Temperature
74 F at 1 AM; 84 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 72 F at its coolest, 6 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 74F
- 1 AM
- Highest
- 84F
- 3 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 72F
- 6 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Godman Army Air Field, Kentucky
Medium airport in Hardin County, Kentucky73°
62°/57°
Overcast·
Feels like 73°·Gentle breeze 8 mph SW
Now. Godman Army Air Field is 73° and overcast at 2 AM. The dew point is 63°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Gentle 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 41° by 8 AM, under a mostly clear sky. 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 35°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7:05 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 11:06 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 13 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
52Air quality
69%Humidity
96%Cloud
Now
2:00 AM
73feels73
now, overcast
Today
Oct 16
6257
41%
15mph
Sat
Oct 17
5741
13mph
UV 6
Sun
Oct 18
6335
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
6739
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
7041
UV 6
Wed
Oct 21
7244
clear day
Thu
Oct 22
7445
UV 6
73°
62°57°
57°41°
63°35°
67°39°
70°41°
72°44°
74°45°
As of 2:00 AM in Godman Army Air Field, Kentucky.
Air quality
The air at Godman Army Air Field
Index 52, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Elizabethtown (KY), 15 miles off.
52Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)52Moderate11.2 mi
- Ozone29Good39 ppb11.2 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)-11.2 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide20Good21.1 ppb24.1 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0.9 ppb11.2 mi
- Carbon monoxide-0.3 ppm24.1 mi
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 Godman Army Air Field
0.03 in in the last 24 hours, 0.21 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.03in
- Last 3 days
- 0.21in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 14%
Visibility
How far you can see at Godman Army Air Field, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 6 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- FTK
- ICAO
- KFTK
- IATA
- FTK
- Field elevation
- 756 ft
- Serves
- Fort Knox
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- FTK
- Wind now
- From 200° at 8 mph, read 16 Oct, 01:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05 / 23 unlit | 1,900 ft | 90 ft | Asphalt | 45° / 225° | 7 mph head, on 23 | 3 mph from the left |
| 15 / 33 | 4,853 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 148° / 328° | 5 mph head, on 15 | 6 mph from the right |
| 18 / 36 | 5,184 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 177° / 357° | 7 mph head, on 18 | 3 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Fort Knox/Godman (FTK), Godman Army Air Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 63 F, the air 69% saturated; the humidity ran from 69% at 12 AM to 100% at 6 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 63F
- 1 AM
- Humidity now
- 69%
- Humidity, range
- 69 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
8 mph from the south southwest at 1 AM; at its strongest 10 mph, 3 PM Thursday, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 8mph
- from the south southwest
- Strongest
- 10mph
- 3 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.91 inHg at 1 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.13 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.91inHg
- 1 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.01inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- -0.13inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 0.1 miles at 7 AM Thursday, under a mile for 4 hours; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 0.1mi
- 7 AM Thursday
- Hours under a mile
- 4
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 100 ft at 7 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 20 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 100ft
- 7 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 20
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.01 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.01 in, in the hour to 11 AM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.01in
- Wettest hour
- 0.01in
- 11 AM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 6
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Fort Knox/Godman: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 4 instruments nearest Godman Army Air 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 now2 instruments
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/755 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
US-31 at mile 7.305_31_007.3
Beside a road/13.7 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Brandenburg 8.2 SEKY-MD-11
In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.1 mi away/683 ft/73 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
BrandenburgBNBK2
At a cooperative observer's station/8.4 mi away/636 ft/120 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 Godman Army Air Field
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Fort Knoxcommunity, 1 mi
- Muldraughcity, 2 mi
- Radcliffcity, 6 mi
- West Pointcity, 6 mi
- Vine Grovecity, 6 mi
- Doe Valleycommunity, 9 mi
- Rineyvillecommunity, 11 mi
- Ekroncity, 11 mi
- Brandenburgcity, 12 mi
- Lebanon Junctioncity, 14 mi
- Shepherdsvillecity, 15 mi
- Elizabethtowncity, 16 mi
Airports near Godman Army Air Field
- Addington Field / Elizabethtown Regional AirportEKX, 15 mi
- Louisville Muhammad Ali International AirportSDF, 22 mi
- Samuels FieldBRY, 27 mi
- Breckinridge County AirportI93, 27 mi
- Bowman FieldLOU, 28 mi
- Lebanon Springfield Airport - George Hoerter Field6I2, 44 mi
- Hancock County-Ron Lewis FieldKY8, 48 mi
- Taylor County AirportAAS, 52 mi