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Barbourville, Kentucky

City in Knox County, Kentucky

Air quality

The air at Barbourville

Index 8, good, led by ozone. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Speedwell (TN), 28 miles off.

8Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)-20 mi
  • Ozone8Good2 ppb20 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 43, good.

Smoke, the next 40 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Barbourville

None in the last 24 hours; 0.16 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.16in

Visibility

How far you can see at Barbourville, the next 40 hours

Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 5 miles Sat 3 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Barbourville, 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

US-25 at mile 1211_25_0012

Beside a road/13.8 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

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WilliamsburgBYL

At an airfield/17.9 mi away/1,161 ft/181 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank489of 692

measured daily2 instruments

Barbourville 0.4 NKY-KX-4

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.4 mi away/984 ft/4 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

WaterplantBBVK2

At a cooperative observer's station/0.5 mi away/981 ft/1 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank477of 692

Station report

The weather at Williamsburg, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 17.9 mi from Barbourville, Kentucky. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

A few clouds at 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Williamsburg, height above the station to scale: a few clouds cloud with its base at 12,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BYLFIG. A THE SKY OVER WILLIAMSBURGSECTION, 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 FTFEW 12,000 FTA FEW CLOUDS, 1 TO 2 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEWilliamsburg, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS BYLTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BYL-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

71.0 F with a dew point of 64.4 F, 80 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,500 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 12,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Williamsburg: temperature 71.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 64.4, 80 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,500 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 12,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BYLFIG. B THE AIR AT WILLIAMSBURGTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,00050 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 1,500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 62.8 FABOVE THIS SHEET: LOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, FEW 12,000 FTTEMPERATURE 71.0 FDEW POINT 64.4 FSPREAD 6.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 80 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 POINTTITLEWilliamsburg, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS BYLTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BYL-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

At 6 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Williamsburg, north up: at 6 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BYLFIG. C THE WIND AT WILLIAMSBURGPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONDIRECTION NOT REPORTEDBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 6 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEWilliamsburg, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS BYLTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BYL-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Waterplant (BBVK2), 0.5 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Kentucky

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Near Barbourville

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