERATURE 56.0 FDEW POINT 51.0 FSPREAD 5.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 83 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 POINTTITLEJoplin, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS JLNTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-JLN-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (350 degrees) at 13 mph, gusting 23 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 30 mph.

Plan of the wind at Joplin, north up: blowing from 350 degrees, the north, at 13 miles an hour, gusting 23; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT JLNFIG. C THE WIND AT JOPLINPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 350°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 13 MPH5FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 23 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEJoplin, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS JLNTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-JLN-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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