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Raceland, Kentucky

City in Greenup County, Kentucky

Air quality

The air at Raceland

Index 27, good, led by fine particles. Read at 2 PM from its reporting area, Ashland (KY), 7 miles off.

27Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)27Good7.6 mi
  • Ozone18Good10 ppb0.6 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 34, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 8 AM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Raceland

None in the last 24 hours; 0.30 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.30in

Visibility

How far you can see at Raceland, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sun 8 AM, lowest 4 miles Sat 2 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Raceland, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.4 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

AshlandDWU

At an airfield/1.4 mi away/542 ft/15 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank667of 692

US-23 at mile 16.509_23_016.5

Beside a road/11.0 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

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measured daily2 instruments

Wurtland 0.4 WNWKY-GP-7

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.9 mi away/547 ft/10 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Water PlantAHLK2

At a cooperative observer's station/8.6 mi away/659 ft/102 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Ashland, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 1.4 mi from Raceland, Kentucky. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:56 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 2,000 ft, overcast at 3,900 ft; the ceiling is 2,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Ashland, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 2,000 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 3,900 feet, the ceiling at 2,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DWUFIG. A THE SKY OVER ASHLANDSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 3,900 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 2,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEAshland, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS DWUTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DWU-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

64.0 F with a dew point of 57.0 F, 78 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,600 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Ashland: temperature 64.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 57.0, 78 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,600 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DWUFIG. B THE AIR AT ASHLANDTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00040 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 1,600 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 55.3 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 2,000 FTTEMPERATURE 64.0 FDEW POINT 57.0 FSPREAD 7.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 78 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 POINTTITLEAshland, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS DWUTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DWU-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (330 degrees) at 9 mph, gusting 17 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 17 mph.

Plan of the wind at Ashland, north up: blowing from 330 degrees, the north northwest, at 9 miles an hour, gusting 17; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DWUFIG. C THE WIND AT ASHLANDPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 330°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 9 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE13GUST, 17 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEAshland, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS DWUTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DWU-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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