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Reidland, Kentucky

Community in McCracken County, Kentucky

Air quality

The air at Reidland

Index 44, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Paducah (KY), 4 miles off.

44Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)44Good-
  • Ozone43Good38 ppb12.6 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 34, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Reidland

0.10 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.10in
Last 3 days
0.10in

Visibility

How far you can see at Reidland, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 10 miles Fri 3 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Reidland, 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 now5 instruments

US-60 at mile 20.101_60_0201

Beside a road/1.4 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

Princeton #1S2005

At a soil climate station/38.8 mi away/615 ft/241 ft above here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank503of 692

measured daily2 instruments

Paducah 6.5 SEKY-MK-19

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.2 mi away/350 ft/24 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Citizen station KJ4CO, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 11.2 mi from Reidland, Kentucky. From its report of undefined: 3 of its 4 sheets.

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Citizen station KJ4CO, north up: calm; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 0, calm, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT KJ4COFIG. C THE WIND AT CITIZEN STATION KJ4COPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECitizen station KJ4CO, the windSTATION REPORT · CWOP KJ4COTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-KJ4CO-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 393 ft above sea level, 1 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.50 inHg and the temperature at 57.6 F; the station's altimeter setting of 29.93 inHg means its barometer reads 29.51 inHg; it reports 72.0 F, 14.4 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Citizen station KJ4CO stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 393 feet above sea level with 1 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.50 inches of mercury, and temperature, 57.6 degrees Fahrenheit; the altimeter setting of 29.93 and the station pressure it means, 29.51.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT KJ4COFIG. D WHERE CITIZEN STATION KJ4CO STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHERECITIZEN STATION KJ4CO1 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT393 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE29.50 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE57.6 FALTIMETER SETTING, REPORTED29.93 inHgITS BAROMETER READS29.51 inHgTEMPERATURE, REPORTED72.0 FTITLECitizen station KJ4CO, the columnSTATION REPORT · CWOP KJ4COTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-KJ4CO-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The sun

On Oct 16 the noon sun stands 44 degrees above the horizon at 36.86 N, and the day is 11 h 05 min long. Level ground there takes 70 per cent of the noon sunlight a surface facing the sun would.

Elevation of the noon sun at Citizen station KJ4CO, angles true: on Oct 16 it stands 44 degrees above the horizon, against 77 at the June solstice, 53 at the equinoxes and 30 at the December solstice; the day is 11 h 05 min long.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT KJ4COFIG. E THE SUN AT CITIZEN STATION KJ4COELEVATION LOOKING WEST, SOUTH TO THE LEFT: THE NOON SUN ON THE DAY OF THE REPORT, AND AT THE SOLSTICES AND EQUINOXES; ANGLES TRUETHE STATIONJUNE SOLSTICE 77°EQUINOXES 53°DECEMBER SOLSTICE 30°OCT 16, 44°SOUTHANGLES TRUE; THE RAYS ARE OF ONE LENGTH AND DRAW DIRECTION ONLYDAY LENGTH 11 H 05 MINLEVEL GROUND TAKES 70 PER CENT OF THE NOON SUN A FACING SURFACE WOULDLATITUDE 36.86 N; THE SUN'S DECLINATION -9.1°TITLECitizen station KJ4CO, the sunSTATION REPORT · CWOP KJ4COTYPEELEVATIONSCALEANGLES TRUEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-KJ4CO-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-007

The full report of Citizen station KJ4CO, in 4 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at State Police Post 1 (MYDK2), 13.4 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Kentucky

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

Near Reidland

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

Near Reidland

River and lake gauges