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Loretto, Kentucky

City in Marion County, Kentucky

Air quality

The air at Loretto

Index 53, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 8 AM from its reporting area, Elizabethtown (KY), 26 miles off.

53Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)53Moderate-
  • Ozone22Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 37, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Loretto

0.30 in in the last 24 hours, 0.68 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 7 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.30in
Last 3 days
0.68in

Visibility

How far you can see at Loretto, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 9 miles Fri 8 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Loretto, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 7.8 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

US-68 at mile 9.404_68_0094

Beside a road/7.8 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

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measured daily2 instruments

Station report

The weather at Lebanon - Springfield, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 8.3 mi from Loretto, Kentucky. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 8:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 1,900 ft, broken at 3,100 ft; the ceiling is 3,100 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Lebanon - Springfield, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 1,900 feet, broken cloud with its base at 3,100 feet, the ceiling at 3,100 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 6I2FIG. A THE SKY OVER LEBANON - SPRINGFIELDSECTION, 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 SHEETBKN 3,100 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 1,900 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 3,100 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLELebanon - Springfield, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS 6I2TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-6I2-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

68.0 F with a dew point of 59.0 F, 73 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,100 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,900 ft.

Chart of the air at Lebanon - Springfield: temperature 68.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 59.0, 73 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,100 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,900 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 6I2FIG. B THE AIR AT LEBANON - SPRINGFIELDTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00050 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 2,100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 56.9 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 1,900 FTTEMPERATURE 68.0 FDEW POINT 59.0 FSPREAD 9.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 73 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 POINTTITLELebanon - Springfield, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS 6I2TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-6I2-2DRAWN 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.

Plan of the wind at Lebanon - Springfield, 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 6I2FIG. C THE WIND AT LEBANON - SPRINGFIELDPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLELebanon - Springfield, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS 6I2TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-6I2-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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