Current weather · Sep 28, 3:23 AM CDT

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56°

Partly CloudyFeels like 56° · Humidity 100%NWS forecast for this hour; no recent station reportForecast by NWS Kansas City/Pleasant Hill, MO · grid 116,90
High
72°
Low
54°
Rain today
4%
Sunrise
7:03 AM
Sunset
6:57 PM

Hour by hour

NWS forecast grid

Scroll sideways for more hours. Pick an hour for every number.

Every hour as a table48 hours
TimeWeatherTemperatureFeels likeDew pointHumidityChanceAmountSnowDirWindGustSky coverThunderPressureVisibilityCeiling
Mon 3 AM56°56°56°100%2%NE2 mph7 mph50%—9 mi
Mon 4 AMPatchy fog56°56°56°100%2%NE3 mph8 mph47%1%—8 mi
Mon 5 AM55°55°55°100%2%NE3 mph8 mph50%1%—7 mi
Mon 6 AMPatchy fog55°55°55°100%2%NE3 mph8 mph50%1%—4 mi
Mon 7 AM55°55°55°100%1%NE3 mph8 mph51%—7 mi
Mon 8 AM57°57°56°96%1%ENE3 mph8 mph41%—7 mi
Mon 9 AM59°59°57°93%1%ENE3 mph8 mph31%—9 mi
Mon 10 AM64°64°58°81%1%E5 mph9 mph22%—10 mi
Mon 11 AM66°66°59°78%1%E5 mph8 mph15%—10 mi
Mon 12 PM68°68°59°73%1%E5 mph8 mph12%—10 mi
Mon 1 PM70°70°59°68%1%E3 mph7 mph8%—10 mi
Mon 2 PM71°71°59°66%1%E3 mph7 mph10%—10 mi
Mon 3 PM72°72°59°64%1%E3 mph7 mph10%—10 mi
Mon 4 PM72°72°59°64%1%E3 mph7 mph22%—10 mi
Mon 5 PM71°71°59°66%1%E3 mph7 mph11%—10 mi
Mon 6 PM70°70°60°71%1%E3 mph7 mph13%—10 mi
Mon 7 PM66°66°59°78%1%ENE2 mph7 mph7%—10 mi
Mon 8 PM63°63°57°81%1%E3 mph8 mph10%—10 mi
Mon 9 PM61°61°56°84%1%E3 mph8 mph12%—10 mi
Mon 10 PM59°59°54°83%1%E3 mph9 mph5%—10 mi
Mon 11 PM58°58°53°83%1%E3 mph9 mph12%—10 mi
Tue 12 AM58°58°52°80%1%ESE3 mph9 mph5%—10 mi
Tue 1 AM57°57°51°80%1%ESE3 mph10 mph18%—10 mi
Tue 2 AM57°57°50°77%0%ESE3 mph10 mph16%—10 mi
Tue 3 AM57°57°49°75%1%ESE3 mph10 mph17%—10 mi
Tue 4 AM56°56°49°77%1%SE5 mph12 mph19%1%—10 mi
Tue 5 AM56°56°48°74%0%SE5 mph12 mph33%—10 mi
Tue 6 AM56°56°48°74%1%SE5 mph12 mph48%1%—10 mi
Tue 7 AM55°55°48°77%0%SE6 mph12 mph41%—10 mi
Tue 8 AM58°58°50°75%0%SSE6 mph13 mph16%——
Tue 9 AM60°60°53°78%0%SSE7 mph14 mph47%——
Tue 10 AM66°66°55°68%0%SSE7 mph14 mph44%——
Tue 11 AM69°69°57°66%0%S8 mph15 mph52%——
Tue 12 PM72°72°59°64%0%S8 mph15 mph40%——
Tue 1 PM75°75°60°60%0%S8 mph15 mph31%——
Tue 2 PM76°76°61°60%0%S8 mph16 mph25%——
Tue 3 PM77°77°62°60%0%S8 mph16 mph25%——
Tue 4 PM78°78°63°60%0%S8 mph16 mph38%——
Tue 5 PM77°77°63°62%0%S8 mph14 mph21%——
Tue 6 PM76°76°63°64%0%SSE6 mph12 mph32%——
Tue 7 PM73°73°62°68%1%SSE6 mph12 mph57%1%——
Tue 8 PM70°70°61°73%1%SSE6 mph13 mph64%1%——
Tue 9 PM68°68°60°76%1%SSE7 mph15 mph72%1%——
Tue 10 PM68°68°58°70%1%SSE8 mph17 mph80%1%——
Tue 11 PM67°67°57°70%1%SSE8 mph18 mph79%1%——
Wed 12 AM67°67°56°68%1%SSE8 mph17 mph79%1%——
Wed 1 AM67°67°56°68%6%SSE8 mph17 mph78%2%——
Wed 2 AM67°67°56°68%6%SSE8 mph17 mph80%2%——

