Gladstone, Missouri Weather
Cicadas claim the scorching afternoon. Day 14 of summer. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Gladstone weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar
- TodayJul 3Overcast——93°77°—
- SaturdayJul 4Light Rain22%0.10″89°68°-4°
- SundayJul 5Overcast32%—93°68°+4°
- MondayJul 6Overcast11%—88°71°-5°
- TuesdayJul 7Overcast——87°68°-1°
- WednesdayJul 8Light Drizzle10%0.01″92°69°+5°
- ThursdayJul 9Light Drizzle27%—88°67°-4°
AQI 49 (Good), driven by PM2.5. AQI down 17 over the last 6 hours — air quality is improving sharply. PM scrubbed by 2 hours of recent rain — PM2.5 down to 9.6 µg/m³, PM10 to 11.4 µg/m³.
OK No precautions needed for the general population; unusually sensitive individuals may consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.
What's driving it
Ozone × UV × Sky
Ozone at AQI 34. Overcast through the UV peak window (cloud cover ~89%) — afternoon ozone should stay flat.
- Present
- AQI 34
- UV peak
- 0.0 at 1 PM
- Sky at peak
- overcast
- Projected peak
- AQI 4
PM × Wind × Precip
PM scrubbed by 2 hours of recent rain — PM2.5 down to 9.6 µg/m³, PM10 to 11.4 µg/m³.
- PM2.5/PM10
- 0.84
- Wind
- light
- Recent rain
- 2h in last 6h
- Pattern
- washed out
Trends
Seven days of AQI and PM2.5.
Hourly air-quality data from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service, charted across the past and next several days. Dashed lines mark the AQI breakpoints at 50 (Good → Moderate) and 100 (Moderate → Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups).
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
- Moonrise
- 11:12 PM
- Moonset
- 10:25 AM
- In sign
- ♒︎ Aquarius
Cicadas claim the scorching afternoon
Gladstone at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 8°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: April 11 (climatological average for this latitude)
- Microseason: Jul 1–5
- Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
16-Day Forecast — Gladstone
- Fri91°77°3%
- Sat89°73°22%
- Sun93°68°32%
- Mon88°71°11%
- Tue87°68°7%
- Wed92°69°10%
- Thu88°67°27%
- Fri82°70°25%
- Sat86°70°24%
- Sun87°71°10%
- Mon91°68°6%
- Tue91°69°10%
- Wed88°69°10%
- Thu93°72°17%
- Fri84°68°23%
- Sat81°61°20%
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 — Gladstone
SPC has placed Gladstone in the Marginal Risk category for severe thunderstorms today.
- TODAYMRGLMarginal Risk
- TOMORROWMRGLMarginal Risk
- 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 Gladstone
- 64118
- 64119