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Middlesborough, Kentucky

City in Bell County, Kentucky

Air quality

The air at Middlesborough

Index 23, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 PM from its reporting area, Speedwell (TN), 13 miles off.

23Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)-0.4 mi
  • Ozone23Good35 ppb0.4 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 43, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 8 AM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Middlesborough

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 11 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

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

Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sun 8 AM, lowest 5 miles Sat 7 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Middlesborough, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.6 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

US-25 at mile 1211_25_0012

Beside a road/9.9 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

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measured daily2 instruments

Middlesborough 7.4 ENEKY-BL-5

In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.9 mi away/1,300 ft/160 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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WaterplantBBVK2

At a cooperative observer's station/19.9 mi away/981 ft/159 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank477of 692

Station report

The weather at Middlesboro-Bell, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 0.6 mi from Middlesborough, Kentucky. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:15 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Middlesboro-Bell, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 1A6FIG. A THE SKY OVER MIDDLESBORO-BELLSECTION, 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEMiddlesboro-Bell, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS 1A6TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-1A6-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

79.0 F with a dew point of 65.0 F, 62 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 3,300 ft up.

Chart of the air at Middlesboro-Bell: temperature 79.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 65.0, 62 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 3,300 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 1A6FIG. B THE AIR AT MIDDLESBORO-BELLTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00050 F60 F70 F80 F90 FSATURATES 3,300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 61.7 FTEMPERATURE 79.0 FDEW POINT 65.0 FSPREAD 14.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 62 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 POINTTITLEMiddlesboro-Bell, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS 1A6TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-1A6-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the southwest (220 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Middlesboro-Bell, north up: blowing from 220 degrees, the 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 1A6FIG. C THE WIND AT MIDDLESBORO-BELLPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 220°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMiddlesboro-Bell, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS 1A6TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-1A6-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Waterplant (BBVK2), 19.9 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Kentucky

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

Near Middlesborough

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

Near Middlesborough

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