The next 16 days

NWS grid published Sep 28, 1:26 AM CDT to day 8, the National Blend of Models to day 10, the mean of GFS, ECMWF, ECMWF AI to day 16
  1. TodaySep 2872°54°Patchy Fog then Sunny4%wind 5 mph
  2. TueSep 2978°65°Mostly Sunny1%wind 8 mph · gusts 18 mph
  3. WedSep 3079°64°Mostly Cloudy then Slight Chance Rain Showers27%0.03 inwind 12 mph · gusts 20 mph
  4. ThuOct 169°55°Showers And Thunderstorms84%1.27 inwind 12 mph · gusts 20 mph
  5. FriOct 264°52°Chance Rain Showers51%0.18 inwind 10 mph · gusts 20 mph
  6. SatOct 365°54°Chance Rain Showers25%0.04 inwind 7 mph · gusts 13 mph
  7. SunOct 466°52°Slight Chance Rain Showers24%0.25 inwind 8 mph · gusts 14 mph
  8. MonOct 565°52°13%wind 6 mph · gusts 12 mph
  9. TueOct 666°54°National Blend12%wind 7 mph · gusts 14 mph
  10. WedOct 767°52°National Blend12%0.14 inwind 6 mph · gusts 12 mph
  11. ThuOct 8~68°51°Model mean
  12. FriOct 9~62°43°Model mean
  13. SatOct 10~67°50°Model mean
  14. SunOct 11~62°47°Model mean
  15. MonOct 12~59°39°Model mean0.06 in
  16. TueOct 13~42°39°Model mean0.02 in

Right now

NWS grid for this hour · UV from the EPA · air quality from AirNow
  • Feels like56°
  • WindNE 2 mphgusts 7 mph
  • Radar over this pointno reading
  • Humidity100%
  • Dew point56°
  • Pressure—
  • UV index—
  • Air quality—
  • Visibility9 mi
  • Sunrise and sunsetSunrise · Sunset · not yet up
  • Moonrise7:44 PMMoonset 9:18 AM
  • Moon phaseWaning gibbous95% lit

The National Blend of Models

NOAA NBM v5.0 · run of Sep 28, 1:00 AM CDT

NOAA’s weighted blend of every model it runs, to eleven days, with the chances the grid above does not carry. Where the local office’s grid reaches, its figure sits beneath the blend’s; where it does not, the blend stands alone.

  1. TodaySep 2872°54°NWS grid 72° / 54°rain 2%wind 5 mph
  2. TueSep 2978°65°NWS grid 78° / 65°rain 6%wind 9 mph · gusts 17 mph
  3. WedSep 3079°64°NWS grid 79° / 64°rain 66%thunder 19%0.03 inwind 12 mph · gusts 20 mph
  4. ThuOct 169°55°NWS grid 69° / 55°rain 90%thunder 34%1.30 inwind 12 mph · gusts 20 mph
  5. FriOct 265°52°NWS grid 64° / 52°rain 38%0.15 inwind 10 mph · gusts 20 mph
  6. SatOct 366°54°NWS grid 65° / 54°rain 25%thunder 13%0.08 inwind 7 mph · gusts 13 mph
  7. SunOct 467°52°NWS grid 66° / 52°rain 22%thunder 14%0.27 inwind 8 mph · gusts 14 mph
  8. MonOct 565°51°NWS grid 65° / 52°rain 9%wind 6 mph · gusts 12 mph
  9. TueOct 666°54°Beyond the NWS gridrain 12%wind 7 mph · gusts 14 mph
  10. WedOct 767°52°Beyond the NWS gridrain 12%0.14 inwind 6 mph · gusts 12 mph
  11. ThuOct 865°—Beyond the NWS gridrain 7%0.01 inwind 7 mph · gusts 14 mph
50°68°86°TueWedThuFriSatSunMon

BlendNWS gridChance of rain, hourly

The models, side by side

HRRR Sep 27, 7:00 PM CDT · GFS Sep 27, 7:00 PM CDT · GEFS Sep 27, 7:00 PM CDT · ECMWF Sep 27, 7:00 AM CDT · ECMWF AI Sep 27, 7:00 PM CDT

Each line is one model’s own forecast at its own grid cell: three kilometers for HRRR, a quarter of a degree for the global models, which can sit a few hundred meters above or below the town. Where they agree the forecast is settled; where they part is where it is not.

41°68°95°TueWedThuFriSatSunMon

DayNWS gridHRRRGFSGEFSECMWFECMWF AI
Today Sep 2872° 54°73° 54°75° 58°75° 57°73° 54°~73° 57°
Tue Sep 2978° 65°79° 55°83° 57°83° 56°0.02 in80° 57°~79° 58°
Wed Sep 3079° 64°0.03 in—87° 68°80° 68°0.24 in84° 68°~79° 68°0.12 in
Thu Oct 169° 55°1.27 in—79° 57°1.38 in73° 64°0.66 in76° 57°1.81 in~74° 69°0.92 in
Fri Oct 264° 52°0.18 in—61° 54°0.02 in67° 59°0.16 in67° 56°~68° 62°0.13 in
Sat Oct 365° 54°0.04 in—67° 57°68° 56°0.12 in~66° 56°0.01 in~69° 54°
Sun Oct 466° 52°0.25 in—69° 52°67° 55°0.11 in~62° 60°2.14 in~74° 61°0.02 in
Mon Oct 565° 52°—66° 47°64° 48°~65° 58°0.04 in~62° 44°
Tue Oct 6——68° 46°67° 46°0.05 in~68° 61°0.02 in~65° 42°
Wed Oct 7——66° 51°0.15 in71° 51°0.05 in~73° 63°0.52 in~64° 55°0.13 in
Thu Oct 8——~69° 55°—~64° 52°0.01 in~70° 47°
Fri Oct 9——~60° 40°—~49° 40°~77° 49°
Sat Oct 10——~63° 53°—~54° 35°~82° 61°
Sun Oct 11——~55° 43°—~65° 46°~67° 53°
Mon Oct 12——~51° 34°0.12 in—~49° 46°~66° 44°
Tue Oct 13——~42° 39°0.02 in———

