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Clay, Kentucky

City in Webster County, Kentucky

Air quality

The air at Clay

Index 53, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Evansville (IN), 40 miles off.

53Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)53Moderate-
  • Ozone27Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)19Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Fri Oct 16, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 44, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Clay

None in the last 24 hours; 0.22 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.22in

Visibility

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

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Clay, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.4 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

SturgisTWT

At an airfield/8.4 mi away/364 ft/14 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank489of 692

I-69 at mile 116.502_69_116

Beside a road/20.1 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

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Princeton #1S2005

At a soil climate station/26.1 mi away/615 ft/237 ft above here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank503of 692

measured daily2 instruments

Dixon 5.1 WKY-WB-3

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.4 mi away/425 ft/47 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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ProvidencePDNK2

At a cooperative observer's station/6.1 mi away/410 ft/32 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Sturgis, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 8.4 mi from Clay, Kentucky. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:15 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

A few clouds at 4,300 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Sturgis, height above the station to scale: a few clouds cloud with its base at 4,300 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT TWTFIG. A THE SKY OVER STURGISSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETFEW 4,300 FTA FEW CLOUDS, 1 TO 2 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLESturgis, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS TWTTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-TWT-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

74.5 F with a dew point of 64.0 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; the lowest cloud reported is at 4,300 ft.

Chart of the air at Sturgis: temperature 74.5 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 64.0, 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, against the lowest cloud reported at 4,300 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT TWTFIG. B THE AIR AT STURGISTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,00050 F60 F70 F80 F90 FSATURATES 2,400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 61.5 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, FEW 4,300 FTTEMPERATURE 74.5 FDEW POINT 64.0 FSPREAD 10.5 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 POINTTITLESturgis, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS TWTTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-TWT-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (300 degrees) at 9 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Sturgis, north up: blowing from 300 degrees, the west northwest, at 9 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 TWTFIG. C THE WIND AT STURGISPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 300°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 9 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLESturgis, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS TWTTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-TWT-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Sturgis, 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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