Storm Station
Downing, Missouri
62°
Light rain· Feels like 62°·Light breeze 5 mph E
Showers and thunderstorms. Cloudy, with a low around 58. Southeast wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
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33Air quality
84%Humidity
75%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 3 instruments nearest Downing, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 7.4 miles away.

measured now1 instrument

KirksvilleIRK

At an airfield/28.4 mi away/961 ft/95 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank8of 473

measured daily2 instruments

Lancaster 2SELACM7

At a cooperative observer's station/7.4 mi away/945 ft/79 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Lancaster 0.2 SEMO-FSA-197

In a volunteer observer's own ground/8.6 mi away/942 ft/76 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Kirksville, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 28.4 mi from Downing. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 2:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud reported; visibility 8 mi.

Section of the sky over Kirksville, height above the station to scale: no cloud reported, and visibility of 8 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT IRKFIG. A THE SKY OVER KIRKSVILLESECTION, 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 SHEETNO CLOUD REPORTEDVISIBILITY, MILES: 8 MI0510TITLEKirksville, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS IRKTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-IRK-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

58.0 F with a dew point of 56.0 F, 93 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 500 ft up.

Chart of the air at Kirksville: temperature 58.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 56.0, 93 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 500 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT IRKFIG. B THE AIR AT KIRKSVILLETHE 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 F70 FSATURATES 500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 55.5 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 58.0 F, 56.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 93 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 POINTTITLEKirksville, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS IRKTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-IRK-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the east northeast (60 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Kirksville, north up: blowing from 60 degrees, the east northeast, at 3 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT IRKFIG. C THE WIND AT KIRKSVILLEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 60°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEKirksville, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS IRKTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-IRK-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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