Mid-Missouri felt a widespread freeze Wednesday morning and while temperatures will be a few degrees warmer tonight, it will still be cold enough for frost. Even before a hard freeze, frost can become a hazard for plants in marginally warmer conditions. When sensors record temperatures in the mid-30s, this reading is often taken several feet
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TONIGHT: Mostly clear with patchy frost overnight. Lows in the mid-upper 30s. TOMORROW: Mostly sunny and windy with highs in the upper 60s. Elevated fire weather conditions are possible with dry air and gusty winds in place. EXTENDED: Frost develops again in the morning but it’s not quite as cold with lows in the mid-30s.
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THIS AFTERNOON: After a chilly start sunshine gets temperatures back into the low 60s. TONIGHT: Clear and calm conditions could bring another freeze in the coldest parts of the area, but lows are expected to be a few degrees warmer overall in the mid-30s. EXTENDED: Temperatures will be fairly seasonal to close out the week
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TODAY: Wednesday starts near freezing, and with calm conditions and sunny skies, highs can be expected near 60. TONIGHT: A light southerly breeze returns this afternoon. Under clear skies, this keeps temperatures above freezing in most places, but some who are shielded from a south wind may have frost to contend with early Thursday. EXTENDED:
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It took a while but fall weather is here. After seeing highs in the 90s well into October, the forecast took a turn this week. The air is so cool there could even be a freeze overnight Tuesday into Wednesday. Are you happy with the cooldown? Let us know by voting in the poll.
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TONIGHT: Mostly clear and cold with lows near the freezing mark. Widespread frost expected. TOMORROW: Mostly sunny and cool with highs near 60. Overnight frost likely. EXTENDED: Lows are expected to drop into the lower 30s across most of Mid-Missouri, allowing frost to develop. Some places may even drop below freezing in low lying areas.
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TODAY: Some light showers are passing through this morning, along a reinforcement of cool air that will keep us blustery today. No meaningful rain is forecast, but early showers may leave a trace of rain in their wake as they depart around late morning early afternoon. We’ll be overcast as these showers pass, but partly
Continue Reading TONIGHT: Increasing clouds and breezy with a few sprinkles possible. Lows near 40. TOMORROW: Mostly cloudy with clearing late in the day. Breezy with highs in the upper 50s. EXTENDED: A weak front moves through tonight, increasing clouds and bringing a chance at a few sprinkles through tomorrow morning, but measurable rain isn’t expected. Clouds
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TODAY: A few mid-to-high level clouds leave us partly cloudy at times, but expect a bright day on Monday. Temperatures are cool early, in the upper 30s and low 40s through sunrise, but a rebound to near 60 is expected through the day. A continued northerly breeze will keep us all out of the 70s.
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TONIGHT: Mostly clear and chilly with lows in the upper 30s to around 40. TOMORROW: Mostly sunny and cool with highs in the upper 50s to low 60s. EXTENDED: Our coolest week of the season is ahead as temperatures will be below average until the end of the week. High pressure at the surface will
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TODAY: Temperatures are much milder in the 70s this afternoon behind a cold front. Breezy winds from the northwest could gust up to 25 mph. TOMORROW: Monday starts off chilly in the upper 30s as northerly winds continue. Highs will barely reach the low 60s. EXTENDED: The coldest air of the season so far settles
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HARTSBURG, Mo. (KMIZ) The 33rd Annual Hartsburg Pumpkin Festival began Saturday, bringing organizers hope after what they called a devastating past two years. A state-wide drought racked Missouri for months last year, leaving several Mid-Missouri counties in “extreme drought” conditions. According to Missouri Soybean, from April to Nov. 2023 was the seventh driest growing season
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TONIGHT: I’m tracking another cold front moving through Missouri during the overnight hours. This will not bring any chances for rainfall, but it will shift winds into the north at 8-12 mph with gusts up to 15 mph and lead to temperatures dropping into the upper 50s by the end of the night. TOMORROW: I’m
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TODAY: Partly cloudy with highs near 90 degrees. Winds out of the southwest could gust over 20 mph. TOMORROW: Much cooler as temperatures top out in the 70s. A dry front will switch winds out of the north and keep gusts above 20 mph at times. EXTENDED: Temperatures will plummet below average next week, with
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Central Missouri had another rare opportunity to view the northern lights on Thursday night due to a strong solar storm. These effects will linger into the weekend and could bring the auroras back again tonight, but it will likely not be as brilliant. Check out a gallery of the views of Thursday’s northern lights. The
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TONIGHT: Skies become increasing cloudy with overnight lows cooling to the upper 50s. Winds remain out of the southwest at 5-10 mph. TOMORROW: Saturday looks to warm up with highs just below 90 degrees. Skies are partly cloudy with winds continuing out of the southwest at 5-10 mph. EXTENDED: Sunday sees a dramatic cool down
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THIS AFTERNOON: Summer-like with highs in the mid-80s and lots of sunshine. TONIGHT: Clouds begin to fill in overnight keeping lows milder in the upper 50s. EXTENDED: Saturday will feel the worst of the heat with highs flirting with the 90-degree mark. Clouds and a breeze help out, and a big cooldown is set for
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TODAY: Warmer than Thursday, Friday brings temperatures into the mid-80s thanks to better south winds and continued sunshine. Low humidity is forecast, so we won’t feel any heat index of note. TONIGHT: Skies become partly cloudy overnight, to mostly cloudy, as some high clouds pass through the region. These will begin to break up by
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Hurricane Helene brought historic and extensive flooding to the Southeast and parts of Appalachia, as trillions of gallons of water fell in a few short days. Just over a week later, Hurricane Milton rapidly became one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes in recent history over record-warm Gulf waters. While these rare events resulted from several coinciding features
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TONIGHT: Mostly clear with lows in the lower 50s. TOMORROW: Mostly sunny and warmer with highs in the low to mid-80s. EXTENDED: We’ll be toasty to end the week with highs in the low to mid-80s tomorrow and even warmer temperatures to start the weekend with highs in the upper 80s on Saturday. The Northern
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