A ~ marks a high or low read from six-hourly steps, which miss the true extreme by a degree or two.

ECMWF ensemble meteogram

ECMWF ensemble meteogram for this place: box plots of cloud cover, precipitation, wind speed and temperature from the 51 ensemble members for ten days.
Rendered by ECMWF from its 51-member ensemble, in metric units: each box spans the middle half of the members, the whiskers the rest, the line the control run. A forecast, not an observation. © ECMWF, CC BY 4.0.

The next 90 days

NOAA GHCN normals and records at Kirksville (IRK) · Climate Prediction Center outlooks

No forecast has skill day by day past about two weeks, and this page does not print one. Where the models stop, the calendar takes over: the 1991 to 2020 normal for each date, the record high and low ever set on it, and where the Climate Prediction Center leans warm, cool, wet or dry over the coming weeks, the month and the season. A site that shows a high for a date three months out is showing you this normal with a wobble.

The forecast reaches Tue Oct 13, from the NWS grid, then the National Blend, then the mean of the global models. Beyond it the lines are the calendar.

Climate Prediction Center (CPC) temperature leanwarmer 33% · Oct 202633% chance above normal · Oct to Dec0°20°40°60°80°100°TodayOct 1Nov 1Dec 1

Forecast high and lowNormal high and lowRecord high and lowCPC leans warmer than normalCPC near normal or equal chances

Week ofNormalWarmest on recordColdest on recordTemperature leanPrecipitation lean
Sep 2873° / 50°99° (1953)29° (1951)33% chance above normal · Oct 2026equal chances · Oct 2026
Oct 571° / 46°92° (1963)20° (1952)near normal most likely · days 8 to 1440% chance below normal · days 8 to 14
Oct 1264° / 43°89° (2016)21° (1952)33% chance above normal · Oct 2026equal chances · Oct 2026
Oct 1964° / 43°87° (2022)17° (1972)33% chance above normal · Oct 2026equal chances · Oct 2026
Oct 2661° / 38°88° (1950)15° (1952)33% chance above normal · Oct 2026equal chances · Oct 2026
Nov 256° / 38°80° (1964)10° (1951)33% chance above normal · Oct to Dec33% chance above normal · Oct to Dec
Nov 951° / 30°79° (1949)2° (2019)33% chance above normal · Oct to Dec33% chance above normal · Oct to Dec
Nov 1654° / 32°76° (2016)-0° (1959)33% chance above normal · Oct to Dec33% chance above normal · Oct to Dec
Nov 2349° / 28°73° (2017)-0° (1950)33% chance above normal · Oct to Dec33% chance above normal · Oct to Dec
Nov 3045° / 27°71° (2012)-9° (1964)33% chance above normal · Oct to Dec33% chance above normal · Oct to Dec
Dec 740° / 20°69° (1949)-12° (1962)33% chance above normal · Oct to Dec33% chance above normal · Oct to Dec
Dec 1437° / 20°74° (2021)-12° (1951)33% chance above normal · Oct to Dec33% chance above normal · Oct to Dec
Dec 2134° / 17°68° (2021)-15° (1962)33% chance above normal · Oct to Dec33% chance above normal · Oct to Dec

Health and activities

Rules of thumb over the next 24 hours of forecast, the warnings in force, the station’s report, air quality and pollen

None of these is a measurement. Each is a rating of the forecast ahead, and of what is happening at the point right now, against what the activity or the ailment is known to mind, and each names the figure that decided it. An ailment or a pest is rated as a risk, low to extreme; an activity, a chore or a journey as a condition, poor to ideal.

Each rating says which span it is for: the rest of today’s daylight, tonight, or the next 24 hours.

Health

  • Arthritisnext 24 hModeratehumid
  • Sinus pressurenext 24 hLowsteady conditions
  • Common coldtodayLowmild
  • FlutodayLowmild
  • Migrainenext 24 hLowsteady conditions
  • Asthmanext 24 hLowclean air
  • Heat stresstodayLowmild
  • SunburntodayLowweak sun
  • Frostbitenext 24 hLowmild
  • SleepingtonightIdealcool, quiet night

Outdoors

  • RunningtodayVery goodfine conditions
  • HikingtodayIdealfine conditions
  • BikingtodayIdealfine conditions
  • GolftodayIdealfine conditions
  • FishingtodayIdealfine conditions
  • Boating and paddlingtodayIdealfine conditions
  • Beach and pooltodayVery goodcool
  • CampingtonightIdealfine conditions
  • StargazingtonightPoorpartly cloudy

