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Dry Ridge, Kentucky

City in Grant County, Kentucky

Air quality

The air at Dry Ridge

Index 47, good, led by fine particles. Read at 7 AM from its reporting area, Northern Kentucky (KY), 20 miles off.

47Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)47Good24.4 mi
  • Ozone27Good26 ppb24.4 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 47, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Dry Ridge

None in the last 24 hours; 0.23 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 6 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.23in

Visibility

How far you can see at Dry Ridge, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 8 miles Fri 8 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Dry Ridge, 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 now4 instruments

I-75 at mile 15906_75_0159

Beside a road/0.5 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

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CrittendenCRIK2

At a river or reservoir gauge/6.3 mi away/948 ft/13 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank226of 692

FalmouthK62

At an airfield/11.0 mi away/892 ft/43 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank495of 692

measured daily2 instruments

Dry Ridge 2.0 WKY-GT-5

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.2 mi away/925 ft/10 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Falmouth, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 11.0 mi from Dry Ridge, Kentucky. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 7:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 2,200 ft, broken at 3,100 ft, overcast at 4,600 ft; the ceiling is 3,100 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Falmouth, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 2,200 feet, broken cloud with its base at 3,100 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 4,600 feet, the ceiling at 3,100 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT K62FIG. A THE SKY OVER FALMOUTHSECTION, 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 SHEETOVC 4,600 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 3,100 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 2,200 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 3,100 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEFalmouth, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS K62TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-K62-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

68.0 F with a dew point of 59.0 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; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,200 ft.

Chart of the air at Falmouth: temperature 68.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 59.0, 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, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,200 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT K62FIG. B THE AIR AT FALMOUTHTHE 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 56.9 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 2,200 FTTEMPERATURE 68.0 FDEW POINT 59.0 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 POINTTITLEFalmouth, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS K62TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-K62-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the southwest (220 degrees) at 5 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Falmouth, north up: blowing from 220 degrees, the southwest, at 5 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT K62FIG. C THE WIND AT FALMOUTHPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 220°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 5 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEFalmouth, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS K62TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-K62-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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