Temperature
76 F at 10 PM; 90 F at its warmest, 3 PM, and 76 F at its coolest, 9 PM.
- Now
- 76F
- 10 PM
- Highest
- 90F
- 3 PM
- Lowest
- 76F
- 9 PM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Coming up. Tomorrow is 27 degrees cooler: a high of 62° after 89° today.
Now. Mayfield Graves County Airport is 75° and partly cloudy at 10 PM. The dew point is 57°, so the air feels a little humid. Light breeze from the southwest at 7 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 55° by 8 AM, with some cloud. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 75°, and the coolest Saturday, near 60°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the south-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 day is 11 hours 17 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 10:00 PM in Mayfield Graves County Airport, Kentucky.
Air quality
Index 44, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Paducah (KY), 20 miles off.
Yesterday measured 34, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 24 hours; 0.14 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 8 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 / 36 | 4,627 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 184° / 4° | 7 mph head, on 18 | 4 mph from the right |
Measured here
Every hour from Mayfield (M25), Mayfield Graves County Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
76 F at 10 PM; 90 F at its warmest, 3 PM, and 76 F at its coolest, 9 PM.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 57 F, the air 52% saturated; the humidity ran from 42% at 4 PM to 53% at 9 PM.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
8 mph from the south southwest at 10 PM; at its strongest 17 mph, 3 PM, with a gust of 25 mph at 3 PM.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
29.96 inHg at 10 PM, steady over 3 hours; 0.01 inHg higher than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 9 miles at 5 PM; 10 miles or more now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 5,500 ft at 3 PM; a base was reported in 4 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
Mayfield: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 5 instruments nearest Mayfield Graves 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
MayfieldM25
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/505 ft/18 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
I-69 at mile 21.701_69_0021
Beside a road/5.2 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Golden Pond RAWSLBLK2
A remote fire weather station/28.9 mi away/636 ft/113 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Mayfield 1.1 SSEKY-GV-10
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.5 mi away/506 ft/17 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
State Police Post 1MYDK2
At a cooperative observer's station/7.2 mi away/482 ft/41 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at State Police Post 1 (MYDK2), 7.2 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily
21 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.