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Big Clifty, Kentucky

Community in Grayson County, Kentucky

Air quality

The air at Big Clifty

Index 52, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Elizabethtown (KY), 20 miles off.

52Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)52Moderate-
  • Ozone30Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 41, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Big Clifty

0.60 in in the last 24 hours, 0.78 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.60in
Last 3 days
0.78in

Visibility

How far you can see at Big Clifty, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 6 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 8 instruments nearest Big Clifty, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 7.2 miles away.

measured now6 instruments

KY-222 at mile 6.504_222_006.5

Beside a road/15.9 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

Mammoth CaveS2079

At a soil climate station/25.4 mi away/800 ft/55 ft above here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank492of 692

measured daily2 instruments

Leitchfield 1.9 NEKY-GY-7

In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.2 mi away/655 ft/90 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Millerstown 4EMLTK2

At a cooperative observer's station/10.9 mi away/597 ft/148 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank110of 692

Station report

The weather at Elizabethtown, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 15.8 mi from Big Clifty, Kentucky. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Elizabethtown, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT EKXFIG. A THE SKY OVER ELIZABETHTOWNSECTION, 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEElizabethtown, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS EKXTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-EKX-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

71.0 F with a dew point of 60.8 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.

Chart of the air at Elizabethtown: temperature 71.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 60.8, 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; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT EKXFIG. B THE AIR AT ELIZABETHTOWNTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00050 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 2,400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 58.4 FTEMPERATURE 71.0 FDEW POINT 60.8 FSPREAD 10.2 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 POINTTITLEElizabethtown, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS EKXTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-EKX-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Elizabethtown, 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 EKXFIG. C THE WIND AT ELIZABETHTOWNPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEElizabethtown, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS EKXTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-EKX-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Kentucky

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