Temperature
73 F at 12 AM; 80 F at its warmest, 4 PM Thursday, and 70 F at its coolest, 2 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 73F
- 12 AM
- Highest
- 80F
- 4 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 70F
- 2 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Blue Grass Airport, Kentucky
Medium airport in Fayette County, Kentucky73°
65°/58°
Mostly cloudy·
Feels like 73°·Light breeze 8 mph SSW
Coming up. Tomorrow is 11 degrees cooler: a high of 54° after 65° today.
Now. Blue Grass Airport is 73° and mostly cloudy at 1 AM. The dew point is 62°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Light breeze from the south-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.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 72°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 54°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 35°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 11 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, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
49Air quality
69%Humidity
75%Cloud
Now
1:00 AM
73feels73
now, partly cloudy
Today
Oct 16
6558
54%
15mph
Sat
Oct 17
5441
14mph
UV 6
Sun
Oct 18
6135
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
6539
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
6841
mostly clear day
Wed
Oct 21
7043
UV 6
Thu
Oct 22
7244
UV 6
73°
65°58°
54°41°
61°35°
65°39°
68°41°
70°43°
72°44°
As of 1:00 AM in Blue Grass Airport, Kentucky.
Air quality
The air at Blue Grass Airport
Index 49, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Lexington (KY), 6 miles off.
49Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)49Good6.2 mi
- Ozone33Good41 ppb6.2 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 35, good.
GoodModerate
- 35YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
Smoke, the next 44 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Blue Grass Airport
0.11 in in the last 24 hours, 1.25 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.11in
- Last 3 days
- 1.25in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 9%
Visibility
How far you can see at Blue Grass Airport, the next 44 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 9 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- LEX
- ICAO
- KLEX
- IATA
- LEX
- Field elevation
- 979 ft
- Serves
- Lexington
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- LEX
- Wind now
- From 210° at 7 mph, read 15 Oct, 23:54
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 / 22 | 7,004 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 41° / 221° | 7 mph head, on 22 | 1 mph from the left |
| 09 / 27 | 4,000 ft | 75 ft | concrete | 83° / 263° | 4 mph head, on 27 | 6 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Lexington/Bluegrass (LEX), Blue Grass 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 68% saturated; the humidity ran from 62% at 10 PM Thursday to 100% at 3 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 62F
- 12 AM
- Humidity now
- 68%
- Humidity, range
- 62 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
8 mph from the south southwest at 12 AM; at its strongest 9 mph, 11 PM Thursday, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 8mph
- from the south southwest
- Strongest
- 9mph
- 11 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.97 inHg at 12 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.11 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.97inHg
- 12 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.01inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- -0.11inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 0.2 miles at 3 AM Thursday, under a mile for 6 hours; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 0.2mi
- 3 AM Thursday
- Hours under a mile
- 6
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 100 ft at 4 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 23 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 100ft
- 4 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 23
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.13 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.07 in, in the hour to 8 AM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.13in
- Wettest hour
- 0.07in
- 8 AM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 3
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Lexington/Bluegrass: 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 Blue Grass Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.4 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
At an airfield/0.4 mi away/988 ft/9 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
US-421 at mile 0.707_421_0001
Beside a road/7.1 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Versailles 3 NNW63838
At a climate reference station/8.2 mi away/891 ft/88 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
VersaillesVSLK2
At a river or reservoir gauge/8.7 mi away/876 ft/103 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Lexington 4.4 WSWKY-FY-17
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.2 mi away/936 ft/43 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
VersaillesVSLK2
At a cooperative observer's station/8.7 mi away/876 ft/103 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 Blue Grass Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Lexingtoncity, 6 mi
- Keenecity, 7 mi
- Versaillescity, 7 mi
- Midwaycity, 9 mi
- Nicholasvillecity, 11 mi
- Wilmorecity, 12 mi
- Georgetowncity, 12 mi
- High Bridgecommunity, 16 mi
- Lawrenceburgcity, 16 mi
- Salvisacommunity, 16 mi
- Stamping Groundcity, 17 mi
- Frankfortcity, 18 mi
Airports near Blue Grass Airport
- Georgetown-Scott County Regional Airport27K, 17 mi
- Capital City AirportFFT, 19 mi
- Central Kentucky Regional AirportRGA, 32 mi
- Stuart Powell FieldDVK, 33 mi
- Mount Sterling Montgomery County AirportIOB, 34 mi
- Lebanon Springfield Airport - George Hoerter Field6I2, 44 mi
- Gene Snyder AirportK62, 48 mi
- Samuels FieldBRY, 51 mi