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Providence, Kentucky

City in Webster County, Kentucky

Air quality

The air at Providence

Index 18, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Owensboro (KY), 44 miles off.

18Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)18Good-
  • Ozone17Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 39, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 7 PM.

SatSun

Precipitation

What has fallen at Providence

0.06 in in the last 24 hours, 0.21 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.06in
Last 3 days
0.21in

Visibility

How far you can see at Providence, the next 45 hours

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

SatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Providence, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.5 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

SturgisTWT

At an airfield/14.6 mi away/364 ft/28 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank489of 697

I-69 at mile 116.502_69_116

Beside a road/15.1 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

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Princeton #1S2005

At a soil climate station/20.9 mi away/615 ft/223 ft above here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank501of 697

measured daily2 instruments

ProvidencePDNK2

At a cooperative observer's station/0.5 mi away/410 ft/18 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Princeton 14.1 NNEKY-CA-2

In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.1 mi away/407 ft/15 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Sturgis, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 14.6 mi from Providence, Kentucky. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 11:35 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

A few clouds at 2,700 ft, scattered at 5,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Sturgis, height above the station to scale: a few clouds cloud with its base at 2,700 feet, scattered cloud with its base at 5,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT TWTFIG. A THE SKY OVER STURGISSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETSCT 5,000 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYFEW 2,700 FTA FEW CLOUDS, 1 TO 2 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLESturgis, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS TWTTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-TWT-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

53.0 F with a dew point of 49.0 F, 86 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 900 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,700 ft.

Chart of the air at Sturgis: temperature 53.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 49.0, 86 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 900 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,700 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT TWTFIG. B THE AIR AT STURGISTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00040 F50 F60 FSATURATES 900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 48.0 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, FEW 2,700 FTTEMPERATURE 53.0 FDEW POINT 49.0 FSPREAD 4.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 86 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 POINTTITLESturgis, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS TWTTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-TWT-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (320 degrees) at 13 mph, gusting 22 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 30 mph.

Plan of the wind at Sturgis, north up: blowing from 320 degrees, the northwest, at 13 miles an hour, gusting 22; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT TWTFIG. C THE WIND AT STURGISPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 320°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 13 MPH5FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 22 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLESturgis, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS TWTTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-TWT-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Kentucky

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Near Providence

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