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Dawson Springs, Kentucky

City in Hopkins County, Kentucky

Air quality

The air at Dawson Springs

Index 54, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 6 AM from its reporting area, Clarksville-Montgomery County (TN), 35 miles off.

54Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)54Moderate-
  • Ozone24Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 42, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Dawson Springs

0.21 in in the last 24 hours, 1.40 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 6 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.21in
Last 3 days
1.40in

Visibility

How far you can see at Dawson Springs, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Dawson Springs, 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 now5 instruments

Princeton #1S2005

At a soil climate station/9.3 mi away/615 ft/172 ft above here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank503of 692

I-69 at mile 116.502_69_116

Beside a road/16.9 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

Madisonville2I0

At an airfield/20.5 mi away/440 ft/3 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank5of 692

measured daily2 instruments

Dawson Springs 0.4 WKY-HP-11

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.3 mi away/438 ft/5 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Crofton 3 NCRFK2

At a cooperative observer's station/12.1 mi away/515 ft/72 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank17of 692

Station report

The weather at Madisonville, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 20.5 mi from Dawson Springs, Kentucky. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 6:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 1,600 ft; the ceiling is 1,600 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Madisonville, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 1,600 feet, the ceiling at 1,600 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 2I0FIG. A THE SKY OVER MADISONVILLESECTION, 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 SHEETOVC 1,600 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,600 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEMadisonville, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS 2I0TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-2I0-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

58.0 F with a dew point of 51.8 F, 80 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,400 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,600 ft.

Chart of the air at Madisonville: temperature 58.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 51.8, 80 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,400 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,600 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 2I0FIG. B THE AIR AT MADISONVILLETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00040 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 1,400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 50.3 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 1,600 FTTEMPERATURE 58.0 FDEW POINT 51.8 FSPREAD 6.2 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 80 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 POINTTITLEMadisonville, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS 2I0TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-2I0-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (330 degrees) at 17 mph, gusting 23 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 23 mph.

Plan of the wind at Madisonville, north up: blowing from 330 degrees, the north northwest, at 17 miles an hour, gusting 23; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 2I0FIG. C THE WIND AT MADISONVILLEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 330°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 17 MPH5FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 23 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMadisonville, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS 2I0TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-2I0-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Crofton 3 N (CRFK2), 12.1 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Kentucky

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Near Dawson Springs

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Near Dawson Springs

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