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Clarkson, Kentucky

City in Grayson County, Kentucky

Air quality

The air at Clarkson

Index 20, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 PM from its reporting area, Elizabethtown (KY), 25 miles off.

20Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)20Good-
  • Ozone19Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 37, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 7 AM.

FriSatSun

Precipitation

What has fallen at Clarkson

None in the last 24 hours; 0.31 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.31in

Visibility

How far you can see at Clarkson, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 7 AM.

FriSatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 8 instruments nearest Clarkson, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.8 miles away.

measured now6 instruments

KY-222 at mile 6.504_222_006.5

Beside a road/20.5 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

Mammoth CaveS2079

At a soil climate station/23.5 mi away/800 ft/74 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/2.8 mi away/655 ft/71 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Millerstown 4EMLTK2

At a cooperative observer's station/12.4 mi away/597 ft/129 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank110of 692

Station report

The weather at Elizabethtown, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 21.0 mi from Clarkson, Kentucky. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:15 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 2,200 ft, broken at 2,700 ft, overcast at 7,000 ft; the ceiling is 2,200 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Elizabethtown, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 2,200 feet, broken cloud with its base at 2,700 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 7,000 feet, the ceiling at 2,200 feet, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,500ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTOVC 7,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 2,700 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 2,200 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,200 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, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

55.0 F with a dew point of 47.0 F, 74 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,800 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,200 ft.

Chart of the air at Elizabethtown: temperature 55.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 47.0, 74 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,800 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,200 feet; 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 STATION01,0002,0003,00030 F40 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 1,800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 45.2 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 2,200 FTTEMPERATURE 55.0 FDEW POINT 47.0 FSPREAD 8.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 74 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

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

Near Clarkson

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

Near Clarkson

River and lake gauges