Temperature
72 F at 4 AM; 88 F at its warmest, 4 PM Thursday, and 72 F at its coolest, 5 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 72F
- 4 AM
- Highest
- 88F
- 4 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 72F
- 5 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Hopkinsville Christian County Airport, Kentucky
Small airport in Christian County, Kentucky71°
62°/55°
Partly cloudy·
Feels like 71°·Light breeze 6 mph W
Now. Hopkinsville Christian County Airport is 71° and partly cloudy at 4 AM. The dew point is 61°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Light breeze from the west at 6 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 51° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 43° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. Air quality is moderate (index 56): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 78°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 60°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 36°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:12 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:16 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, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
56Air quality
69%Humidity
44%Cloud
Now
4:00 AM
71feels71
now, partly cloudy
Today
Oct 16
6255
25%
16mph
Sat
Oct 17
6043
13%
14mph
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
6636
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7039
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7341
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7643
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
7846
overcast
71°
62°55°
60°43°
66°36°
70°39°
73°41°
76°43°
78°46°
As of 4:00 AM in Hopkinsville Christian County Airport, Kentucky.
Air quality
The air at Hopkinsville Christian County Airport
Index 56, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Clarksville-Montgomery County (TN), 17 miles off.
56Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)56Moderate-
- Ozone32Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 42, good.
GoodModerate
- 42YesterdayOct 15
- 44TodayOct 16
- 39SatOct 17
Smoke, the next 46 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Hopkinsville Christian County Airport
0.11 in in the last 24 hours, 1.00 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.11in
- Last 3 days
- 1.00in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 11%
Visibility
How far you can see at Hopkinsville Christian County Airport, the next 46 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 1 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- HVC
- ICAO
- KHVC
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 564 ft
- Serves
- Hopkinsville
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- HVC
- Wind now
- From 240° at 6 mph, read 16 Oct, 04:30
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08 / 26 | 5,505 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 78° / 258° | 6 mph head, on 26 | 2 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Hopkinsville (HVC), Hopkinsville Christian County 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 69% saturated; the humidity ran from 43% at 3 PM Thursday to 100% at 5 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 61F
- 4 AM
- Humidity now
- 69%
- Humidity, range
- 43 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
5 mph from the west southwest at 4 AM; at its strongest 11 mph, 3 PM Thursday, with a gust of 14 mph at 1 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 5mph
- from the west southwest
- Strongest
- 11mph
- 3 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 14mph
- 1 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.97 inHg at 4 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.09 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.97inHg
- 4 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.00inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- -0.09inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 0.3 miles at 6 AM Thursday, under a mile for 4 hours; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 0.3mi
- 6 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 200 ft at 6 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 17 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 3,500ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 200ft
- 6 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 17
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.08 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.01 in, in the hour to 5 AM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.08in
- Wettest hour
- 0.01in
- 5 AM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 8
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Hopkinsville: 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 Hopkinsville Christian County 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
HopkinsvilleHVC
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/535 ft/29 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Princeton #1 ScanPTNK2
At a river or reservoir gauge/26.8 mi away/615 ft/51 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Princeton #1S2005
At a soil climate station/26.8 mi away/615 ft/51 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
US-68 at mile 8.203_68_008.3
Beside a road/29.7 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Hopkinsville 2.4 ENEKY-CH-18
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.0 mi away/624 ft/60 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
HopkinsvilleHOPK2
At a cooperative observer's station/5.3 mi away/548 ft/16 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 Hopkinsville Christian County Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Airports near Hopkinsville Christian County Airport
- Campbell Army Airfield (Fort Campbell)HOP, 13 mi
- Muhlenberg County AirportM21, 30 mi
- Madisonville Regional Airport2I0, 35 mi
- Marion-Crittenden County James C Johnson Regional AirportGDA, 49 mi
- Murray-Calloway County Airport Kyle-Oakley FieldCEY, 53 mi
- Sturgis Municipal AirportTWT, 55 mi
- Bowling Green Warren County Regional AirportBWG, 58 mi
- Mayfield Graves County AirportM25, 63 mi