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Prestonsburg, Kentucky

City in Floyd County, Kentucky

Air quality

The air at Prestonsburg

Index 56, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Pikeville (KY), 18 miles off.

56Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)56Moderate-
  • Ozone0Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 35, good.

Smoke, the next 41 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 Prestonsburg

0.43 in in the last 24 hours, 1.50 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.43in
Last 3 days
1.50in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 6 miles Fri 9 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Prestonsburg, 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 now3 instruments

KY-80 at mile 14.412_302_000.1

Beside a road/2.7 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

Big SandySJS

At an airfield/8.9 mi away/1,194 ft/475 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank544of 692

measured daily2 instruments

Prestonsburg 1.1 NWKY-FD-8

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.1 mi away/635 ft/84 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Big Sandy, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 8.9 mi from Prestonsburg, Kentucky. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 3:35 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 Big Sandy, 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 SJSFIG. A THE SKY OVER BIG SANDYSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEBig Sandy, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS SJSTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SJS-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

73.8 F with a dew point of 66.0 F, 77 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,800 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 11,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Big Sandy: temperature 73.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 66.0, 77 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,800 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 11,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SJSFIG. B THE AIR AT BIG SANDYTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,00050 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 1,800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 64.1 FABOVE THIS SHEET: LOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 11,000 FTTEMPERATURE 73.8 FDEW POINT 66.0 FSPREAD 7.8 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 77 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 POINTTITLEBig Sandy, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS SJSTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SJS-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the southwest (220 degrees) at 7 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Big Sandy, north up: blowing from 220 degrees, the southwest, at 7 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 SJSFIG. C THE WIND AT BIG SANDYPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 220°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 7 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEBig Sandy, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS SJSTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SJS-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Prestonsburg 3WSW (PELK2), 3.6 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Kentucky

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Near Prestonsburg

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