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Allen, Kentucky

City in Floyd County, Kentucky

Air quality

The air at Allen

Index 56, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 8 AM from its reporting area, Pikeville (KY), 14 miles off.

56Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)56Moderate13.8 mi
  • Ozone5Good2 ppb13.8 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 35, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Allen

0.66 in in the last 24 hours, 1.85 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 7 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.66in
Last 3 days
1.85in

Visibility

How far you can see at Allen, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 4 miles Fri 11 PM.

FriSat

On the radar over Allen, KentuckyReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Allen, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.0 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

KY-80 at mile 14.412_302_000.1

Beside a road/2.0 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

PikevillePBX

At an airfield/9.6 mi away/1,463 ft/818 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank246of 692

measured daily2 instruments

Prestonsburg 1.1 NWKY-FD-8

In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.8 mi away/635 ft/10 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Pikeville, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 9.6 mi from Allen, Kentucky. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 8:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 6,000 ft, scattered at 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Pikeville, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 6,000 feet, scattered cloud with its base at 12,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PBXFIG. A THE SKY OVER PIKEVILLESECTION, HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALE, EACH LAYER AT THE HEIGHT OF ITS BASE AS REPORTED; COVER IN EIGHTHS OF THE SKY; TOPS NOT MEASUREDFT ABOVE THE STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,50015,00017,50020,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLEHIGHTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTSCT 12,000 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 6,000 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEPikeville, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS PBXTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PBX-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

72.0 F with a dew point of 61.7 F, 70 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,400 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 6,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Pikeville: temperature 72.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 61.7, 70 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,400 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 6,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PBXFIG. B THE AIR AT PIKEVILLETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,00050 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 2,400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 59.2 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 6,000 FTTEMPERATURE 72.0 FDEW POINT 61.7 FSPREAD 10.3 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 70 PER CENTTHE AIR COOLS ABOUT 5.4 F EACH 1,000 FT IT RISES, AND ITS DEW POINT ABOUT 1 FSOLID: THE LIFTED AIR'S TEMPERATURE; DASHED: ITS DEW POINTTITLEPikeville, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS PBXTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PBX-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Pikeville, north up: calm; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 0, calm, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PBXFIG. C THE WIND AT PIKEVILLEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEPikeville, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS PBXTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PBX-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Pikeville, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Prestonsburg 3WSW (PELK2), 6.3 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Kentucky

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Near Allen

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