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UV index in St. Louis, MO today

Today's peak UV index in St. Louis is 5 (moderate), around 1pm. It is 3 or above from 10am to 5pm, which is when the EPA recommends protecting your skin. Tomorrow's peak is 4 (moderate).

  • UV now5 (moderate)
  • Peak today5 (moderate)
  • Time of peakAround 1pm
  • Hours at 3 or above7
  • Sunrise7:04 am
  • Sunset6:31 pm

UV index in St. Louis by hour, next 7 days

Each square is one daylight hour and the number in it is the UV index for that hour. The numbers across the top are the hour of the day.

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Today001345555321
Sat, Oct 10001223444311
Sun, Oct 11001245554321
Mon, Oct 12001245554321
Tue, Oct 13001245554321
Wed, Oct 14001122333210
Thu, Oct 15001233433211
  • Low (1 to 2)
  • Moderate (3 to 5)
  • High (6 to 7)
  • Very high (8 to 10)

Day by day

DayPeak UVLevelAt 3 or aboveSunriseSunset
Today5moderate10am to 5pm7:04 am6:31 pm
Sat, Oct 104moderate12pm to 5pm7:05 am6:29 pm
Sun, Oct 115moderate11am to 5pm7:06 am6:28 pm
Mon, Oct 125moderate11am to 5pm7:07 am6:26 pm
Tue, Oct 135moderate11am to 5pm7:08 am6:25 pm
Wed, Oct 143moderate1pm to 4pm7:09 am6:23 pm
Thu, Oct 154moderate11am to 4pm7:10 am6:22 pm

What today's level means

Today's peak of 5 is in the moderate band. The guidance for that band is: seek shade around midday, cover up and wear sunscreen. The EPA recommends protecting your skin whenever the index is 3 or higher, and you can burn even when it is cloudy.

The UV index depends mostly on how high the sun is in the sky, so it peaks around the middle of the day and is far higher in summer than in winter. It is not the same as temperature. For the full scale and what it means for tanning and burning, see what the UV index numbers mean.

UV tells you how strong the sun is, not whether it will be out. For that, see the sunshine forecast for St. Louis.

UV index in other cities

UV forecast for St. Louis, Missouri. Updated October 9 at 3:42 PM. This is a forecast, not a measurement. Weather data by Open-Meteo.