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Kevil, Kentucky

City in Ballard County, Kentucky

Air quality

The air at Kevil

Index 44, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Paducah (KY), 17 miles off.

44Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)44Good-
  • Ozone43Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 34, good.

Smoke, the next 45 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 Kevil

0.02 in in the last 24 hours, 0.04 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.02in
Last 3 days
0.04in

Visibility

How far you can see at Kevil, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 6 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Kevil, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.6 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

US-60 at mile 20.101_60_0201

Beside a road/19.8 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Kevil 4.6 NWKY-BA-3

In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.6 mi away/357 ft/76 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank85of 692

West Paducah 2WPDHK2

At a cooperative observer's station/6.2 mi away/390 ft/43 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank109of 692

Station report

The weather at Citizen station AI4ZL, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 4.7 mi from Kevil, Kentucky. From its report of undefined: 3 of its 4 sheets.

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Citizen station AI4ZL, north up: calm; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 0, calm, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT AI4ZLFIG. C THE WIND AT CITIZEN STATION AI4ZLPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR1GUST, 1 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECitizen station AI4ZL, the windSTATION REPORT · CWOP AI4ZLTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-AI4ZL-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 400 ft above sea level, 1 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.49 inHg and the temperature at 57.6 F; the station's altimeter setting of 30.00 inHg means its barometer reads 29.57 inHg; it reports 75.0 F, 17.4 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Citizen station AI4ZL stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 400 feet above sea level with 1 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.49 inches of mercury, and temperature, 57.6 degrees Fahrenheit; the altimeter setting of 30.00 and the station pressure it means, 29.57.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT AI4ZLFIG. D WHERE CITIZEN STATION AI4ZL STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHERECITIZEN STATION AI4ZL1 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT400 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE29.49 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE57.6 FALTIMETER SETTING, REPORTED30.00 inHgITS BAROMETER READS29.57 inHgTEMPERATURE, REPORTED75.0 FTITLECitizen station AI4ZL, the columnSTATION REPORT · CWOP AI4ZLTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-AI4ZL-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The sun

On Oct 16 the noon sun stands 44 degrees above the horizon at 37.07 N, and the day is 11 h 05 min long. Level ground there takes 69 per cent of the noon sunlight a surface facing the sun would.

Elevation of the noon sun at Citizen station AI4ZL, angles true: on Oct 16 it stands 44 degrees above the horizon, against 76 at the June solstice, 53 at the equinoxes and 29 at the December solstice; the day is 11 h 05 min long.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT AI4ZLFIG. E THE SUN AT CITIZEN STATION AI4ZLELEVATION LOOKING WEST, SOUTH TO THE LEFT: THE NOON SUN ON THE DAY OF THE REPORT, AND AT THE SOLSTICES AND EQUINOXES; ANGLES TRUETHE STATIONJUNE SOLSTICE 76°EQUINOXES 53°DECEMBER SOLSTICE 29°OCT 16, 44°SOUTHANGLES TRUE; THE RAYS ARE OF ONE LENGTH AND DRAW DIRECTION ONLYDAY LENGTH 11 H 05 MINLEVEL GROUND TAKES 69 PER CENT OF THE NOON SUN A FACING SURFACE WOULDLATITUDE 37.07 N; THE SUN'S DECLINATION -9.1°TITLECitizen station AI4ZL, the sunSTATION REPORT · CWOP AI4ZLTYPEELEVATIONSCALEANGLES TRUEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-AI4ZL-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-007

The full report of Citizen station AI4ZL, in 4 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at West Paducah 2W (PDHK2), 6.2 miles from here, read 14 Oct, 23:59. measured daily

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