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Georgetown, Kentucky

City in Scott County, Kentucky

Air quality

The air at Georgetown

Index 52, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Lexington (KY), 12 miles off.

52Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)52Moderate-
  • Ozone36Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 37, good.

Smoke, the next 41 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 Georgetown

0.02 in in the last 24 hours, 2.00 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.02in
Last 3 days
2.00in

Visibility

How far you can see at Georgetown, the next 41 hours

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Georgetown, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.5 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

US-421 at mile 0.707_421_0001

Beside a road/6.6 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

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Georgetown27K

At an airfield/6.9 mi away/937 ft/92 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank580of 692

measured daily2 instruments

Georgetown 0.6 SEKY-SC-32

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.5 mi away/887 ft/42 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Water Works PlantGRGK2

At a cooperative observer's station/0.8 mi away/896 ft/51 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Citizen station DW9210, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 5.2 mi from Georgetown, Kentucky. From its report of undefined: 3 of its 4 sheets.

The wind

From the southwest (219 degrees) at 4 mph, gusting 9 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Citizen station DW9210, north up: blowing from 219 degrees, the southwest, at 4 miles an hour, gusting 9; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DW9210FIG. C THE WIND AT CITIZEN STATION DW9210PLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 219°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 4 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE8GUST, 9 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECitizen station DW9210, the windSTATION REPORT · CWOP DW9210TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DW9210-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 893 ft above sea level, 3 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 28.97 inHg and the temperature at 55.8 F; the station's altimeter setting of 29.86 inHg means its barometer reads 28.91 inHg; it reports 74.0 F, 18.2 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Citizen station DW9210 stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 893 feet above sea level with 3 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 28.97 inches of mercury, and temperature, 55.8 degrees Fahrenheit; the altimeter setting of 29.86 and the station pressure it means, 28.91.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DW9210FIG. D WHERE CITIZEN STATION DW9210 STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHERECITIZEN STATION DW92103 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT893 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE28.97 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE55.8 FALTIMETER SETTING, REPORTED29.86 inHgITS BAROMETER READS28.91 inHgTEMPERATURE, REPORTED74.0 FTITLECitizen station DW9210, the columnSTATION REPORT · CWOP DW9210TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DW9210-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The sun

On Oct 16 the noon sun stands 43 degrees above the horizon at 38.24 N, and the day is 11 h 02 min long. Level ground there takes 68 per cent of the noon sunlight a surface facing the sun would.

Elevation of the noon sun at Citizen station DW9210, angles true: on Oct 16 it stands 43 degrees above the horizon, against 75 at the June solstice, 52 at the equinoxes and 28 at the December solstice; the day is 11 h 02 min long.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DW9210FIG. E THE SUN AT CITIZEN STATION DW9210ELEVATION LOOKING WEST, SOUTH TO THE LEFT: THE NOON SUN ON THE DAY OF THE REPORT, AND AT THE SOLSTICES AND EQUINOXES; ANGLES TRUETHE STATIONJUNE SOLSTICE 75°EQUINOXES 52°DECEMBER SOLSTICE 28°OCT 16, 43°SOUTHANGLES TRUE; THE RAYS ARE OF ONE LENGTH AND DRAW DIRECTION ONLYDAY LENGTH 11 H 02 MINLEVEL GROUND TAKES 68 PER CENT OF THE NOON SUN A FACING SURFACE WOULDLATITUDE 38.24 N; THE SUN'S DECLINATION -9.1°TITLECitizen station DW9210, the sunSTATION REPORT · CWOP DW9210TYPEELEVATIONSCALEANGLES TRUEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DW9210-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-007

The full report of Citizen station DW9210, in 4 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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