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Knottsville, Kentucky

Community in Daviess County, Kentucky

Air quality

The air at Knottsville

Index 50, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Owensboro (KY), 11 miles off.

50Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)50Good-
  • Ozone36Good37 ppb11 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 36, good.

Smoke, the next 44 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 Knottsville

0.03 in in the last 24 hours, 0.65 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.03in
Last 3 days
0.65in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 2 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Knottsville, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.4 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

HancockKY8

At an airfield/12.5 mi away/396 ft/128 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank487of 692

I-69 at mile 5802_69_058

Beside a road/36.0 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Philpot 6.8 NEKY-DV-52

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.4 mi away/511 ft/13 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Owensboro 3WOWNK2

At a cooperative observer's station/13.3 mi away/398 ft/126 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank115of 692

Station report

The weather at Hancock, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 12.5 mi from Knottsville, Kentucky. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:55 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

A few clouds at 8,500 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Hancock, height above the station to scale: a few clouds cloud with its base at 8,500 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT KY8FIG. A THE SKY OVER HANCOCKSECTION, 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 FTFEW 8,500 FTA FEW CLOUDS, 1 TO 2 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEHancock, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS KY8TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-KY8-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

75.2 F with a dew point of 62.6 F, 65 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,900 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 8,500 ft.

Chart of the air at Hancock: temperature 75.2 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 62.6, 65 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,900 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 8,500 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT KY8FIG. B THE AIR AT HANCOCKTHE 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 F90 FSATURATES 2,900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 59.7 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, FEW 8,500 FTTEMPERATURE 75.2 FDEW POINT 62.6 FSPREAD 12.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 65 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 POINTTITLEHancock, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS KY8TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-KY8-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south southwest (210 degrees) at 6 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 15 mph.

Plan of the wind at Hancock, north up: blowing from 210 degrees, the south 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 KY8FIG. C THE WIND AT HANCOCKPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 210°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 6 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEHancock, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS KY8TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-KY8-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Owensboro 3W (OWNK2), 13.3 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Kentucky

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

Near Knottsville

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

Near Knottsville

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