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Houston Acres, Kentucky

City in Jefferson County, Kentucky

Air quality

The air at Houston Acres

Index 55, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Louisville (KY), 3 miles off.

55Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)55Moderate2.7 mi
  • Ozone38Good41 ppb2.7 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)31Good2.7 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide8Good8.9 ppb2.7 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide3Good2.2 ppb2.7 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0.2 ppm2.7 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 60, moderate.

Smoke, the next 40 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Houston Acres

0.54 in in the last 24 hours, 1.10 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.54in
Last 3 days
1.10in

Visibility

How far you can see at Houston Acres, the next 40 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 6 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Houston Acres, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.6 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

US-31 at mile 7.305_31_007.3

Beside a road/16.7 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Louisville KyLMK

At a cooperative observer's station/7.1 mi away/653 ft/78 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank20of 692

Station report

The weather at Louisville/Bowman, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 2.8 mi from Houston Acres, Kentucky. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 3:53 AM 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 Louisville/Bowman, 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 LOUFIG. A THE SKY OVER LOUISVILLE/BOWMANSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLELouisville/Bowman, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS LOUTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LOU-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

73.0 F with a dew point of 61.0 F, 66 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,800 ft up.

Chart of the air at Louisville/Bowman: temperature 73.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 61.0, 66 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,800 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LOUFIG. B THE AIR AT LOUISVILLE/BOWMANTHE 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 2,800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 58.2 FTEMPERATURE 73.0 FDEW POINT 61.0 FSPREAD 12.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 66 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 POINTTITLELouisville/Bowman, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS LOUTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LOU-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the southwest (230 degrees) at 7 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Louisville/Bowman, north up: blowing from 230 degrees, the southwest, at 7 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 LOUFIG. C THE WIND AT LOUISVILLE/BOWMANPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 230°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 7 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLELouisville/Bowman, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS LOUTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LOU-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Louisville Ky (LMK), 7.1 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 14:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Kentucky

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Near Houston Acres

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near Houston Acres

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