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Zalma, Missouri

Community in Bollinger County, Missouri

Air quality

The air at Zalma

Index 15, good, led by ozone. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Farrar (MO), 44 miles off.

15Good
  • Ozone15Good-

Smoke, the next 41 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Zalma

0.15 in in the last 24 hours, 0.85 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.15in
Last 3 days
0.85in

Visibility

How far you can see at Zalma, the next 41 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 7 miles Fri 5 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Zalma, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 9.4 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

PiedmontPMRM7

At a river or reservoir gauge/12.6 mi away/840 ft/468 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank326of 1,014

DexterS2048

At a soil climate station/26.4 mi away/296 ft/76 ft below here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank676of 1,014

measured daily2 instruments

Station report

The weather at Dexter, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 26.4 mi from Zalma, Missouri. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:00 AM local time: 3 of its 4 sheets.

The air

75.6 F with a dew point of 66.7 F, 74 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,100 ft up.

Chart of the air at Dexter: temperature 75.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 66.7, 74 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,100 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT S2048FIG. B THE AIR AT DEXTERTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00050 F60 F70 F80 F90 FSATURATES 2,100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 64.6 FTEMPERATURE 75.6 FDEW POINT 66.7 FSPREAD 8.9 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 74 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 POINTTITLEDexter, the airSTATION REPORT · SCAN S2048TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-S2048-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The column

At 296 ft above sea level, 1 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.60 inHg and the temperature at 57.9 F; it reports 75.6 F, 17.7 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Dexter stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 296 feet above sea level with 1 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.60 inches of mercury, and temperature, 57.9 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT S2048FIG. D WHERE DEXTER 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 ATMOSPHEREDEXTER1 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT296 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 HERE29.60 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE57.9 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED75.6 FTITLEDexter, the columnSTATION REPORT · SCAN S2048TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-S2048-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The sun

On Oct 16 the noon sun stands 44 degrees above the horizon at 36.78 N, and the day is 11 h 05 min long. Level ground there takes 70 per cent of the noon sunlight a surface facing the sun would.

Elevation of the noon sun at Dexter, angles true: on Oct 16 it stands 44 degrees above the horizon, against 77 at the June solstice, 53 at the equinoxes and 30 at the December solstice; the day is 11 h 05 min long.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT S2048FIG. E THE SUN AT DEXTERELEVATION 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 77°EQUINOXES 53°DECEMBER SOLSTICE 30°OCT 16, 44°SOUTHANGLES TRUE; THE RAYS ARE OF ONE LENGTH AND DRAW DIRECTION ONLYDAY LENGTH 11 H 05 MINLEVEL GROUND TAKES 70 PER CENT OF THE NOON SUN A FACING SURFACE WOULDLATITUDE 36.78 N; THE SUN'S DECLINATION -9.1°TITLEDexter, the sunSTATION REPORT · SCAN S2048TYPEELEVATIONSCALEANGLES TRUEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-S2048-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-007

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Wappapello Dam (WPPM7), 19.0 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 Zalma

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Near Zalma

River and lake gauges