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Fort Knox, Kentucky

Community in Hardin County, Kentucky

Air quality

The air at Fort Knox

Index 53, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 8 AM from its reporting area, Elizabethtown (KY), 15 miles off.

53Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)53Moderate11.8 mi
  • Ozone22Good12 ppb11.8 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)-11.8 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide3Good3.6 ppb24.7 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide1Good1 ppb11.8 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0.1 ppm24.7 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 37, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Fort Knox

0.03 in in the last 24 hours, 0.21 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 7 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.03in
Last 3 days
0.21in

Visibility

How far you can see at Fort Knox, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 9 miles Fri 8 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Fort Knox, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.9 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

US-31 at mile 7.305_31_007.3

Beside a road/14.3 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

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measured daily2 instruments

Radcliff 0.5 WNWKY-HD-8

In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.8 mi away/765 ft/51 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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BrandenburgBNBK2

At a cooperative observer's station/9.1 mi away/636 ft/78 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank19of 692

Station report

The weather at Fort Knox/Godman, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 0.9 mi from Fort Knox, Kentucky. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 7:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 1,100 ft; the ceiling is 1,100 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Fort Knox/Godman, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 1,100 feet, the ceiling at 1,100 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FTKFIG. A THE SKY OVER FORT KNOX/GODMANSECTION, 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 SHEETOVC 1,100 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,100 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEFort Knox/Godman, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS FTKTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FTK-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

65.5 F with a dew point of 63.3 F, 93 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 500 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,100 ft.

Chart of the air at Fort Knox/Godman: temperature 65.5 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 63.3, 93 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 500 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,100 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FTKFIG. B THE AIR AT FORT KNOX/GODMANTHE 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 500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 62.7 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 1,100 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 65.5 F, 63.3 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 93 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 POINTTITLEFort Knox/Godman, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS FTKTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FTK-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (290 degrees) at 15 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 23 mph.

Plan of the wind at Fort Knox/Godman, north up: blowing from 290 degrees, the west northwest, at 15 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FTKFIG. C THE WIND AT FORT KNOX/GODMANPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 290°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 15 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEFort Knox/Godman, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS FTKTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FTK-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Fort Knox/Godman, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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