Temperature
70 F at 5 AM; 79 F at its warmest, 5 PM Thursday, and 68 F at its coolest, 7 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 70F
- 5 AM
- Highest
- 79F
- 5 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 68F
- 7 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Georgetown-Scott County Regional Airport, Kentucky
Small airport in Scott County, Kentucky69°
64°/58°
Mostly clear·
Feels like 69°·Light breeze 8 mph SW
Coming up. Tomorrow is 10 degrees cooler: a high of 54° after 64° today.
Now. Georgetown-Scott County Regional Airport is 69° and mostly clear at 5 AM. The dew point is 61°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Light breeze from the southwest at 8 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 51° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 39° by 8 AM, with some cloud. Air quality is moderate (index 53): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 72°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 54°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 32°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:59 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:59 PM. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The day is 11 hours 13 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
53Air quality
75%Humidity
19%Cloud
Now
5:00 AM
69feels69
now, mostly clear
Today
Oct 16
6458
64%
14mph
Sat
Oct 17
5439
21%
14mph
UV 6
Sun
Oct 18
6132
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
6536
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
6838
UV 6
Wed
Oct 21
7040
UV 6
Thu
Oct 22
7241
clear day
69°
64°58°
54°39°
61°32°
65°36°
68°38°
70°40°
72°41°
As of 5:00 AM in Georgetown-Scott County Regional Airport, Kentucky.
Air quality
The air at Georgetown-Scott County Regional Airport
Index 53, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Lexington (KY), 13 miles off.
53Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)53Moderate12 mi
- Ozone35Good33 ppb24.8 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 38, good.
GoodModerate
- 38YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
Smoke, the next 46 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Georgetown-Scott County Regional Airport
0.01 in in the last 24 hours, 1.90 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.01in
- Last 3 days
- 1.90in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 1%
Visibility
How far you can see at Georgetown-Scott County Regional Airport, the next 46 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 8 miles Fri 9 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- 27K
- ICAO
- -
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 947 ft
- Serves
- Georgetown
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- 27K
- Wind now
- From 240° at 7 mph, read 16 Oct, 05:35
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 / 21 | 5,498 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 26° / 206° | 6 mph head, on 21 | 4 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Georgetown (27K), Georgetown-Scott County Regional Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 61 F, the air 73% saturated; the humidity ran from 69% at 4 AM to 100% at 6 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 61F
- 5 AM
- Humidity now
- 73%
- Humidity, range
- 69 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
8 mph from the west southwest at 5 AM; at its strongest 9 mph, 4 AM, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 8mph
- from the west southwest
- Strongest
- 9mph
- 4 AM
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.92 inHg at 5 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.15 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.92inHg
- 5 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.01inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- -0.15inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 0.3 miles at 8 AM Thursday, under a mile for 7 hours; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 0.3mi
- 8 AM Thursday
- Hours under a mile
- 7
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 100 ft at 6 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 21 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 3,500ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 100ft
- 6 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 21
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Wettest hour
- 0.00in
- 8 AM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 5
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Georgetown: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Georgetown-Scott County Regional Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.0 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Georgetown27K
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/937 ft/10 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
I-75 at mile 13607_75_136
Beside a road/12.3 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Versailles 3 NNW63838
At a climate reference station/19.4 mi away/891 ft/56 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
VersaillesVSLK2
At a river or reservoir gauge/19.6 mi away/876 ft/71 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Georgetown 7.2 ENEKY-SC-7
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.2 mi away/947 ft/level with here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Water Works PlantGRGK2
At a cooperative observer's station/6.7 mi away/896 ft/51 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Kentucky
21 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Georgetown-Scott County Regional Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Georgetowncity, 7 mi
- Pariscity, 10 mi
- Sadievillecity, 12 mi
- Cynthianacity, 13 mi
- Lexingtoncity, 13 mi
- Stamping Groundcity, 14 mi
- Midwaycity, 15 mi
- Millersburgcity, 16 mi
- North Middletowncity, 19 mi
- Corinthcity, 19 mi
- Berrycity, 20 mi
- Versaillescity, 21 mi
Airports near Georgetown-Scott County Regional Airport
- Blue Grass AirportLEX, 17 mi
- Capital City AirportFFT, 26 mi
- Mount Sterling Montgomery County AirportIOB, 28 mi
- Gene Snyder AirportK62, 33 mi
- Central Kentucky Regional AirportRGA, 42 mi
- Fleming Mason AirportFGX, 43 mi
- Morehead-Rowan County Clyde A. Thomas Regional AirportSYM, 46 mi
- Stuart Powell FieldDVK, 49 mi