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Elkton, Kentucky

City in Todd County, Kentucky

Air quality

The air at Elkton

Index 56, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Clarksville-Montgomery County (TN), 28 miles off.

56Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)56Moderate-
  • Ozone27Good-

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Elkton

0.08 in in the last 24 hours, 1.40 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.08in
Last 3 days
1.40in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 9 miles Fri 7 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Elkton, 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

US-68 at mile 8.203_68_008.3

Beside a road/13.3 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

HopkinsvilleHVC

At an airfield/16.9 mi away/535 ft/94 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank2of 692

measured daily2 instruments

Elkton 0.1 WKY-TD-10

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.3 mi away/621 ft/8 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

ElktonELTK2

At a cooperative observer's station/1.1 mi away/640 ft/11 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank614of 692

Station report

The weather at Hopkinsville, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 16.9 mi from Elkton, Kentucky. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 5:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 2,300 ft, broken at 3,000 ft, broken at 8,500 ft; the ceiling is 2,300 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Hopkinsville, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 2,300 feet, broken cloud with its base at 3,000 feet, broken cloud with its base at 8,500 feet, the ceiling at 2,300 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HVCFIG. A THE SKY OVER HOPKINSVILLESECTION, 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 3,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 2,300 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,300 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEHopkinsville, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS HVCTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HVC-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

69.8 F with a dew point of 62.6 F, 78 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,700 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,300 ft.

Chart of the air at Hopkinsville: temperature 69.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 62.6, 78 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,700 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,300 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HVCFIG. B THE AIR AT HOPKINSVILLETHE 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 1,700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 60.9 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 2,300 FTTEMPERATURE 69.8 FDEW POINT 62.6 FSPREAD 7.2 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 78 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 POINTTITLEHopkinsville, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS HVCTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HVC-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (330 degrees) at 9 mph, gusting 16 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 16 mph.

Plan of the wind at Hopkinsville, north up: blowing from 330 degrees, the north northwest, at 9 miles an hour, gusting 16; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HVCFIG. C THE WIND AT HOPKINSVILLEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 330°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 9 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE13GUST, 16 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEHopkinsville, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS HVCTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HVC-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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