Temperature
69 F at 4 AM; 83 F at its warmest, 1 PM Thursday, and 69 F at its coolest, 4 AM.
- Now
- 69F
- 4 AM
- Highest
- 83F
- 1 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 69F
- 4 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Hancock County-Ron Lewis Field, Kentucky
Small airport in Hancock County, Kentucky67°
60°/52°
Overcast·
Feels like 67°·Gentle breeze 10 mph WNW
Now. Hancock County-Ron Lewis Field is 67° and overcast at 4 AM. The dew point is 63°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Gentle breeze from the west-northwest at 10 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 50° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 40° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 76°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 59°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 35°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:09 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:10 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, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
31Air quality
83%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
4:00 AM
67feels67
now, overcast
Today
Oct 16
6052
50%
15mph
Sat
Oct 17
5940
12%
13mph
UV 6
Sun
Oct 18
6535
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
6838
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7140
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7441
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
7644
overcast
67°
60°52°
59°40°
65°35°
68°38°
71°40°
74°41°
76°44°
As of 4:00 AM in Hancock County-Ron Lewis Field, Kentucky.
Air quality
The air at Hancock County-Ron Lewis Field
Index 31, good, led by ozone. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Perry County (IN), 18 miles off.
31Good
- Ozone31Good27 ppb2.2 mi
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 34, good.
GoodModerate
- 34YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 46 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Hancock County-Ron Lewis Field
0.02 in in the last 24 hours, 0.71 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.02in
- Last 3 days
- 0.71in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 3%
Visibility
How far you can see at Hancock County-Ron Lewis Field, the next 46 hours
Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 10 miles Fri 5 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- KY8
- ICAO
- -
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 412 ft
- Serves
- Lewisport
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- KY8
- Wind now
- From 270° at 8 mph, read 16 Oct, 04:35
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05 / 23 unlit | 5,002 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | - | - | - |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Hancock (KY8), Hancock County-Ron Lewis Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 64 F, the air 83% saturated; the humidity ran from 65% at 10 PM Thursday to 100% at 5 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 64F
- 4 AM
- Humidity now
- 83%
- Humidity, range
- 65 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
10 mph from the west at 4 AM; at its strongest 10 mph, 4 AM, with a gust of 25 mph at 4 AM.
- Now
- 10mph
- from the west
- Strongest
- 10mph
- 4 AM
- Highest gust
- 25mph
- 4 AM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.97 inHg at 4 AM, rising 0.04 inHg over 3 hours; 0.08 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.97inHg
- 4 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.04inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- -0.08inHg
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 200 ft at 7 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 17 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 1,700ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 200ft
- 7 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 17
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 7 AM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.01in
- Wettest hour
- 0.01in
- 7 AM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 1
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Hancock: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 3 instruments nearest Hancock County-Ron Lewis Field, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.
measured now1 instrument
HancockKY8
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/396 ft/16 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Lewisport 0.6 WSWKY-HN-6
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.5 mi away/400 ft/12 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Owensboro 3WOWNK2
At a cooperative observer's station/20.5 mi away/398 ft/14 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Owensboro 3W (OWNK2), 20.5 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Kentucky
21 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Hancock County-Ron Lewis Field
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Lewisportcity, 3 mi
- Hawesvillecity, 7 mi
- Maceocommunity, 10 mi
- Yelvingtoncommunity, 10 mi
- Knottsvillecommunity, 13 mi
- Thrustoncommunity, 15 mi
- Cloverportcity, 15 mi
- Philpotcommunity, 17 mi
- Owensborocity, 19 mi
- Whitesvillecity, 19 mi
- Masonvillecommunity, 22 mi
- Stanleycommunity, 23 mi
Airports near Hancock County-Ron Lewis Field
- Owensboro Daviess County AirportOWB, 22 mi
- Breckinridge County AirportI93, 25 mi
- Henderson City County AirportEHR, 46 mi
- Godman Army Air FieldFTK, 48 mi
- Madisonville Regional Airport2I0, 51 mi
- Muhlenberg County AirportM21, 53 mi
- Addington Field / Elizabethtown Regional AirportEKX, 54 mi
- Louisville Muhammad Ali International AirportSDF, 63 mi