Storm Station
Airport Drive, Missouri
67°
Light rain· Feels like 67°·Light breeze 8 mph E
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 65. Southeast wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
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-Air quality
87%Humidity
18%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Airport Drive, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.4 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

JoplinJLN

At an airfield/1.4 mi away/962 ft/6 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank35of 473

Joplin 24 N23908

At a climate reference station/19.7 mi away/952 ft/16 ft below here

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Joplin 24 NJONM7

At a river or reservoir gauge/20.3 mi away/955 ft/13 ft below here

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Mt VernonS2060

At a soil climate station/35.3 mi away/1,254 ft/286 ft above here

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measured daily2 instruments

Joplin 1.3 WNWMO-JS-37

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.5 mi away/1,004 ft/36 ft above here

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Diamond 2WDMDM7

At a cooperative observer's station/13.8 mi away/1,070 ft/102 ft above here

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Station report

The weather at Joplin, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 1.4 mi from Airport Drive. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 4:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 8,000 ft, broken at 10,000 ft, overcast at 12,000 ft; the ceiling is 10,000 ft; visibility 6 mi.

Section of the sky over Joplin, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 8,000 feet, broken cloud with its base at 10,000 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 12,000 feet, the ceiling at 10,000 feet, and visibility of 6 mi.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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,50015,00017,50020,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLEHIGHTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTOVC 12,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 10,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 8,000 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 10,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 6 MI0510TITLEJoplin, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS JLNTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-JLN-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

67.0 F with a dew point of 66.0 F, 97 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 200 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 8,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Joplin: temperature 67.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 66.0, 97 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 200 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 8,000 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00050 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 65.7 FABOVE THIS SHEET: LOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 8,000 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 67.0 F, 66.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 97 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 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-JLN-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the east southeast (120 degrees) at 10 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Joplin, north up: blowing from 120 degrees, the east southeast, at 10 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle 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 120°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 10 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEJoplin, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS JLNTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-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

Measured at Diamond 2W (DMDM7), 13.8 miles from here, read 17 Sep, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Missouri

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Near Airport Drive

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