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Hawesville, Kentucky

City in Hancock County, Kentucky

Air quality

The air at Hawesville

Index 23, good, led by ozone. Read at 2 PM from its reporting area, Owensboro (KY), 22 miles off.

23Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)8Good-
  • Ozone23Good29 ppb8.4 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 19, good.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

No smoke near the ground through Mon 7 AM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Hawesville

None in the last 24 hours; 0.17 in over the last 3 days, to Sat 2 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.17in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Mon 7 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Hawesville, 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 now3 instruments

HancockKY8

At an airfield/6.8 mi away/396 ft/150 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank486of 697

measured daily2 instruments

Hawesville 0.4 SSEKY-HN-5

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.5 mi away/551 ft/5 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Owensboro 3WOWNK2

At a cooperative observer's station/23.5 mi away/398 ft/148 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank111of 697

Station report

The weather at Hancock, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 6.8 mi from Hawesville, Kentucky. From its report of Oct 17, 2026, 3:15 PM 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 Hancock, 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 KY8FIG. A THE SKY OVER HANCOCKSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEHancock, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS KY8TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-KY8-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

59.0 F with a dew point of 33.8 F, 39 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 5,700 ft up.

Chart of the air at Hancock: temperature 59.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 33.8, 39 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 5,700 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT KY8FIG. B THE AIR AT HANCOCKTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 5,700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 28.6 FTEMPERATURE 59.0 FDEW POINT 33.8 FSPREAD 25.2 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 39 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 POINTTITLEHancock, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS KY8TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-KY8-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

At 5 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 15 mph.

Plan of the wind at Hancock, north up: at 5 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 KY8FIG. C THE WIND AT HANCOCKPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONDIRECTION NOT REPORTEDBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 5 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEHancock, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS KY8TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-KY8-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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