Temperature
72 F at 12 AM; 83 F at its warmest, 5 PM Thursday, and 72 F at its coolest, 10 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 72F
- 12 AM
- Highest
- 83F
- 5 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 72F
- 10 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Stuart Powell Field, Kentucky
Small airport in Boyle County, Kentucky71°
65°/58°
Overcast·
Feels like 71°·Light breeze 7 mph SSW
Coming up. Tomorrow is 10 degrees cooler: a high of 55° after 65° today.
Now. Stuart Powell Field is 71° and overcast at 1 AM. The dew point is 61°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Light breeze from the south-southwest at 7 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 51° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 41° by 8 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 72°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 55°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 33°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7:01 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 11:03 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 sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 14 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
49Air quality
69%Humidity
98%Cloud
Now
1:00 AM
71feels71
now, overcast
Today
Oct 16
6558
37%
12mph
Sat
Oct 17
5540
15%
12mph
UV 6
Sun
Oct 18
6233
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
6537
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
6839
UV 6
Wed
Oct 21
7041
UV 6
Thu
Oct 22
7241
UV 6
71°
65°58°
55°40°
62°33°
65°37°
68°39°
70°41°
72°41°
As of 1:00 AM in Stuart Powell Field, Kentucky.
Air quality
The air at Stuart Powell Field
Index 49, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Lexington (KY), 36 miles off.
49Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)49Good23.8 mi
- Ozone33Good39 ppb23.8 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 35, good.
GoodModerate
- 35YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
Smoke, the next 44 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Stuart Powell Field
1.45 in in the last 24 hours, 1.70 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 1.45in
- Last 3 days
- 1.70in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 85%
Visibility
How far you can see at Stuart Powell Field, the next 44 hours
Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 6 miles Fri 10 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- DVK
- ICAO
- KDVK
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 1,022 ft
- Serves
- Danville
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- DVK
- Wind now
- From 220° at 7 mph, read 16 Oct, 00:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 / 19 unlit | 1,956 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 8° / 188° | 6 mph head, on 19 | 4 mph from the right |
| 13 / 31 | 5,000 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 121° / 301° | 1 mph head, on 31 | 7 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Danville (DVK), Stuart Powell Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 62 F, the air 72% saturated; the humidity ran from 57% at 5 PM Thursday to 100% at 2 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 62F
- 12 AM
- Humidity now
- 72%
- Humidity, range
- 57 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
7 mph from the southwest at 12 AM; at its strongest 10 mph, 5 PM Thursday, with a gust of 16 mph at 2 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 7mph
- from the southwest
- Strongest
- 10mph
- 5 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 16mph
- 2 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.00 inHg at 12 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.09 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.00inHg
- 12 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.01inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- -0.09inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 0.5 miles at 7 AM Thursday, under a mile for 2 hours; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 0.5mi
- 7 AM Thursday
- Hours under a mile
- 2
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 300 ft at 5 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 22 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 300ft
- 5 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 22
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
- -
- Hours with some
- 0
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Danville: 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 Stuart Powell Field, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
DanvilleDVK
At an airfield/0.3 mi away/1,022 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
US-127 at mile 3.308_127_003.3
Beside a road/7.5 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Versailles 3 NNW63838
At a climate reference station/35.3 mi away/891 ft/131 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
VersaillesVSLK2
At a river or reservoir gauge/35.7 mi away/876 ft/146 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Junction City 0.7 WSWKY-BY-12
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.5 mi away/985 ft/37 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
DanvilleDANK2
At a cooperative observer's station/4.9 mi away/1,005 ft/17 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 Stuart Powell Field
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Junction Citycity, 1 mi
- Danvillecity, 5 mi
- Stanfordcity, 7 mi
- Hustonvillecity, 7 mi
- McKinneycommunity, 9 mi
- Perryvillecity, 11 mi
- Lancastercity, 11 mi
- Burgincity, 12 mi
- Harrodsburgcity, 13 mi
- Crab Orchardcity, 17 mi
- High Bridgecommunity, 17 mi
- Mackvillecity, 19 mi
Airports near Stuart Powell Field
- Central Kentucky Regional AirportRGA, 24 mi
- Lebanon Springfield Airport - George Hoerter Field6I2, 26 mi
- Blue Grass AirportLEX, 33 mi
- Taylor County AirportAAS, 33 mi
- Lake Cumberland Regional AirportSME, 37 mi
- Capital City AirportFFT, 42 mi
- Samuels FieldBRY, 43 mi
- Russell County AirportK24, 43 mi