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Earlington, Kentucky

City in Hopkins County, Kentucky

Air quality

The air at Earlington

Index 50, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Owensboro (KY), 41 miles off.

50Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)50Good-
  • Ozone36Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 36, good.

Smoke, the next 44 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 Earlington

0.03 in in the last 24 hours, 0.65 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.03in
Last 3 days
0.65in

Visibility

How far you can see at Earlington, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 4 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Earlington, 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

I-69 at mile 116.502_69_116

Beside a road/5.9 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

Madisonville2I0

At an airfield/8.4 mi away/440 ft/3 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank5of 692

Princeton #1S2005

At a soil climate station/21.4 mi away/615 ft/178 ft above here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank503of 692

measured daily2 instruments

Mortons Gap 0.6 EKY-HP-5

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.6 mi away/426 ft/11 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

MadisonvilleMADK2

At a cooperative observer's station/5.4 mi away/477 ft/40 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Madisonville, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 8.4 mi from Earlington, Kentucky. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:35 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Madisonville, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, 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 SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 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

The air

75.7 F with a dew point of 59.0 F, 56 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 3,900 ft up.

Chart of the air at Madisonville: temperature 75.7 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 59.0, 56 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 3,900 feet above the station; 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00040 F50 F60 F70 F80 F90 FSATURATES 3,900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 55.2 FTEMPERATURE 75.7 FDEW POINT 59.0 FSPREAD 16.7 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 56 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 west southwest (240 degrees) at 7 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Madisonville, north up: blowing from 240 degrees, the west southwest, at 7 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 2I0FIG. C THE WIND AT MADISONVILLEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 240°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 7 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG 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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Kentucky

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