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Benton, Kentucky

City in Marshall County, Kentucky

Air quality

The air at Benton

Index 20, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 AM from its reporting area, Paducah (KY), 19 miles off.

20Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)15Good-
  • Ozone20Good16 ppb21.2 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 43, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 7 AM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Benton

0.03 in in the last 24 hours, 0.89 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 10 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.03in
Last 3 days
0.89in

Visibility

How far you can see at Benton, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sun 7 AM, lowest 4 miles Fri 7 PM.

FriSatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Benton, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.5 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

MurrayCEY

At an airfield/13.1 mi away/568 ft/128 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank191of 692

US-60 at mile 20.101_60_0201

Beside a road/15.5 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

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Princeton #1S2005

At a soil climate station/33.4 mi away/615 ft/175 ft above here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank503of 692

measured daily2 instruments

Benton 0.3 NWKY-MH-11

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.5 mi away/454 ft/14 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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BentonBNTK2

At a cooperative observer's station/1.2 mi away/377 ft/63 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Murray, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 13.1 mi from Benton, Kentucky. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 11:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 1,700 ft, broken at 2,200 ft, overcast at 2,900 ft; the ceiling is 2,200 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Murray, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 1,700 feet, broken cloud with its base at 2,200 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 2,900 feet, the ceiling at 2,200 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CEYFIG. A THE SKY OVER MURRAYSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 2,900 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 2,200 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 1,700 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,200 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEMurray, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS CEYTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CEY-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

57.2 F with a dew point of 51.8 F, 82 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,300 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,700 ft.

Chart of the air at Murray: temperature 57.2 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 51.8, 82 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,300 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,700 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CEYFIG. B THE AIR AT MURRAYTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00040 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 1,300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 50.5 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 1,700 FTTEMPERATURE 57.2 FDEW POINT 51.8 FSPREAD 5.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 82 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 POINTTITLEMurray, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS CEYTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CEY-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (320 degrees) at 10 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 30 mph.

Plan of the wind at Murray, north up: blowing from 320 degrees, the northwest, at 10 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CEYFIG. C THE WIND AT MURRAYPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 320°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 10 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMurray, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS CEYTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CEY-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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