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Hickory, Kentucky

Community in Graves County, Kentucky

Air quality

The air at Hickory

Index 44, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Paducah (KY), 17 miles off.

44Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)44Good-
  • Ozone39Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 34, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Hickory

0.11 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.11in
Last 3 days
0.11in

Visibility

How far you can see at Hickory, the next 44 hours

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Hickory, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.4 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

MayfieldM25

At an airfield/4.9 mi away/505 ft/76 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank687of 692

I-69 at mile 21.701_69_0021

Beside a road/6.2 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Mayfield 1.1 SSEKY-GV-10

In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.8 mi away/506 ft/77 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Mayfield, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 4.9 mi from Hickory, Kentucky. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:35 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 14,000 ft, broken at 16,000 ft; the ceiling is 16,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Mayfield, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 14,000 feet, broken cloud with its base at 16,000 feet, the ceiling at 16,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT M25FIG. A THE SKY OVER MAYFIELDSECTION, 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 STATION05,00010,00015,00020,00025,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLEHIGHTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTBKN 16,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 14,000 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 16,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEMayfield, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS M25TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-M25-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

76.3 F with a dew point of 58.0 F, 53 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 4,200 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 14,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Mayfield: temperature 76.3 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 58.0, 53 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 4,200 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 14,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT M25FIG. B THE AIR AT MAYFIELDTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION02,0004,0006,0008,00010,00012,00014,00040 F50 F60 F70 F80 F90 FSATURATES 4,200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 53.9 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 14,000 FTTEMPERATURE 76.3 FDEW POINT 58.0 FSPREAD 18.3 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 53 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 POINTTITLEMayfield, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS M25TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-M25-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south southwest (210 degrees) at 8 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 25 mph.

Plan of the wind at Mayfield, north up: blowing from 210 degrees, the south southwest, at 8 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT M25FIG. C THE WIND AT MAYFIELDPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 210°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 8 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMayfield, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS M25TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-M25-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at State Police Post 1 (MYDK2), 2.4 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

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