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Beattyville, Kentucky

City in Lee County, Kentucky

Air quality

The air at Beattyville

Index 26, good, led by fine particles. Read at 7 AM from its reporting area, Hazard (KY), 35 miles off.

26Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)26Good-
  • Ozone0Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 37, good.

Smoke, the next 44 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 Beattyville

0.04 in in the last 24 hours, 1.20 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 6 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.04in
Last 3 days
1.20in

Visibility

How far you can see at Beattyville, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 7 miles Sat 3 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Beattyville, 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 now4 instruments

KY-11 at mile 410_11_0004

Beside a road/2.1 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Beattyville 4NBCAK2

At a cooperative observer's station/2.5 mi away/1,115 ft/152 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank520of 692

Station report

The weather at Jackson/J. Carroll, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 21.6 mi from Beattyville, Kentucky. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 6:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 6,500 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Jackson/J. Carroll, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 6,500 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT JKLFIG. A THE SKY OVER JACKSON/J. CARROLLSECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETSCT 6,500 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEJackson/J. Carroll, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS JKLTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-JKL-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

70.0 F with a dew point of 61.0 F, 73 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,100 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 6,500 ft.

Chart of the air at Jackson/J. Carroll: temperature 70.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 61.0, 73 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,100 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 6,500 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT JKLFIG. B THE AIR AT JACKSON/J. CARROLLTHE 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 2,100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 58.9 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 6,500 FTTEMPERATURE 70.0 FDEW POINT 61.0 FSPREAD 9.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 73 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 POINTTITLEJackson/J. Carroll, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS JKLTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-JKL-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

At 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Jackson/J. Carroll, north up: at 3 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT JKLFIG. C THE WIND AT JACKSON/J. CARROLLPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONDIRECTION NOT REPORTEDBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEJackson/J. Carroll, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS JKLTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-JKL-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Jackson/J. Carroll, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Beattyville 4N (BCAK2), 2.5 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 09:00. measured daily

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