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Drakesboro, Kentucky

City in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky

Air quality

The air at Drakesboro

Index 57, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Bowling Green (KY), 36 miles off.

57Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)57Moderate-
  • Ozone26Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 38, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Drakesboro

0.10 in in the last 24 hours, 1.00 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.10in
Last 3 days
1.00in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 9 miles Fri 6 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Drakesboro, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.5 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

I-69 at mile 5802_69_058

Beside a road/5.5 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

GreenvilleM21

At an airfield/5.9 mi away/412 ft/40 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank493of 692

measured daily2 instruments

Central City 1.1 SKY-MU-7

In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.2 mi away/513 ft/61 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Greenville, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 5.9 mi from Drakesboro, Kentucky. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 3,700 ft, broken at 8,500 ft; the ceiling is 3,700 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Greenville, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 3,700 feet, broken cloud with its base at 8,500 feet, the ceiling at 3,700 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT M21FIG. A THE SKY OVER GREENVILLESECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,50015,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTBKN 8,500 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 3,700 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 3,700 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEGreenville, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS M21TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-M21-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

71.4 F with a dew point of 63.0 F, 75 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,000 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 3,700 ft.

Chart of the air at Greenville: temperature 71.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 63.0, 75 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,000 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 3,700 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT M21FIG. B THE AIR AT GREENVILLETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00050 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 2,000 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 61.0 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 3,700 FTTEMPERATURE 71.4 FDEW POINT 63.0 FSPREAD 8.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 75 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 POINTTITLEGreenville, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS M21TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-M21-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Greenville, 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 M21FIG. C THE WIND AT GREENVILLEPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEGreenville, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS M21TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-M21-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Greenville, 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.

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

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