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Monticello, Kentucky

City in Wayne County, Kentucky

Air quality

The air at Monticello

Index 50, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Cookeville (TN), 59 miles off.

50Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)50Good22.1 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 40, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Monticello

0.03 in in the last 24 hours, 0.05 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.03in
Last 3 days
0.05in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 11 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Monticello, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.3 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

MonticelloEKQ

At an airfield/1.3 mi away/963 ft/40 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank365of 692

KY-90 at mile 12.708_90_0127

Beside a road/1.6 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

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measured daily2 instruments

Monticello 11.2 SWKY-WY-4

In a volunteer observer's own ground/10.8 mi away/1,127 ft/204 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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JamestownJMTK2

At a cooperative observer's station/14.9 mi away/915 ft/8 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Monticello, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 1.3 mi from Monticello, Kentucky. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:56 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 11,000 ft; the ceiling is 11,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Monticello, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 11,000 feet, the ceiling at 11,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT EKQFIG. A THE SKY OVER MONTICELLOSECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,50015,00017,500ETAGESLOWMIDDLEHIGHTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTOVC 11,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 11,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEMonticello, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS EKQTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-EKQ-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

75.0 F with a dew point of 64.0 F, 69 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,600 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 11,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Monticello: temperature 75.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 64.0, 69 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,600 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 11,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT EKQFIG. B THE AIR AT MONTICELLOTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION02,0004,0006,0008,00050 F60 F70 F80 F90 FSATURATES 2,600 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 61.4 FABOVE THIS SHEET: LOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 11,000 FTTEMPERATURE 75.0 FDEW POINT 64.0 FSPREAD 11.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 69 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 POINTTITLEMonticello, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS EKQTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-EKQ-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the southwest (230 degrees) at 6 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Monticello, north up: blowing from 230 degrees, the 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 EKQFIG. C THE WIND AT MONTICELLOPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 230°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 6 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMonticello, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS EKQTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-EKQ-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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