Citizen station EW0797EW0797
In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.0 mi away/534 ft/9 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Prospect, Kentucky
City in Jefferson County, Kentucky72°
62°/56°
Clear·
Feels like 72°·Light breeze 7 mph SSW
Now. Prospect is 72° and clear at 12 AM. The dew point is 64°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Light breeze from the south-southwest at 7 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 54° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 42° by 8 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Air quality is moderate (index 60): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 74°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 57°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 36°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7:03 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 11:03 PM. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 12 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
60Air quality
77%Humidity
11%Cloud
Now
12:00 AM
72feels72
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
6256
37%
16mph
Sat
Oct 17
5742
14mph
UV 6
Sun
Oct 18
6436
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
6839
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
7141
mostly clear day
Wed
Oct 21
7244
clear day
Thu
Oct 22
7444
clear day
72°
62°56°
57°42°
64°36°
68°39°
71°41°
72°44°
74°44°
As of 12:00 AM in Prospect, Kentucky.
Air quality
The air at Prospect
Index 60, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Louisville (KY), 11 miles off.
60Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)60Moderate8.1 mi
- Ozone28Good25 ppb4.7 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)42Good8.1 mi
- Sulfur dioxide4Good3.2 ppb8.1 mi
- Carbon monoxide-0.2 ppm8.1 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 49, good.
GoodModerate
- 49YesterdayOct 14
- GoodTodayOct 16
Smoke, the next 45 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Prospect
0.11 in in the last 24 hours, 0.69 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.11in
- Last 3 days
- 0.69in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 16%
Visibility
How far you can see at Prospect, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 6 miles Fri 11 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Prospect, KentuckyReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
Weather instrument stations by state
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Prospect, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.7 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Rank666of 692
At an airfield/8.3 mi away/548 ft/5 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Ohio River At Louisville03294500
At a river or reservoir gauge/11.0 mi away/373 ft/170 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
US-31 at mile 7.305_31_007.3
Beside a road/22.5 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Prospect 1.2 NNEKY-OL-25
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.7 mi away/604 ft/61 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
OHIO R MCALPINE L & DMLPK2
At a cooperative observer's station/11.0 mi away/430 ft/113 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The weather at Louisville/Bowman, drawn
The nearest airport reporting now, 8.3 mi from Prospect, Kentucky. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:53 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
The sky
No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
The air
73.0 F with a dew point of 66.0 F, 79 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,600 ft up.
The wind
From the south (180 degrees) at 7 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.
The full report of Louisville/Bowman, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
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Snow on the ground
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The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
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