Temperature
71 F at 12 AM; 84 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 71 F at its coolest, 12 AM.
- Now
- 71F
- 12 AM
- Highest
- 84F
- 2 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 71F
- 12 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Addington Field / Elizabethtown Regional Airport, Kentucky
Small airport in Hardin County, Kentucky71°
62°/57°
Clear·
Feels like 71°·Light air 2 mph SW
Now. Addington Field / Elizabethtown Regional Airport is 71° and clear at 2 AM. The dew point is 61°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Light air from the southwest at 2 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 52° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 41° by 8 AM, with some cloud. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. Air quality is moderate (index 52): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 74°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 57°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 34°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7:05 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 11:07 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
52Air quality
70%Humidity
4%Cloud
Now
2:00 AM
71feels71
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
6257
41%
13mph
Sat
Oct 17
5741
UV 6
Sun
Oct 18
6334
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
6737
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
7040
UV 6
Wed
Oct 21
7242
UV 6
Thu
Oct 22
7443
UV 6
71°
62°57°
57°41°
63°34°
67°37°
70°40°
72°42°
74°43°
As of 2:00 AM in Addington Field / Elizabethtown Regional Airport, Kentucky.
Air quality
The air at Addington Field / Elizabethtown Regional Airport
Index 52, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Elizabethtown (KY), 4 miles off.
52Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)52Moderate-
- Ozone29Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 34, good.
GoodModerate
- 34YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 43 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Addington Field / Elizabethtown Regional Airport
0.10 in in the last 24 hours, 0.30 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.10in
- Last 3 days
- 0.30in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 33%
Visibility
How far you can see at Addington Field / Elizabethtown Regional Airport, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 11 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- EKX
- ICAO
- KEKX
- IATA
- EKX
- Field elevation
- 775 ft
- Serves
- Elizabethtown
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- EKX
- Wind now
- Calm, read 16 Oct, 00:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05 / 23 | 6,001 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 47° / 227° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Elizabethtown (EKX), Addington Field / Elizabethtown 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 72% saturated; the humidity ran from 59% at 5 PM Thursday to 100% at 3 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 61F
- 12 AM
- Humidity now
- 72%
- Humidity, range
- 59 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
Calm at 12 AM; at its strongest 10 mph, 4 PM Thursday, with a gust of 16 mph at 4 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 0mph
- calm
- Strongest
- 10mph
- 4 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 16mph
- 4 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.96 inHg at 12 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.09 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.96inHg
- 12 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.00inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- -0.09inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 2 miles at 8 AM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 2mi
- 8 AM Thursday
- Hours under a mile
- 0
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 300 ft at 6 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 19 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 300ft
- 6 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 19
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
Elizabethtown: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 7 instruments nearest Addington Field / Elizabethtown 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 now5 instruments
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/762 ft/13 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
KY-222 at mile 6.504_222_006.5
Beside a road/7.0 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Bowling Green 21 NNE63849
At a climate reference station/34.5 mi away/790 ft/15 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
At a river or reservoir gauge/34.5 mi away/774 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Mammoth CaveS2079
At a soil climate station/35.1 mi away/800 ft/25 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Elizabethtown 1.0 NWKY-HD-35
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.8 mi away/763 ft/12 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Millerstown 4EMLTK2
At a cooperative observer's station/18.0 mi away/597 ft/178 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 Addington Field / Elizabethtown Regional Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Ceciliacommunity, 2 mi
- Elizabethtowncity, 4 mi
- Rineyvillecommunity, 5 mi
- Vine Grovecity, 9 mi
- Radcliffcity, 10 mi
- Sonoracity, 11 mi
- Hodgenvillecity, 13 mi
- Fort Knoxcommunity, 15 mi
- Lebanon Junctioncity, 15 mi
- Bostoncommunity, 15 mi
- Uptoncity, 16 mi
- Big Cliftycommunity, 16 mi
Airports near Addington Field / Elizabethtown Regional Airport
- Godman Army Air FieldFTK, 15 mi
- Samuels FieldBRY, 25 mi
- Breckinridge County AirportI93, 29 mi
- Louisville Muhammad Ali International AirportSDF, 35 mi
- Lebanon Springfield Airport - George Hoerter Field6I2, 38 mi
- Bowman FieldLOU, 40 mi
- Taylor County AirportAAS, 41 mi
- Glasgow Municipal AirportGLW, 45 mi