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Ferguson, Kentucky

City in Pulaski County, Kentucky

Air quality

The air at Ferguson

Index 21, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Speedwell (TN), 58 miles off.

21Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)-2 mi
  • Ozone21Good19 ppb2 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 39, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Ferguson

0.86 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.86in
Last 3 days
0.86in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 7 miles Sat 1 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Ferguson, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.3 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

KY-90 at mile 12.708_90_0127

Beside a road/19.7 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

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measured daily2 instruments

Somerset 1.9 NEKY-PL-10

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.4 mi away/990 ft/50 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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JamestownJMTK2

At a cooperative observer's station/26.7 mi away/915 ft/25 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Somerset(AWOS), drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 1.3 mi from Ferguson, Kentucky. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:15 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 11,000 ft; the ceiling is 11,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Somerset(AWOS), height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 11,000 feet, the ceiling at 11,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SMEFIG. A THE SKY OVER SOMERSET(AWOS)SECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,50015,00017,500ETAGESLOWMIDDLEHIGHTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTOVC 11,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 11,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLESomerset(AWOS), the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS SMETYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SME-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

71.6 F with a dew point of 68.0 F, 88 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 900 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 11,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Somerset(AWOS): temperature 71.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 68.0, 88 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 900 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 11,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SMEFIG. B THE AIR AT SOMERSET(AWOS)THE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00060 F70 F80 FSATURATES 900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 67.1 FABOVE THIS SHEET: LOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 11,000 FTTEMPERATURE 71.6 FDEW POINT 68.0 FSPREAD 3.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 88 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 POINTTITLESomerset(AWOS), the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS SMETYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SME-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Somerset(AWOS), 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 SMEFIG. C THE WIND AT SOMERSET(AWOS)PLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLESomerset(AWOS), the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS SMETYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SME-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Somerset(AWOS), 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.

Near Ferguson

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

Near Ferguson

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