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Island, Kentucky

City in McLean County, Kentucky

Air quality

The air at Island

Index 49, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Owensboro (KY), 23 miles off.

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

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 39, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Island

None in the last 24 hours; 0.46 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.46in

Visibility

How far you can see at Island, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 4 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Island, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.0 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

I-69 at mile 5802_69_058

Beside a road/11.4 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

Madisonville2I0

At an airfield/15.0 mi away/440 ft/9 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank5of 692

measured daily2 instruments

Livermore 0.6 ENEKY-ML-5

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.7 mi away/419 ft/12 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Madisonville, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 15.0 mi from Island, Kentucky. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 9,500 ft; the ceiling is 9,500 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Madisonville, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 9,500 feet, the ceiling at 9,500 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,50015,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTBKN 9,500 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 9,500 FTVISIBILITY, 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

73.4 F with a dew point of 60.0 F, 63 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 3,100 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 9,500 ft.

Chart of the air at Madisonville: temperature 73.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 60.0, 63 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 3,100 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 9,500 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 STATION02,0004,0006,0008,00010,00050 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 3,100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 56.9 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 9,500 FTTEMPERATURE 73.4 FDEW POINT 60.0 FSPREAD 13.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 63 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 (250 degrees) at 6 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Madisonville, north up: blowing from 250 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 250°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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Lock 2-Green River (CALK2), 9.0 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 06:30. measured daily

Elsewhere in Kentucky

21 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Island

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

Near Island

River and lake gauges