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Mound City, Missouri Weather

Cicadas claim the scorching afternoon. Day 15 of summer. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

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

Mound City, MO
Sunday, July 5 at 2:17 PM
86
°
Overcast
Feels like
95°
Humidity
54%
Wind
4 mph
Sunrise
12:57 AM
Sunset
3:53 PM
Mound City, MO
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastMound City, MO: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 68 to 88 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 68°H 88°
Mound City, MO
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 5
    Overcast
    88°65°
  2. Monday
    Jul 6
    Partly Cloudy
    89°68°+1°
  3. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Overcast
    86°67°-3°
  4. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Overcast
    30%
    89°67°+3°
  5. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Showers
    54%
    0.20″
    82°69°-7°
  6. Friday
    Jul 10
    Showers
    37%
    81°65°-1°
  7. Saturday
    Jul 11
    Overcast
    19%
    84°63°+3°
Mound City, MO
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
NNE
016° · backing 58°
Direction
NNE
016°
Sustained
4
mph
Gust
9
mph
Peak 24h
9
avg 3
Beaufort · 2 · LIGHT 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 3 · pk 9
010MPHB1B2B3B4-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 115SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze backing 58° from the nne.
Mound City, MO
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
982.5
0.0 mb in 3h · steady · 29.01 inHg
Now
982.5
mb
3h
0.0
mb
12h
+2.1
mb
24h
+1.3
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 980983
975980985990-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW983.1980.0982.6
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Deep low — expect rough seas, strong wind, and persistent rain.
Mound City, MO
Air quality
33
AQI
Good
+4 in 6hPeak ~47 @ 11 PM

AQI 33 (Good), driven by Ozone. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±4 points). Ozone at AQI 50. Overcast through the UV peak window (cloud cover ~61%) — afternoon ozone should stay flat.

OK No precautions needed for the general population; unusually sensitive individuals may consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.

PM 2.5Good
5.2μg/m³
PM 10Good
6μg/m³
NO₂Good
1μg/m³
OzoneDRIVERUnhealthy SG
106μg/m³
UV IndexVery high
8.0

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 50. Overcast through the UV peak window (cloud cover ~61%) — afternoon ozone should stay flat.

Present
AQI 50
UV peak
8.0 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
overcast
Projected peak
AQI 27

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 5.2 µg/m³ (AQI 29) with a 0.84 fine-to-coarse ratio and 4 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

PM2.5/PM10
0.84
Wind
calm
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
stagnant smoke
Mound City, MO
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
83%
MOSTLY CLOUDY
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
74.6mi
UNLIMITED
73 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
19:17 UTC · Mound City, 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
19:17 UTC · Mound City, MO · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Mound City, MO
Satellite · infrared · animated
Mound City, MO
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Mound City, MO
Almanac · Sunday, July 5
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
5:26 AM
Sunrise
12:57 AM
Daylight
14h 56m
Sunset
3:53 PM
Civil dusk
9:27 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Mound City, MO
The moon
Waning Gibbous
70% illuminated
Moonrise
11:40 PM
Moonset
11:34 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Mound City, MO
Microseason
Jul 1–5

Cicadas claim the scorching afternoon

plant
Jan 151% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Mound City at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 14°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: April 17 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

ZIP code: 64470

16-Day Forecast — Mound City

  1. Sun88°65°4%
  2. Mon89°68°1%
  3. Tue86°67°0%
  4. Wed89°67°30%
  5. Thu82°69°54%
  6. Fri81°65°37%
  7. Sat84°63°19%
  8. Sun91°67°4%
  9. Mon83°67°3%
  10. Tue84°62°4%
  11. Wed83°65°7%
  12. Thu87°66°9%
  13. Fri86°68°35%
  14. Sat90°65°17%
  15. Sun91°70°16%
  16. Mon92°71°19%

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

Right now in the garden

Peak growing season

As of July 5, 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 — Mound City

SPC includes Mound City in the general thunderstorm area today — no severe risk, but storms are possible.

  • TODAYTSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
  • TOMORROWNONENo severe risk
  • DAY 3NONENo severe risk

Thunderstorms possible. Not severe, but capable of producing lightning and brief heavy rain.

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 Mound City

  • 64470

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.