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Prairie Hill, Missouri Weather

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

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

Prairie Hill, MO
Sunday, July 5 at 3:21 PM
88
°
Partly Cloudy
Feels like
97°
Humidity
54%
Wind
3 mph
Sunrise
12:49 AM
Sunset
3:41 PM
Prairie Hill, MO
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastPrairie Hill, MO: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 67 to 87 degrees Fahrenheit with a 31% chance of precipitation at 4 PM.
L 67°H 87°
Prairie Hill, MO
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 5
    Drizzle
    31%
    0.04″
    87°68°
  2. Monday
    Jul 6
    Overcast
    88°67°+1°
  3. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Partly Cloudy
    86°66°-2°
  4. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Overcast
    87°67°+1°
  5. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Light Showers
    40%
    86°68°-1°
  6. Friday
    Jul 10
    Showers
    48%
    88°70°+2°
  7. Saturday
    Jul 11
    Light Drizzle
    27%
    79°67°-9°
Prairie Hill, MO
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
WNW
298° · veering 16°
Direction
WNW
298°
Sustained
3
mph
Gust
5
mph
Peak 24h
9
avg 3
Beaufort · 1 · LIGHT AIR
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 @ 4:00p
0102030MPHB1B2B3B4B5B6-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 237SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
A whisper of wind — leaves barely shift on the trees.
Prairie Hill, MO
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
989.3
-1.0 mb in 3h · falling · 29.21 inHg
Now
989.3
mb
3h
-1.0
mb
12h
+0.8
mb
24h
+1.2
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 987990
9809859909951000STORM|RAIN10051010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR10201025FAIR|DRY1030-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW990.2986.5989.2
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Deep low still deepening — rough seas, strong wind, persistent rain.
Prairie Hill, MO
Air quality
36
AQI
Good
0 in 6hPeak ~45 @ 11 PM

AQI 36 (Good), driven by PM2.5. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±3 points). PM scrubbed by 2 hours of recent rain — PM2.5 down to 11.4 µg/m³, PM10 to 13.4 µg/m³.

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

PM 2.5DRIVERGood
11.4μg/m³
PM 10Good
13μg/m³
NO₂Good
1μg/m³
OzoneUnhealthy SG
102μg/m³
UV IndexModerate
3.4

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 48 — peak already passed at 1 PM under overcast skies. Levels should ease through evening.

Present
AQI 48
UV peak
3.2 at earlier today
Sky at peak
overcast
Projected peak
AQI 48

PM × Wind × Precip

PM scrubbed by 2 hours of recent rain — PM2.5 down to 11.4 µg/m³, PM10 to 13.4 µg/m³.

PM2.5/PM10
0.85
Wind
calm
Recent rain
2h in last 6h
Pattern
washed out
Prairie Hill, MO
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
72%
MOSTLY CLOUDY
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
69.5mi
UNLIMITED
69 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
20:21 UTC · Prairie Hill, 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
20:21 UTC · Prairie Hill, MO · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Prairie Hill, MO
Satellite · infrared · animated
Prairie Hill, MO
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Prairie Hill, MO
Almanac · Sunday, July 5
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
5:18 AM
Sunrise
12:49 AM
Daylight
14h 52m
Sunset
3:41 PM
Civil dusk
9:14 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Prairie Hill, MO
The moon
Waning Gibbous
70% illuminated
Moonrise
11:29 PM
Moonset
11:23 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Prairie Hill, MO
Microseason
Jul 1–5

Cicadas claim the scorching afternoon

plant
Jan 151% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Prairie Hill at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 16°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: April 13 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

16-Day Forecast — Prairie Hill

  1. Sun88°68°31%
  2. Mon88°68°3%
  3. Tue86°66°0%
  4. Wed87°67°2%
  5. Thu86°68°40%
  6. Fri88°70°48%
  7. Sat79°67°27%
  8. Sun87°68°8%
  9. Mon81°65°4%
  10. Tue81°62°2%
  11. Wed82°62°7%
  12. Thu88°67°7%
  13. Fri86°68°26%
  14. Sat88°66°20%
  15. Sun90°70°29%
  16. Mon94°72°30%

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 — Prairie Hill

SPC includes Prairie Hill 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 Prairie Hill

  • 65281

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.