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Jamestown, Kentucky

City in Russell County, Kentucky

Air quality

The air at Jamestown

Index 52, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Cookeville (TN), 62 miles off.

52Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)52Moderate-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 40, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Jamestown

0.30 in in the last 24 hours, 0.57 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.30in
Last 3 days
0.57in

Visibility

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

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Jamestown, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

JamestownK24

At an airfield/2.7 mi away/994 ft/27 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank114of 692

KY-55 at mile 0.308_55_0003

Beside a road/14.9 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

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measured daily2 instruments

Jamestown 0.7 ESEKY-RS-1

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.2 mi away/975 ft/8 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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JamestownJMTK2

At a cooperative observer's station/1.3 mi away/915 ft/52 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Jamestown, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 2.7 mi from Jamestown, Kentucky. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:35 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 12,000 ft; the ceiling is 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Jamestown, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 12,000 feet, the ceiling at 12,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT K24FIG. A THE SKY OVER JAMESTOWNSECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,50015,00017,50020,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLEHIGHTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTBKN 12,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEJamestown, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS K24TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-K24-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

73.8 F with a dew point of 63.0 F, 69 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,500 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 12,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Jamestown: temperature 73.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 63.0, 69 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,500 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 12,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT K24FIG. B THE AIR AT JAMESTOWNTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION02,0004,0006,0008,00050 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 2,500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 60.5 FABOVE THIS SHEET: LOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 12,000 FTTEMPERATURE 73.8 FDEW POINT 63.0 FSPREAD 10.8 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 69 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 POINTTITLEJamestown, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS K24TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-K24-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south (170 degrees) at 7 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Jamestown, north up: blowing from 170 degrees, the south, 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 K24FIG. C THE WIND AT JAMESTOWNPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 170°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 7 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEJamestown, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS K24TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-K24-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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