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Burgin, Kentucky

City in Mercer County, Kentucky

Air quality

The air at Burgin

Index 44, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Lexington (KY), 25 miles off.

44Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)44Good14 mi
  • Ozone32Good36 ppb14 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Fri Oct 16, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 35, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Burgin

0.58 in in the last 24 hours, 0.83 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.58in
Last 3 days
0.83in

Visibility

How far you can see at Burgin, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 7 miles Fri 2 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Burgin, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.9 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

DanvilleDVK

At an airfield/12.2 mi away/1,022 ft/135 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank179of 692

US-127 at mile 207_127_002

Beside a road/16.3 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

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measured daily2 instruments

Harrodsburg 4.3 ESEKY-ME-12

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.9 mi away/921 ft/34 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Danville, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 12.2 mi from Burgin, Kentucky. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:15 PM 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 Danville, 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 DVKFIG. A THE SKY OVER DANVILLESECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEDanville, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS DVKTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DVK-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

71.6 F with a dew point of 62.6 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.

Chart of the air at Danville: temperature 71.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 62.6, 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; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DVKFIG. B THE AIR AT DANVILLETHE 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 2,100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 60.5 FTEMPERATURE 71.6 FDEW POINT 62.6 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 POINTTITLEDanville, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS DVKTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DVK-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Danville, 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 DVKFIG. C THE WIND AT DANVILLEPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEDanville, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS DVKTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DVK-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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