Temperature
73 F at 2 AM; 81 F at its warmest, 4 PM Thursday, and 72 F at its coolest, 11 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 73F
- 2 AM
- Highest
- 81F
- 4 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 72F
- 11 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Central Kentucky Regional Airport, Kentucky
Medium airport in Madison County, Kentucky73°
68°/59°
Mostly cloudy·
Feels like 73°·Gentle breeze 10 mph SSW
Coming up. Tomorrow is 13 degrees cooler: a high of 55° after 68° today.
Now. Central Kentucky Regional Airport is 73° and mostly cloudy at 2 AM. The dew point is 59°, so the air feels a little humid. Gentle breeze from the south-southwest at 10 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 53° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 41° by 8 AM, with some cloud. Air quality is moderate (index 51): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 71°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 55°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 34°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:59 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 11:01 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 day is 11 hours 14 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
51Air quality
61%Humidity
75%Cloud
Now
2:00 AM
73feels73
now, partly cloudy
Today
Oct 16
6859
37%
12mph
Sat
Oct 17
5540
26%
12mph
UV 6
Sun
Oct 18
6234
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
6537
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
6739
UV 6
Wed
Oct 21
6940
UV 6
Thu
Oct 22
7141
UV 6
73°
68°59°
55°40°
62°34°
65°37°
67°39°
69°40°
71°41°
As of 2:00 AM in Central Kentucky Regional Airport, Kentucky.
Air quality
The air at Central Kentucky Regional Airport
Index 51, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Lexington (KY), 30 miles off.
51Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)51Moderate23.1 mi
- Ozone36Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 26, good.
GoodModerate
- 26YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
Smoke, the next 43 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Central Kentucky Regional Airport
0.91 in in the last 24 hours, 2.30 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.91in
- Last 3 days
- 2.30in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 40%
Visibility
How far you can see at Central Kentucky Regional Airport, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 7 miles Fri 10 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- RGA
- ICAO
- KRGA
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 1,002 ft
- Serves
- Richmond
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- RGA
- Wind now
- From 210° at 10 mph, read 16 Oct, 01:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 / 36 | 5,001 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 174° / 354° | 8 mph head, on 18 | 6 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Richmond (RGA), Central Kentucky Regional Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 59 F, the air 61% saturated; the humidity ran from 61% at 2 AM to 100% at 3 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 59F
- 2 AM
- Humidity now
- 61%
- Humidity, range
- 61 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
10 mph from the southwest at 2 AM; at its strongest 11 mph, 12 AM, with a gust of 16 mph at 4 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 10mph
- from the southwest
- Strongest
- 11mph
- 12 AM
- Highest gust
- 16mph
- 4 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.99 inHg at 2 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.10 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.99inHg
- 2 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.01inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- -0.10inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 2 miles at 9 AM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 2mi
- 9 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 400 ft at 10 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 23 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 11,000ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 400ft
- 10 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 23
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.64 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.42 in, in the hour to 9 AM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.64in
- Wettest hour
- 0.42in
- 9 AM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 4
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Richmond: 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 Central Kentucky Regional 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
RichmondRGA
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/968 ft/34 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
US-127 at mile 3.308_127_003.3
Beside a road/18.9 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Versailles 3 NNW63838
At a climate reference station/38.7 mi away/891 ft/111 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
VersaillesVSLK2
At a river or reservoir gauge/39.3 mi away/876 ft/126 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Berea 4.1 NNEKY-MN-25
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.5 mi away/963 ft/39 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Crab OrchardCBOK2
On a farm or research station/11.6 mi away/1,109 ft/107 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
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Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Kentucky
21 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Central Kentucky Regional Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Bereacity, 5 mi
- Richmondcity, 8 mi
- Lancastercity, 14 mi
- Crab Orchardcity, 15 mi
- Brodheadcity, 17 mi
- Mount Vernoncity, 19 mi
- Stanfordcity, 19 mi
- Irvinecity, 20 mi
- Ravennacity, 21 mi
- Nicholasvillecity, 22 mi
- McKeecity, 23 mi
- Livingstoncity, 24 mi
Airports near Central Kentucky Regional Airport
- Stuart Powell FieldDVK, 24 mi
- Blue Grass AirportLEX, 32 mi
- Mount Sterling Montgomery County AirportIOB, 35 mi
- London-Corbin Airport/Magee FieldLOZ, 40 mi
- Georgetown-Scott County Regional Airport27K, 42 mi
- Lake Cumberland Regional AirportSME, 43 mi
- Capital City AirportFFT, 49 mi
- Lebanon Springfield Airport - George Hoerter Field6I2, 50 mi