Travel

  • Air travelnext 24 hIdealclear skies
  • Drivingnext 24 hIdealclear roads

Home and garden

  • Lawn mowingtodayIdealfine conditions
  • GardeningtodayIdealfine conditions
  • Outdoor entertainingtodayIdealfine conditions
  • Drying laundry outsidetodayVery goodhumid
  • Painting and outdoor projectstodayIdealfine conditions
  • FrosttonightLowmild

Pests

  • MosquitoestodayVery highwarm
  • TickstodayVery highwarm
  • Indoor pestsnext 24 hLowmild
  • Outdoor peststodayHighwarm

Stargazing

Worked out from the NWS hourly forecast and the sun and moon

Tonight has no dark, clear hour without a bright moon in this forecast. Rated fair.

Night ofRatingDarkClear hoursClear and moonlessMoon litTransparency (est.)DewStrongest wind
MondayFair8:27 PM to 5:34 AM9 of 10None93%Fair5 mph
TuesdayPoor8:25 PM to 5:35 AM0 of 10None87%8 mph
WednesdayPoor8:24 PM to 5:36 AM0 of 10None79%4 h8 mph
ThursdayPoor8:22 PM to 5:37 AM0 of 10None70%5 h12 mph
FridayPoor8:20 PM to 5:38 AM0 of 10None60%9 h6 mph
SaturdayPoor8:19 PM to 5:39 AM0 of 10None49%10 h3 mph
SundayPoor8:17 PM to 5:40 AM0 of 10None39%10 h3 mph

Dark is the sun 18 degrees below the horizon; where it never gets that low, 12 degrees, marked nautical. Clear is sky cover of 20% or less. A bright moon is one above the horizon with a quarter or more of its disc lit. Transparency in the table is estimated from surface humidity (70% and 85% mark fair and poor) and visibility, since the forecast carries no haze or high cloud moisture. Seeing and transparency by hour, where shown, are Environment and Climate Change Canada’s astronomy forecast (regional model; seeing from cloud, wind shear, turbulence near the ground and the surface temperature trend; transparency from the moisture through the whole air column), under the Open Government Licence - Canada. Dew is the air within 2 °C of its dew point. Excellent is four or more clear moonless hours with good transparency; good is three; fair is one, or two clear hours.

Golden hour and blue hour

Computed from the sun and moon positions
DayBlue hour, morningGolden hour, morningGolden hour, eveningBlue hour, evening
Mon6:36 AM to 6:47 AM6:47 AM to 7:39 AM6:21 PM to 7:14 PM7:14 PM to 7:24 PM
Tue6:37 AM to 6:48 AM6:48 AM to 7:40 AM6:20 PM to 7:12 PM7:12 PM to 7:22 PM
Wed6:38 AM to 6:49 AM6:49 AM to 7:41 AM6:18 PM to 7:10 PM7:10 PM to 7:21 PM
Thu6:39 AM to 6:50 AM6:50 AM to 7:42 AM6:16 PM to 7:09 PM7:09 PM to 7:19 PM
Fri6:40 AM to 6:51 AM6:51 AM to 7:43 AM6:15 PM to 7:07 PM7:07 PM to 7:17 PM
Sat6:41 AM to 6:52 AM6:52 AM to 7:44 AM6:13 PM to 7:05 PM7:05 PM to 7:16 PM
Sun6:42 AM to 6:53 AM6:53 AM to 7:45 AM6:11 PM to 7:04 PM7:04 PM to 7:14 PM
NESWSRSSMRMS
  • SR Sunrise 7:03 AM, 92° E
  • SS Sunset 6:57 PM, 268° W
  • MR Moonrise 7:44 PM, 66° ENE
  • MS Moonset 9:18 AM, 290° WNW
  • Waning gibbous, 95% lit

Golden hour is the sun between 6 degrees above the horizon and 4 degrees below it; blue hour is the sun between 4 and 6 degrees below. These are the definitions timeanddate.com and PhotoPills use. Directions are degrees clockwise from true north, where the sun’s upper edge and the moon’s center cross a flat horizon; hills and buildings change both. None means the sun does not reach that height on the day; all day means it stays inside the band.

Drone flying

NWS hourly forecast, SWPC Kp, FAA TFRs and 14 CFR Part 107

This hour: fly with caution (night: lighting and night training required (107.29)). Next good stretch: Mon 8 AM to 6 PM, 10 hours.

Today: civil twilight for Part 107 6:33 AM to sunrise 7:03 AM, and sunset 6:57 PM to 7:27 PM. Anti-collision lighting is required in those minutes and at night.

