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Cicadas claim the scorching afternoon. Day 14 of summer. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Agency weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar

Agency, MO
Saturday, July 4 at 10:35 AM
74
°
Light Drizzle
Feels like
76°
Humidity
82%
Wind
13 mph
Sunrise
12:56 AM
Sunset
3:50 PM
Agency, MO
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastAgency, MO: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 70 to 85 degrees Fahrenheit with a 50% chance of precipitation at 10 AM.
L 70°H 85°
Agency, MO
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 4
    Light Showers
    51%
    0.18″
    85°70°
  2. Sunday
    Jul 5
    Overcast
    16%
    90°70°+5°
  3. Monday
    Jul 6
    Light Drizzle
    86°68°-4°
  4. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Partly Cloudy
    87°68°+1°
  5. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Overcast
    90°67°+3°
  6. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Thunderstorm
    41%
    91°72°+1°
  7. Friday
    Jul 10
    Light Drizzle
    29%
    90°71°-1°
Agency, MO
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
SW
232° · veering 29°
Direction
SW
232°
Sustained
13
mph
Gust
21
mph
Peak 24h
35
avg 9
Beaufort · 4 · MOD BRZ
0
CALM
<1
1
LIGHT AIR
1–3
2
LIGHT BRZ
4–7
3
GENTLE BRZ
8–12
4
MOD BRZ
13–18
5
FRESH BRZ
19–24
6
STRONG BRZ
25–31
7
NEAR GALE
32–38
24h · sust vs gust · mph
avg 9 · pk 35 @ 1:00a
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 175SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Sustained 13 mph with gusts pulsing to 21 — flags snap, branches bend.
Agency, MO
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
985.4
+2.8 mb in 3h · rising rapidly · 29.10 inHg
Now
985.4
mb
3h
+2.8
mb
12h
+5.4
mb
24h
+2.1
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 979986
970975980985990-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW985.6978.8985.6
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
The low is filling — pressure climbing out of storm territory.
Agency, MO
Air quality
32
AQI
Good
-2 in 6hPeak ~46 @ 10 PM

AQI 32 (Good), driven by PM2.5. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±3 points). PM scrubbed by 4 hours of recent rain — PM2.5 down to 8.5 µg/m³, PM10 to 10.6 µg/m³.

OK No precautions needed for the general population; unusually sensitive individuals may consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion during the projected peak around 10 PM.

PM 2.5DRIVERGood
8.5μg/m³
PM 10Good
11μg/m³
NO₂Good
3μg/m³
OzoneModerate
88μg/m³
UV IndexModerate
4.0

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 42. Overcast through the UV peak window (cloud cover ~94%) — afternoon ozone should stay flat.

Present
AQI 42
UV peak
5.7 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
overcast
Projected peak
AQI 16

PM × Wind × Precip

PM scrubbed by 4 hours of recent rain — PM2.5 down to 8.5 µg/m³, PM10 to 10.6 µg/m³.

PM2.5/PM10
0.80
Wind
breezy
Recent rain
4h in last 6h
Pattern
washed out
Agency, MO
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
88%
OVERCAST
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
40.6mi
UNLIMITED
66 mi0 mi−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Earth · GOES-19 ABI
Full Disk · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 full disk Visible · GeoColor
True-color daytime, blue/IR sandwich at night
15:35 UTC · Agency, MO · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · up to 10848 px
Continental US · GOES-19 ABI
CONUS Sector · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 CONUS Visible · GeoColor
Daytime true-color, blue-light/IR sandwich at night
15:35 UTC · Agency, MO · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Agency, MO
Satellite · infrared · animated
Agency, MO
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Agency, MO
Almanac · Saturday, July 4
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
5:25 AM
Sunrise
12:56 AM
Daylight
14h 54m
Sunset
3:50 PM
Civil dusk
9:23 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Agency, MO
The moon
Waning Gibbous
80% illuminated
Moonrise
11:13 PM
Moonset
10:26 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Agency, MO
Microseason
Jul 1–5

Cicadas claim the scorching afternoon

bird
Jan 151% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Agency at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 74°F — typical for the season
  • Last frost: April 14 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

ZIP code: 64401

16-Day Forecast — Agency

  1. Sat89°70°51%
  2. Sun90°70°16%
  3. Mon86°68°1%
  4. Tue87°68°1%
  5. Wed90°67°6%
  6. Thu91°72°41%
  7. Fri90°71°29%
  8. Sat90°73°9%
  9. Sun79°63°7%
  10. Mon81°57°5%
  11. Tue84°60°2%
  12. Wed83°64°12%
  13. Thu86°66°9%
  14. Fri83°66°14%
  15. Sat86°69°11%
  16. Sun88°70°14%

Forecast data from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).

Right now in the garden

Peak growing season

As of July 4, the growing season is at its peak — frost is months away. Continue succession-planting beans and summer squash. Start fall brassicas (broccoli, cabbage, kale) from seed indoors for transplanting in late summer.

SPC Convective Outlook

Storm Prediction Center — Agency

SPC has placed Agency in the Marginal Risk category for severe thunderstorms today.

  • TODAYMRGLMarginal Risk
  • TOMORROWTSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
  • DAY 3TSTMGeneral Thunderstorms

Isolated severe storms possible. Limited threat for hail or damaging wind.

Source: NOAA / NWS Storm Prediction Center categorical convective outlook. Outlooks are re-issued multiple times per day; this page reflects the most recent SPC polygons covering the city’s coordinates.

ZIP codes in Agency

  • 64401
  • 64507

Climate normals from the Open-Meteo Climate API. Köppen approximation from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Regions. See methodology for data sources, editorial rules, and corrections. Maintainer: Brian Tighe.