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Brandenburg, Kentucky

City in Meade County, Kentucky

Air quality

The air at Brandenburg

Index 34, good, led by ozone. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Perry County (IN), 25 miles off.

34Good
  • Ozone34Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 35, good.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Brandenburg

0.07 in in the last 24 hours, 0.74 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.07in
Last 3 days
0.74in

Visibility

How far you can see at Brandenburg, the next 41 hours

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Brandenburg, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

US-31 at mile 7.305_31_007.3

Beside a road/17.2 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

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measured daily2 instruments

Brandenburg 0.6 SEKY-MD-5

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.3 mi away/619 ft/9 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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BrandenburgBNBK2

At a cooperative observer's station/4.0 mi away/636 ft/26 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank19of 692

Station report

The weather at Fort Knox/Godman, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 12.4 mi from Brandenburg, Kentucky. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 16,000 ft; the ceiling is 16,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Fort Knox/Godman, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 16,000 feet, the ceiling at 16,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FTKFIG. A THE SKY OVER FORT KNOX/GODMANSECTION, 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 STATION05,00010,00015,00020,00025,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLEHIGHTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTOVC 16,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 16,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEFort Knox/Godman, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS FTKTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FTK-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

74.3 F with a dew point of 62.6 F, 67 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,700 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 16,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Fort Knox/Godman: temperature 74.3 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 62.6, 67 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,700 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 16,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FTKFIG. B THE AIR AT FORT KNOX/GODMANTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION02,0004,0006,0008,00010,00050 F60 F70 F80 F90 FSATURATES 2,700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 59.9 FABOVE THIS SHEET: LOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 16,000 FTTEMPERATURE 74.3 FDEW POINT 62.6 FSPREAD 11.7 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 67 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 POINTTITLEFort Knox/Godman, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS FTKTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FTK-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the southwest (220 degrees) at 10 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Fort Knox/Godman, north up: blowing from 220 degrees, the southwest, 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 FTKFIG. C THE WIND AT FORT KNOX/GODMANPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 220°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 10 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEFort Knox/Godman, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS FTKTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FTK-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Fort Knox/Godman, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Kentucky

21 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Brandenburg

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near Brandenburg

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