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Horse Cave, Kentucky

City in Hart County, Kentucky

Air quality

The air at Horse Cave

Index 47, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Bowling Green (KY), 35 miles off.

47Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)47Good-
  • Ozone28Good38 ppb14.1 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 39, 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 Horse Cave

0.05 in in the last 24 hours, 0.59 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.05in
Last 3 days
0.59in

Visibility

How far you can see at Horse Cave, the next 44 hours

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 8 instruments nearest Horse Cave, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.4 miles away.

measured now6 instruments

Mammoth CaveS2079

At a soil climate station/7.6 mi away/800 ft/162 ft above here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank492of 692

Glasgow MuniGLW

At an airfield/10.5 mi away/715 ft/77 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank229of 692

KY-90 at mile 1103_90_0011

Beside a road/13.4 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Horse Cave 5.9 EKY-HT-3

In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.4 mi away/643 ft/5 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Mammoth CaveMAMK2

At a cooperative observer's station/7.6 mi away/789 ft/151 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank573of 692

Station report

The weather at Glasgow Muni, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 10.5 mi from Horse Cave, Kentucky. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:55 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 Glasgow Muni, 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 GLWFIG. A THE SKY OVER GLASGOW MUNISECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEGlasgow Muni, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS GLWTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GLW-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

71.0 F with a dew point of 60.6 F, 70 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,400 ft up.

Chart of the air at Glasgow Muni: temperature 71.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 60.6, 70 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,400 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GLWFIG. B THE AIR AT GLASGOW MUNITHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00050 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 2,400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 58.1 FTEMPERATURE 71.0 FDEW POINT 60.6 FSPREAD 10.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 70 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 POINTTITLEGlasgow Muni, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS GLWTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GLW-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the southwest (220 degrees) at 5 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Glasgow Muni, north up: blowing from 220 degrees, the southwest, 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 GLWFIG. C THE WIND AT GLASGOW MUNIPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 220°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 5 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEGlasgow Muni, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS GLWTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GLW-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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