Temperature
73 F at 2 AM; 84 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 72 F at its coolest, 4 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 73F
- 2 AM
- Highest
- 84F
- 2 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 72F
- 4 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Now. Breckinridge County Airport is 72° and clear at 3 AM. The dew point is 63°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Light breeze from the west-southwest at 6 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 48° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 41° by 7 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 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 6:07 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:09 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 13 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 3:00 AM in Breckinridge County Airport, Kentucky.
Air quality
Index 34, good, led by ozone. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Perry County (IN), 25 miles off.
Yesterday measured 35, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
0.01 in in the last 24 hours, 0.37 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 4 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09 / 27 | 3,500 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 91° / 271° | 5 mph head, on 27 | 4 mph from the left |
Measured here
Every hour from Hardinsburg (I93), Breckinridge County Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
73 F at 2 AM; 84 F at its warmest, 2 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 63 F, the air 70% saturated; the humidity ran from 61% at 12 AM to 100% at 4 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
7 mph from the south southwest at 2 AM; at its strongest 9 mph, 2 PM Thursday, with a gust of 17 mph at 4 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
29.93 inHg at 2 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.12 inHg lower than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 0.3 miles at 5 AM Thursday, under a mile for 4 hours; 10 miles or more now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 200 ft at 4 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 17 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
Hardinsburg: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 6 instruments nearest Breckinridge 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
HardinsburgI93
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/719 ft/16 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
KY-222 at mile 6.504_222_006.5
Beside a road/33.9 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
At a river or reservoir gauge/38.7 mi away/774 ft/39 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Bowling Green 21 NNE63849
At a climate reference station/38.7 mi away/790 ft/55 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
HardinsburgKY-BK-5
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.9 mi away/707 ft/28 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
McdanielsMDNK2
At a cooperative observer's station/9.4 mi away/584 ft/151 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
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Snow on the ground
21 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.