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Leitchfield, Kentucky

City in Grayson County, Kentucky

Air quality

The air at Leitchfield

Index 22, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Elizabethtown (KY), 28 miles off.

22Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)22Good-
  • Ozone17Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 37, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 7 PM.

SatSun

Precipitation

What has fallen at Leitchfield

None in the last 24 hours; 0.20 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.20in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sun 7 PM, lowest 10 miles Sat 1 AM.

SatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 8 instruments nearest Leitchfield, 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 now6 instruments

HardinsburgI93

At an airfield/22.1 mi away/719 ft/9 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank4of 697

KY-222 at mile 6.504_222_006.5

Beside a road/24.4 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

Mammoth CaveS2079

At a soil climate station/25.0 mi away/800 ft/72 ft above here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank487of 697

measured daily2 instruments

Leitchfield 0.6 NNEKY-GY-1

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.2 mi away/723 ft/5 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

McdanielsMDNK2

At a cooperative observer's station/13.5 mi away/584 ft/144 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank546of 697

Station report

The weather at Hardinsburg, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 22.1 mi from Leitchfield, Kentucky. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 11:35 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 2,100 ft, broken at 2,700 ft, overcast at 3,200 ft; the ceiling is 2,700 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Hardinsburg, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 2,100 feet, broken cloud with its base at 2,700 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 3,200 feet, the ceiling at 2,700 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT I93FIG. A THE SKY OVER HARDINSBURGSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 3,200 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 2,700 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 2,100 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,700 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEHardinsburg, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS I93TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-I93-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

51.8 F with a dew point of 50.0 F, 94 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 400 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,100 ft.

Chart of the air at Hardinsburg: temperature 51.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 50.0, 94 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 400 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,100 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT I93FIG. B THE AIR AT HARDINSBURGTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00040 F50 F60 FSATURATES 400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 49.6 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 2,100 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 51.8 F, 50.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 94 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 POINTTITLEHardinsburg, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS I93TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-I93-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (330 degrees) at 15 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 28 mph.

Plan of the wind at Hardinsburg, north up: blowing from 330 degrees, the north northwest, at 15 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT I93FIG. C THE WIND AT HARDINSBURGPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 330°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 15 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEHardinsburg, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS I93TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-I93-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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