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Rockaway Beach, Missouri Weather

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

Rockaway Beach, MO
Thursday, June 4 at 5:32 AM
66
°
Clear
Feels like
65°
Humidity
62%
Wind
4 mph
Sunrise
5:54 AM
Sunset
8:27 PM
Rockaway Beach, MO
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastRockaway Beach, MO: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 62 to 86 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 62°H 86°
Rockaway Beach, MO
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jun 4
    Overcast
    19%
    86°62°
  2. Friday
    Jun 5
    Light Drizzle
    29%
    86°67°
  3. Saturday
    Jun 6
    Overcast
    40%
    88°63°+2°
  4. Sunday
    Jun 7
    Heavy Drizzle
    65%
    86°69°-2°
  5. Monday
    Jun 8
    Showers
    49%
    0.01″
    92°68°+6°
  6. Tuesday
    Jun 9
    Overcast
    29%
    97°70°+5°
  7. Wednesday
    Jun 10
    Overcast
    17%
    98°71°+1°
Rockaway Beach, MO
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
ENE
068° · backing 18°
Direction
ENE
068°
Sustained
4
mph
Gust
6
mph
Peak 24h
18
avg 6
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 6 · pk 18 @ 8:00a
0102030MPHB1B2B3B4B5B6-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 241SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
A whisper of wind — leaves barely shift on the trees.
Rockaway Beach, MO
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
987.9
-0.1 mb in 3h · steady · 29.17 inHg
Now
987.9
mb
3h
-0.1
mb
12h
-1.0
mb
24h
-2.4
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 988993
9809859909951000STORM|RAIN-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW993.0988.0988.8
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Deep low — expect rough seas, strong wind, and persistent rain.
Rockaway Beach, MO
Air quality
39
AQI
Good
-5 in 6h

Ozone at AQI 34. AQI down 5 over the last 6 hours (steady decline since this morning). Overcast through the UV peak window (cloud cover ~98%) — 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
4.9μg/m³
PM 10Good
5μg/m³
NO₂Good
2μg/m³
OzoneDRIVERModerate
73μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.0

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 34. Overcast through the UV peak window (cloud cover ~98%) — afternoon ozone should stay flat.

Present
AQI 34
UV peak
3.3 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
overcast
Projected peak
AQI 8

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 4.9 µg/m³ (AQI 27) with a 0.96 fine-to-coarse ratio and 4 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

PM2.5/PM10
0.96
Wind
calm
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
stagnant smoke
Rockaway Beach, MO
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
0%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
49.7mi
UNLIMITED
94 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
05:32 UTC ·Rockaway Beach, MO · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 21696x21696 px
Continental US · GOES-19 ABI
CONUS Sector · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 CONUS Visible · GeoColor
Daytime true-color, blue-light/IR sandwich at night
05:32 UTC ·Rockaway Beach, MO · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · 10000x6000 px
Rockaway Beach, MO
Satellite · infrared · animated
Rockaway Beach, MO
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Rockaway Beach, MO
Almanac · Thursday, June 4
A summer fog for fair, a winter fog for rain.
Civil dawn
10:26 AM
Sunrise
5:54 AM
Daylight
14h 33m
Sunset
8:27 PM
Civil dusk
1:58 AM
Planting note
Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.
Rockaway Beach, MO
The moon
Waning Gibbous
87% illuminated
Moonrise
4:32 AM
Moonset
2:24 PM
In sign
♑︎ Capricorn
Rockaway Beach, MO
Microseason
Jun 1–5

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Rockaway Beach at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 12°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: March 27 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jun 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.

Right now in the garden

Peak growing season

As of June 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 — Rockaway Beach

SPC has placed Rockaway Beach in the General Thunderstorms category for severe thunderstorms day after tomorrow.

  • TODAYNONENo severe risk
  • TOMORROWNONENo severe risk
  • DAY 3TSTMGeneral Thunderstorms

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 Rockaway Beach

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.