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Hanson, Kentucky

City in Hopkins County, Kentucky

Air quality

The air at Hanson

Index 49, good, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Owensboro (KY), 32 miles off.

49Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)49Good-
  • Ozone36Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 39, good.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Hanson

0.05 in in the last 24 hours, 0.18 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.05in
Last 3 days
0.18in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 10 miles Fri 5 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Hanson, 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

I-69 at mile 116.502_69_116

Beside a road/4.5 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

Madisonville2I0

At an airfield/6.3 mi away/440 ft/10 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank5of 692

Princeton #1S2005

At a soil climate station/29.4 mi away/615 ft/185 ft above here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank503of 692

measured daily2 instruments

Hanson 0.9 NWKY-HP-19

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.5 mi away/418 ft/12 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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MadisonvilleMADK2

At a cooperative observer's station/5.2 mi away/477 ft/47 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Madisonville, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 6.3 mi from Hanson, Kentucky. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 8,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Madisonville, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 8,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 2I0FIG. A THE SKY OVER MADISONVILLESECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,500ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTSCT 8,000 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEMadisonville, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS 2I0TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-2I0-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

70.7 F with a dew point of 60.0 F, 69 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,500 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 8,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Madisonville: temperature 70.7 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 60.0, 69 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, against the lowest cloud reported at 8,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 2I0FIG. B THE AIR AT MADISONVILLETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION02,0004,0006,0008,00050 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 2,500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 57.5 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 8,000 FTTEMPERATURE 70.7 FDEW POINT 60.0 FSPREAD 10.7 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 69 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 POINTTITLEMadisonville, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS 2I0TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-2I0-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west southwest (240 degrees) at 6 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Madisonville, north up: blowing from 240 degrees, the west southwest, at 6 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 2I0FIG. C THE WIND AT MADISONVILLEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 240°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 6 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMadisonville, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS 2I0TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-2I0-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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