Mon6 AM12 PM6 PM
Tue12 AM6 AM12 PM6 PM
Wed12 AM6 AM12 PM6 PM

Good Caution No-fly

HourVerdictWind (mph)400 ft est. (mph)Gust (mph)RainVisibilityCloud allowsTempKpWhy
Mon 3 AMCaution26102%9 mi56°night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Mon 4 AMCaution314182%8 mi56°gusts near or over your limit, night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Mon 5 AMCaution38132%7 mi55°night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Mon 6 AMCaution38132%4.3 mi55°night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Mon 7 AMCaution3491%7 mi55°civil twilight: lighting required (107.29)
Mon 8 AMGood3491%7 mi57°nothing against it
Mon 9 AMGood3491%9 mi59°nothing against it
Mon 10 AMGood55101%10 mi64°nothing against it
Mon 11 AMGood5591%10 mi66°nothing against it
Mon 12 PMGood5591%10 mi68°nothing against it
Mon 1 PMGood3481%10 mi70°nothing against it
Mon 2 PMGood3481%10 mi71°nothing against it
Mon 3 PMGood3481%10 mi72°nothing against it
Mon 4 PMGood3481%10 mi72°nothing against it
Mon 5 PMGood3481%10 mi71°nothing against it
Mon 6 PMCaution3481%10 mi70°civil twilight: lighting required (107.29)
Mon 7 PMCaution29141%10 mi66°night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Mon 8 PMCaution314181%10 mi63°gusts near or over your limit, night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Mon 9 PMCaution314181%10 mi61°gusts near or over your limit, night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Mon 10 PMCaution314191%10 mi59°gusts near or over your limit, night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Mon 11 PMCaution314191%10 mi58°gusts near or over your limit, night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Tue 12 AMCaution314191%10 mi58°gusts near or over your limit, night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Tue 1 AMCaution314211%10 mi57°gusts near or over your limit, night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Tue 2 AMCaution314210%10 mi57°gusts near or over your limit, night: lighting and night training required (107.29)

Flight restrictions nearby

Reading the FAA’s temporary flight restrictions.

Flight restrictions on the map. TFRs are not the whole picture: controlled airspace around airports needs LAANC authorization. Check the FAA’s B4UFLY.

Wind at 400 ft is estimated from the 10 m forecast by the power law, with exponents for each Pasquill stability class (Irwin 1979, rural, as in EPA dispersion models; the class from wind, sun height and cloud, after Turner 1970); gusts keep the ground gust’s margin. Caution from three quarters of your limit; the default 24 mph is the wind resistance printed for common sub-250 g drones. 14 CFR 107.51: “The minimum flight visibility, as observed from the location of the control station must be no less than 3 statute miles” and at least “500 feet below the cloud”. 14 CFR 107.29: “No person may operate a small unmanned aircraft system during periods of civil twilight unless the small unmanned aircraft has lighted anti-collision lighting visible for at least 3 statute miles”; civil twilight is the 30 minutes before sunrise and after sunset, in Alaska the Air Almanac’s. Kp: SWPC’s scales say satellite navigation problems may occur at G3 (Kp 7) and navigation is “degraded for hours” at G4 (Kp 8); Kp 5 is the typical app warning. Typical limits, not rules: rain chance 30% caution and 60% no-fly, thunder 10% and 20%, below 0 °C caution and −10 °C no-fly, over 40 °C caution. Your drone’s manual and the airspace come first.

Spraying and field work

Worked out from the NWS hourly forecast

Hours fit for spraying, and the days dry enough for fieldwork and hay, read from this forecast’s wind, gusts, humidity, temperature and rain.

Spraying windows

  • Mon 10 AM to 7 PM 9 hours, every hour within the rules
  • Tue 12 AM to 2 PM 14 hours, every hour within the rules
  • Tue 5 PM to 10 PM 5 hours, every hour within the rules
  • Wed 6 PM to 9 PM 3 hours, every hour within the rules
  • Mon 12 PM to 4 PM 4 hours, every hour within the rules
Mon6 AM12 PM6 PM
Tue12 AM6 AM12 PM6 PM
Wed12 AM6 AM12 PM6 PM
Thu12 AM6 AM12 PM6 PM

Good Marginal No

Field days

DayDaytimeChance of rainRainLowest humidityStrongest windDry days in a rowHay drying
MondayDry1%0.00 in64%5 mph3 d
TuesdayDry1%0.00 in60%8 mph2 d
WednesdayDry27%0.03 in69%12 mph1 d
ThursdayWet84%1.27 in93%12 mph
FridayShowers possible21%0.17 in81%10 mph
SaturdayDry25%0.04 in81%7 mph1 d
SundayWet21%0.25 in81%8 mph
MondayDry7%0.00 in78%6 mph1 d

Spraying: sustained wind 3 to 10 mph, the range US extension services and most labels give; gusts no more than 15 mph (this page’s limit); delta T (air minus wet-bulb temperature) 2 to 8 °C preferred and 8 to 10 °C marginal, from GRDC guidance, with the wet bulb by Stull’s formula; no hour at a 30% chance of rain or 0.25 mm forecast during the rain-free time. Follow the product label, which overrides all of this. Field days: dry is no daytime hour at a 30% chance and under 1 mm all day, wet is 6 mm (0.25 in) or more; soil moisture is not in the forecast, so ground still wet from earlier rain is not accounted for. Hay drying marks a dry day with humidity down to 50% and a breeze of 5 mph or more.

Solunar times

Computed from the moon’s position

The best-rated day this week is Monday, rated good.

