Temperature
74 F at 1 AM; 90 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 72 F at its coolest, 4 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 74F
- 1 AM
- Highest
- 90F
- 3 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 72F
- 4 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Now. Murray-Calloway County Airport Kyle-Oakley Field is 72° and mostly clear at 2 AM. The dew point is 61°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Light breeze from the west-southwest at 7 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 49° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 44° by 6 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 77°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 59°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:16 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:21 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. 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 sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 15 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 2:00 AM in Murray-Calloway County Airport Kyle-Oakley Field, Kentucky.
Air quality
Index 46, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Paducah (KY), 30 miles off.
Yesterday measured 36, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 24 hours; 0.80 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 7 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05 / 23 | 6,202 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 50° / 230° | 7 mph head, on 23 | 1 mph from the left |
Measured here
Every hour from Murray (CEY), Murray-Calloway County Airport Kyle-Oakley Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
74 F at 1 AM; 90 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 72 F at its coolest, 4 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 61 F, the air 63% saturated; the humidity ran from 44% at 4 PM Thursday to 100% at 3 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
7 mph from the southwest at 1 AM; at its strongest 11 mph, 2 PM Thursday, with a gust of 23 mph at 3 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
29.98 inHg at 1 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.07 inHg lower than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 0.3 miles at 6 AM Thursday, under a mile for 3 hours; 10 miles or more now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 100 ft at 5 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 12 of the hours.
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Murray: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 5 instruments nearest Murray-Calloway County Airport Kyle-Oakley Field, 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 now3 instruments
MurrayCEY
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/568 ft/9 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
US-641 at mile 9.601_641_009.6
Beside a road/4.2 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Golden Pond RAWSLBLK2
A remote fire weather station/18.8 mi away/636 ft/59 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Almo 4.7 WNWKY-CW-1
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.4 mi away/527 ft/50 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
MurrayMRYK2
At a cooperative observer's station/8.1 mi away/538 ft/39 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Murray (MRYK2), 8.1 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
21 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.