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Jenkins, Kentucky

City in Letcher County, Kentucky

Air quality

The air at Jenkins

Index 57, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Pikeville (KY), 21 miles off.

57Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)57Moderate21.6 mi
  • Ozone0Good1 ppb21.6 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 35, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Jenkins

None in the last 24 hours; 0.70 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.70in

Visibility

How far you can see at Jenkins, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 4 miles Fri 4 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Jenkins, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.9 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

US-23 at mile 0.712_23_000.7

Beside a road/1.8 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

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PikevillePBX

At an airfield/26.4 mi away/1,463 ft/49 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank246of 692

measured daily2 instruments

Fleming-Neon 0.3 NEKY-LT-4

In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.3 mi away/1,316 ft/196 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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WhitesburgWHBK2

At a cooperative observer's station/11.2 mi away/1,342 ft/170 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Pikeville, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 26.4 mi from Jenkins, Kentucky. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 5:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 5,500 ft, broken at 12,000 ft; the ceiling is 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Pikeville, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 5,500 feet, 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 PBXFIG. A THE SKY OVER PIKEVILLESECTION, 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 SKYSCT 5,500 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEPikeville, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS PBXTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PBX-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

73.0 F with a dew point of 66.7 F, 81 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,500 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 5,500 ft.

Chart of the air at Pikeville: temperature 73.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 66.7, 81 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,500 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 5,500 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PBXFIG. B THE AIR AT PIKEVILLETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,00050 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 1,500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 65.2 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 5,500 FTTEMPERATURE 73.0 FDEW POINT 66.7 FSPREAD 6.3 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 81 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 POINTTITLEPikeville, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS PBXTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PBX-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south southwest (200 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Pikeville, north up: blowing from 200 degrees, the south southwest, at 3 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PBXFIG. C THE WIND AT PIKEVILLEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 200°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEPikeville, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS PBXTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PBX-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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