DayRatingMajor periodsMinor periodsMoonSunrise, sunset
Mon Good1:10 AM to 3:10 AM1:36 PM to 3:36 PM8:48 AM to 9:48 AM7:14 PM to 8:14 PM 95%7:03 AM, 6:57 PM
Tue Good2:02 AM to 4:02 AM2:30 PM to 4:30 PM10:03 AM to 11:03 AM7:49 PM to 8:49 PM 90%7:04 AM, 6:55 PM
Wed Poor2:58 AM to 4:58 AM3:28 PM to 5:28 PM11:18 AM to 12:18 PM8:32 PM to 9:32 PM 82%7:05 AM, 6:54 PM
Thu Fair3:58 AM to 5:58 AM4:30 PM to 6:30 PM12:31 PM to 1:31 PM9:26 PM to 10:26 PM 73%7:06 AM, 6:52 PM
Fri Fair5:01 AM to 7:01 AM5:32 PM to 7:32 PM1:36 PM to 2:36 PM10:31 PM to 11:31 PM 64%7:07 AM, 6:50 PM
Sat Fair6:03 AM to 8:03 AM6:34 PM to 8:34 PM2:30 PM to 3:30 PM 53%7:08 AM, 6:49 PM
Sun Fair7:03 AM to 9:03 AM7:32 PM to 9:32 PM11:42 PM to 12:42 AM3:14 PM to 4:14 PM 43%7:09 AM, 6:47 PM

Periods in bold fall within an hour of sunrise or sunset. The weather’s side is the fishing index

Major periods are two hours centered on the moon’s passage overhead and underfoot; minor periods are one hour centered on moonrise and moonset: the conventional durations of John Alden Knight’s solunar tables (1936). The rating is this site’s: one point to start, two more within a day and a half of a new or full moon (one more within three and a half days), and one more when a period falls within an hour of sunrise or sunset. The theory has mixed support in fisheries research; the times are exact astronomy.

In words

NWS forecast periods, as issued
  1. Overnight55° · 2% · NE 3 mph

    Patchy fog between 4am and 5am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 55. Northeast wind around 3 mph.

  2. Monday72° · 2% · ENE 5 mph

    Patchy fog before 7am. Sunny, with a high near 72. East northeast wind around 5 mph.

  3. Monday Night54° · 1% · E 5 mph

    Mostly clear, with a low around 54. East wind around 5 mph.

  4. Tuesday78° · 1% · SSE 5–8 mph

    Mostly sunny, with a high near 78. South southeast wind 5 to 8 mph.

  5. Tuesday Night65° · 6% · SSE 8 mph

    Mostly cloudy, with a low around 65. South southeast wind around 8 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.

  6. Wednesday79° · 15% · S 12 mph

    A slight chance of rain showers after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 79. Chance of precipitation is 20%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.

  7. Wednesday Night64° · 66% · SSW 8 mph

    A slight chance of rain showers before 7pm, then showers and thunderstorms likely. Cloudy, with a low around 64. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

  8. Thursday69° · 84% · WNW 6–10 mph

    Rain showers likely before 7am, then showers and thunderstorms. Cloudy, with a high near 69. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

  9. Thursday Night55° · 67% · NNE 12 mph

    Showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 55. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

  10. Friday64° · 35% · NNE 10 mph

    A chance of rain showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 64. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

  11. Friday Night52° · 19% · NE 7 mph

    A slight chance of rain showers. Partly cloudy, with a low around 52.

  12. Saturday65° · 25% · E 7 mph

    A chance of rain showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 65. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

  13. Saturday Night54° · 25% · E 5 mph

    A chance of rain showers. Partly cloudy, with a low around 54. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

  14. Sunday66° · 24% · NE 5–8 mph

    A slight chance of rain showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 66.

The forecaster’s discussion

NWS Kansas City/Pleasant Hill, MO · issued Sep 28, 12:10 AM CDT

Written by the forecaster on duty for their own colleagues and for anyone who wants to know why the forecast says what it says. It is not edited for the public, so it uses the office’s shorthand; it is also the most honest thing any weather service publishes.

KEY Messages

Gradual warming trend expected through Tuesday.

Multiple rounds of showers and thunderstorms are likely for Tuesday night through Thursday night with heavy rainfall possible due to an influx of tropical moisture from the remnants of Hurricane Polo.

Discussion

203 PM CDT Sun Sep 27 2026

Current H5 analysis shows a deep closed low (nor'easter) off the coast of New Jersey, with mid/upper ridging across the western CONUS east of another trough making landfall across the West Coast, with weak north northwesterly H5 flow in place across our CWA. At the surface, light and variable winds are present between a surface high over northern Wisconsin and a subtle surface low near the Red River. A relatively saturated boundary layer has yielded persistent low level cloud cover with some patchy drizzle and even a few light showers toward central Missouri. Isolated pop up showers will be possible later this afternoon, but most areas should remain dry. For tonight, mostly cloudy skies should persist, with perhaps some patchy fog and temperatures dropping into the upper 50s to lower 60s by early Monday morning.

