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Fairview, Kentucky

Community in Christian County, Kentucky

Air quality

The air at Fairview

Index 15, good, led by ozone. Read at 9 AM from its reporting area, Clarksville-Montgomery County (TN), 22 miles off.

15Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)7Good-
  • Ozone15Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 23, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Mon 7 AM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Fairview

None in the last 24 hours; 1.50 in over the last 3 days, to Sat 9 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
1.50in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Mon 7 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Fairview, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.5 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

Citizen station EW0636EW0636

In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.6 mi away/621 ft/37 ft below here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

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HopkinsvilleHVC

At an airfield/8.2 mi away/535 ft/123 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

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US-68 at mile 8.203_68_008.3

Beside a road/21.5 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

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Princeton #1S2005

At a soil climate station/34.0 mi away/615 ft/43 ft below here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

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measured daily2 instruments

Pembroke 3.1 WSWKY-CH-15

In a volunteer observer's own ground/8.2 mi away/597 ft/61 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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ElktonELTK2

At a cooperative observer's station/8.3 mi away/640 ft/18 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Hopkinsville, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 8.2 mi from Fairview, Kentucky. From its report of Oct 17, 2026, 9:55 AM 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 Hopkinsville, 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 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 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 MORE0510TITLEHopkinsville, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS HVCTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-HVC-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

50.0 F with a dew point of 39.2 F, 66 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,500 ft up.

Chart of the air at Hopkinsville: temperature 50.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 39.2, 66 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,500 feet above the station; 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 2,500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 36.8 FTEMPERATURE 50.0 FDEW POINT 39.2 FSPREAD 10.8 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 66 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 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-HVC-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northeast (20 degrees) at 12 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 20 mph.

Plan of the wind at Hopkinsville, north up: blowing from 20 degrees, the north northeast, at 12 miles an hour; 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 20°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 12 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEHopkinsville, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS HVCTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-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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