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Onton, Kentucky

Community in Webster County, Kentucky

Air quality

The air at Onton

Index 49, good, led by fine particles. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Owensboro (KY), 23 miles off.

49Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)49Good-
  • Ozone34Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 39, good.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Onton

0.03 in in the last 24 hours, 0.42 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.03in
Last 3 days
0.42in

Visibility

How far you can see at Onton, the next 41 hours

Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 4 miles Fri 8 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Onton, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 8.5 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

Madisonville2I0

At an airfield/14.4 mi away/440 ft/41 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank5of 692

I-69 at mile 116.502_69_116

Beside a road/14.5 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

Princeton #1S2005

At a soil climate station/38.5 mi away/615 ft/216 ft above here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank503of 692

measured daily2 instruments

Hanson 2.2 NEKY-HP-1

In a volunteer observer's own ground/8.5 mi away/450 ft/51 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank660of 692

Station report

The weather at Madisonville, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 14.4 mi from Onton, Kentucky. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 3:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 3,700 ft, scattered at 5,500 ft, broken at 8,000 ft; the ceiling is 8,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Madisonville, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 3,700 feet, scattered cloud with its base at 5,500 feet, broken cloud with its base at 8,000 feet, the ceiling at 8,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 2I0FIG. A THE SKY OVER MADISONVILLESECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,500ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTBKN 8,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 5,500 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 3,700 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 8,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEMadisonville, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS 2I0TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-2I0-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

69.8 F with a dew point of 60.3 F, 72 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,200 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 3,700 ft.

Chart of the air at Madisonville: temperature 69.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 60.3, 72 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,200 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 3,700 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 2I0FIG. B THE AIR AT MADISONVILLETHE 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 FSATURATES 2,200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 58.0 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 3,700 FTTEMPERATURE 69.8 FDEW POINT 60.3 FSPREAD 9.5 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 72 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 POINTTITLEMadisonville, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS 2I0TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-2I0-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west (260 degrees) at 6 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Madisonville, north up: blowing from 260 degrees, the west, 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 2I0FIG. C THE WIND AT MADISONVILLEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 260°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 6 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMadisonville, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS 2I0TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-2I0-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Lock 2-Green River (CALK2), 9.7 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 06:30. measured daily

Elsewhere in Kentucky

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

Near Onton

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

Near Onton

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