Temperatures should warm a bit Monday and into Tuesday as the western trough digs into southern California and Hurricane Polo approaches Baja California, sending the western ridge axis closer to our CWA. As we head into Wednesday and Thursday, the remnants of Polo's moisture plume is progged to get absorbed by the deepening upper trough as it crosses the Southern Rockies into the Southern Plains and enhanced south southwesterly flow overspreads our CWA. With PWATs on the order of 1.8 to 2 inches and ample forcing for ascent, scattered to widespread showers and thunderstorms are likely to begin by late Tuesday night across far NW Missouri, expanding in coverage to cover the entire CWA by Wednesday and into Thursday. Some differences remain in where exactly models want to place the heaviest rainfall amounts, and most recent guidance has actually decreased QPF across the CWA. However, current grids still show roughly 2 to 3 inches of rain across the region for Tuesday evening through Thursday evening, with highest amounts across NW Missouri and NE Kansas. Cloud cover and some patchy showers may linger into Friday morning, but at least some sunshine and dry conditions should return by Friday evening and into the weekend, with daily high temperatures ranging from the upper 60s to lower 70s and overnight lows in the 50s.

Aviation · 06Z TAFs Through 06Z Tuesday

1209 AM CDT Mon Sep 28 2026

VFR CIGS have returned for most of the area but we will still see a thin veil of clouds around for the better part of the day Monday, but these should scatter out in the early evening. MVFR CIGS will stick around STJ for a few more hours and then there could be some patchy fog at STJ right before sunrise but the probility of VIS below MVFR is low. There is a better chance (30-40%) for early morning patchy fog and visibility restrictions north of US-36, especially along the MO/IA border. Winds will remain light out of the east for the forecast period.

EAX Watches / Warnings / Advisories

MO...None. KS...None.

Hazardous weather outlook Sep 27, 5:01 AM CDT

The office’s own seven-day heads-up for spotters and emergency managers.

FLUS43 KEAX 271001
HWOEAX

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
0501 AM CDT Sun Sep 27 2026

KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040-
043>046-053-054-281001-
Atchison KS-Miami-Linn KS-Doniphan-Leavenworth-Wyandotte-Johnson KS-
Atchison MO-Nodaway-Worth-Gentry-Harrison-Mercer-Putnam-Schuyler-
Holt-Andrew-De Kalb-Daviess-Grundy-Sullivan-Adair-Buchanan-Clinton-
Caldwell-Livingston-Linn MO-Macon-Platte-Clay-Ray-Carroll-Chariton-
Randolph-Jackson-Lafayette-Saline-Howard-Cass-Johnson MO-Pettis-
Cooper-Bates-Henry-
0501 AM CDT Sun Sep 27 2026

This hazardous weather outlook is for northwest...north central and
west central Missouri...as well as extreme eastern Kansas.

.DAY ONE...Through tonight.

There is a low probability of widespread hazardous weather.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.

Please go to https://weather.gov/media/eax/DssPacket.pdf for more information on
potential weather hazards.

.KEY MESSAGES...

- Isolated to scattered showers again today, mainly for areas south/east
  of I-35. A few thunderstorms are possible as well, but severe
  weather is not expected.

- The potential for heavy rain and flooding for the middle of
  the week is increasing. Multiple rounds of heavy rain are 
  expected in the region from Tuesday night through Thursday.

$$

The outlooks beyond

SPC, WPC, CPC and the Drought Monitor, read at this point

The national centers each publish a judgment the local grid does not carry. Read here at this exact coordinate.

Severe weather

  1. Day 1 · Mon Sep 28No risk area
  2. Day 2 · Tue Sep 29No risk area
  3. Day 3 · Wed Sep 30General Thunderstorms Risk
  4. Day 4 · Thu Oct 1No risk area
  5. Day 5 · Fri Oct 2No risk area
  6. Day 6 · Sat Oct 3No risk area
  7. Day 7 · Sun Oct 4No risk area
  8. Day 8 · Mon Oct 5No risk area

Rainfall

  1. Day 1 · Mon Sep 28Under 0.01 in
  2. Day 2 · Tue Sep 29Under 0.01 in
  3. Day 3 · Wed Sep 300.25 in
  4. Day 4-5 · Oct 1–Oct 21.00 in
  5. Day 6-7 · Oct 3–Oct 40.25 in

The rainfall forecast on the map, days 1 to 7

Flash flood risk

  1. Day 1 · Mon Sep 28Below marginal
  2. Day 2 · Tue Sep 29Below marginal
  3. Day 3 · Wed Sep 30Below marginal
  4. Day 4 · Thu Oct 1Marginal
  5. Day 5 · Fri Oct 2Slight

Six to fourteen days

  1. Days 6–10 · TemperatureNear normal most likelyOct 3–Oct 7
  2. Days 6–10 · PrecipitationNear normal most likelyOct 3–Oct 7
  3. Days 8–14 · TemperatureNear normal most likelyOct 5–Oct 11
  4. Days 8–14 · Precipitation40% chance below normalOct 5–Oct 11

Hazards, 3 to 14 days

  1. Thu Oct 1Heavy Rain

Drought

  1. Drought MonitorNo drought
  2. Outlook for Sep 2026Drought development likely

Drought in this county: the map, the record since 2000 and the outlook

Frost and climate

NOAA 1991-2020 normals, Kirksville Rgnl AP

The last spring freeze (32°F) usually comes around April 19 and the first fall freeze around October 18: a growing season of about 180 days.

