Temperature
74 F at 1 AM; 89 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 70 F at its coolest, 10 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 74F
- 1 AM
- Highest
- 89F
- 2 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 70F
- 10 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Russell County Airport, Kentucky
Small airport in Russell County, Kentucky73°
68°/60°
Overcast·
Feels like 73°·Light breeze 5 mph SSW
Coming up. Tomorrow is 11 degrees cooler: a high of 57° after 68° today.
Now. Russell County Airport is 73° and overcast at 1 AM. The dew point is 62°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Light breeze from the south-southwest at 5 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 50° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 43° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky.
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 6:03 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:06 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
50Air quality
67%Humidity
98%Cloud
Now
1:00 AM
73feels73
now, overcast
Today
Oct 16
6860
24%
13mph
Sat
Oct 17
5742
13mph
UV 6
Sun
Oct 18
6435
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
6738
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7040
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7242
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
7442
overcast
73°
68°60°
57°42°
64°35°
67°38°
70°40°
72°42°
74°42°
As of 1:00 AM in Russell County Airport, Kentucky.
Air quality
The air at Russell County Airport
Index 50, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Cookeville (TN), 63 miles off.
50Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)50Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 40, good.
GoodModerate
- 40YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 43 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Russell County Airport
0.39 in in the last 24 hours, 0.67 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.39in
- Last 3 days
- 0.67in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 58%
Visibility
How far you can see at Russell County Airport, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 9 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- K24
- ICAO
- -
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 1,011 ft
- Serves
- Jamestown
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- K24
- Wind now
- From 170° at 3 mph, read 16 Oct, 00:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 / 35 | 5,010 ft | 78 ft | Asphalt | 175° / 355° | 3 mph head, on 17 | None |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Jamestown (K24), Russell County Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 62 F, the air 67% saturated; the humidity ran from 44% at 3 PM Thursday to 98% at 8 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 62F
- 1 AM
- Humidity now
- 67%
- Humidity, range
- 44 to 98%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
5 mph from the south at 1 AM; at its strongest 7 mph, 3 PM Thursday, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 5mph
- from the south
- Strongest
- 7mph
- 3 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.01 inHg at 1 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.07 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.01inHg
- 1 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.00inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- -0.07inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 0.8 miles at 2 AM Thursday, under a mile for 2 hours; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 0.8mi
- 2 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 200 ft at 2 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 23 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 11,000ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 200ft
- 2 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 23
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.37 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.27 in, in the hour to 6 AM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.37in
- Wettest hour
- 0.27in
- 6 AM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 4
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Jamestown: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Russell 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 now3 instruments
JamestownK24
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/994 ft/17 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
KY-55 at mile 0.308_55_0003
Beside a road/12.3 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Big Swag 4E RAWSBSGK2
A remote fire weather station/38.7 mi away/1,388 ft/377 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Russell Springs 1.7 SKY-RS-2
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.8 mi away/1,017 ft/6 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
JamestownJMTK2
At a cooperative observer's station/3.6 mi away/915 ft/96 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 Russell County Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Jamestowncity, 3 mi
- Russell Springscity, 3 mi
- Columbiacity, 13 mi
- Monticellocity, 18 mi
- Burkesvillecity, 21 mi
- Albanycity, 22 mi
- Libertycity, 23 mi
- Marrowbonecommunity, 25 mi
- Campbellsvillecity, 27 mi
- Burnsidecity, 28 mi
- Greensburgcity, 28 mi
- Fergusoncity, 28 mi
Airports near Russell County Airport
- Wayne County AirportEKQ, 17 mi
- Taylor County AirportAAS, 27 mi
- Lake Cumberland Regional AirportSME, 27 mi
- Stuart Powell FieldDVK, 43 mi
- Lebanon Springfield Airport - George Hoerter Field6I2, 44 mi
- Glasgow Municipal AirportGLW, 47 mi
- Williamsburg Whitley County AirportBYL, 52 mi
- London-Corbin Airport/Magee FieldLOZ, 56 mi