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Nicholasville, Kentucky

City in Jessamine County, Kentucky

Air quality

The air at Nicholasville

Index 49, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Lexington (KY), 12 miles off.

49Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)49Good1 mi
  • Ozone33Good38 ppb1 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 35, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

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

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Nicholasville

0.37 in in the last 24 hours, 0.61 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.37in
Last 3 days
0.61in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 9 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Nicholasville, 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 now5 instruments

US-127 at mile 207_127_002

Beside a road/17.5 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

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measured daily2 instruments

Nicholasville 0.8 EKY-JS-15

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.6 mi away/967 ft/8 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Lexington/Bluegrass, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 11.2 mi from Nicholasville, Kentucky. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:54 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 9,000 ft; the ceiling is 9,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Lexington/Bluegrass, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 9,000 feet, the ceiling at 9,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LEXFIG. A THE SKY OVER LEXINGTON/BLUEGRASSSECTION, 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 FTBKN 9,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 9,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLELexington/Bluegrass, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS LEXTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LEX-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

73.0 F with a dew point of 62.0 F, 68 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 9,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Lexington/Bluegrass: temperature 73.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 62.0, 68 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 9,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LEXFIG. B THE AIR AT LEXINGTON/BLUEGRASSTHE 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 FSATURATES 2,600 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 59.4 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 9,000 FTTEMPERATURE 73.0 FDEW POINT 62.0 FSPREAD 11.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 68 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 POINTTITLELexington/Bluegrass, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS LEXTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LEX-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south southwest (210 degrees) at 8 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Lexington/Bluegrass, north up: blowing from 210 degrees, the south southwest, at 8 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LEXFIG. C THE WIND AT LEXINGTON/BLUEGRASSPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 210°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 8 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLELexington/Bluegrass, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS LEXTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LEX-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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