One fall in ten brings a freeze by October 1; one spring in ten still has one after May 5.

Climate of 39.96, -92.49: normals, records and every month

Everything else on the grid

NWS forecast grid · 26 elements

The forecast office edits about sixty fields for every cell of its grid. The common ones are above; these are the rest, as the daily extreme, for anyone who needs the mixing height, the fire danger or the swell.

ElementMonTueWedThuFriSatSunMon
HeatRisk max0 · Little1 · Minor1 · Minor1 · Minor0 · Little0 · Little0 · Little0 · Little
Wet bulb globe temperature max70°73°75°69°64°66°66°65°
Heat index max72°78°79°70°
Chance of thunder max2%1%18%35%14%12%12%12%
Cloud ceiling min8,200 ft
Visibility min4 mi10 mi
Mixing height max3,300 ft4,000 ft3,700 ft1,900 ft2,900 ft2,200 ft2,100 ft2,800 ft
Transport wind max10 mph16 mph21 mph16 mph15 mph13 mph10 mph10 mph

Against the record

NOAA GHCN · Kirksville (IRK) · 10 mi away

Each forecast day against the same calendar date at the nearest long-record station: the 1991 to 2020 normal, and the record high and low with the year they were set.

DayForecastNormalRecord highRecord low
Mon Sep 2872° / 54°71° / 49°99° (1953)29° (1951)
Tue Sep 2978° / 65°72° / 47°94° (1953)31° (1967)
Wed Sep 3079° / 64°74° / 49°91° (2023)32° (1972)
Thu Oct 169° / 55°73° / 50°90° (2002)30° (1958)
Fri Oct 264° / 52°71° / 49°93° (1953)30° (2003)
Sat Oct 365° / 54°70° / 49°92° (2006)33° (1952)
Sun Oct 466° / 52°68° / 47°88° (1969)31° (1950)
Mon Oct 565° / 52°69° / 46°90° (1963)30° (1952)

Sun and moon

DayCivil twilightSunriseSunsetCivil twilightDaylightMoon
Mon6:36 AM7:03 AM6:57 PM7:24 PM11 h 54 min Waning gibbous · 95% lit
Tue6:37 AM7:04 AM6:55 PM7:22 PM11 h 51 min Waning gibbous · 90% lit
Wed6:38 AM7:05 AM6:54 PM7:21 PM11 h 49 min Waning gibbous · 82% lit
Thu6:39 AM7:06 AM6:52 PM7:19 PM11 h 46 min Waning gibbous · 73% lit
Fri6:40 AM7:07 AM6:50 PM7:17 PM11 h 43 min Waning gibbous · 64% lit
Sat6:41 AM7:08 AM6:49 PM7:16 PM11 h 41 min Last quarter · 53% lit
Sun6:42 AM7:09 AM6:47 PM7:14 PM11 h 38 min Last quarter · 43% lit
Mon6:43 AM7:10 AM6:46 PM7:13 PM11 h 36 min Waning crescent · 32% lit

Forecast from the National Weather Service forecast grid at api.weather.gov, updated by the local office through the day; the written periods and hourly digest are the NWS’s own. Outlooks from the Storm Prediction Center, the Weather Prediction Center and the Climate Prediction Center via NOAA’s map services. Records and normals from NOAA’s Global Historical Climatology Network. Sun and moon computed here. Place names from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0).

What is here

Seven days
The high, the low, the chance and amount of rain and snow, the wind and the forecaster’s words for each day and night, from the National Weather Service grid for the exact cell your town sits in.
Hour by hour
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Everything else on the grid
The office edits about sixty fields for every cell. The ones the mainstream forecast pages leave out are here as a daily table: HeatRisk, wet bulb globe temperature, lightning activity, mixing height, transport wind, the fire weather indices, and at the coast the waves and swell.
The discussion
The Area Forecast Discussion the forecaster wrote to explain the forecast, in their own words, with the specialist annexes folded away. Also the office’s hazardous weather outlook.
Beyond the week
The Storm Prediction Center’s severe weather category for each of the next eight days, the Weather Prediction Center’s rainfall forecast to day seven and its winter storm severity, and the Climate Prediction Center’s odds for days six to fourteen, all read at your coordinate.
Against the record
Each forecast day beside the same date at the nearest long-record station: the thirty-year normal and the record high and low with their years, so a forecast high that would break a record says so.
The next 90 days
The forecast as far as the grid, the National Blend and the global models reach, and the calendar after that: the normal and the record for every date, with the Climate Prediction Center’s lean for the weeks, the month and the season drawn over them. No made-up highs for a date three months out.

Common questions

Where does this forecast come from?

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How far ahead does it go?

The grid runs seven days ahead, hour by hour for the first days and in three to six hour steps after that. The National Blend of Models carries the days to eleven and the global models to sixteen. Beyond that the page carries the national centers’ outlooks, severe weather to day eight, rainfall to day seven, and the Climate Prediction Center’s odds for the coming weeks, month and season, over a ninety-day calendar of the normal and the record for each date. No forecast has skill day by day past about two weeks, and this page does not print one.

Why is this different from the app on my phone?

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What is a place’s address here?

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