US-68 at mile 8.203_68_008.3
Beside a road/1.6 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Coming up. Tomorrow is 25 degrees cooler: a high of 65° after 90° today.
Now. Russellville is 74° and mostly clear at 11 PM. The dew point is 57°, so the air feels a little humid. Light breeze from the south-southwest at 7 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 60° by 8 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 75°, and the coolest Saturday, near 60°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 36°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the south. 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 17 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 11:00 PM in Russellville, Kentucky.
Air quality
Index 47, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Bowling Green (KY), 24 miles off.
Yesterday measured 39, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
0.11 in in the last 24 hours, 0.70 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 6 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Russellville, KentuckyReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 6 instruments nearest Russellville, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.7 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
US-68 at mile 8.203_68_008.3
Beside a road/1.6 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Citizen station GW7005GW7005
In a volunteer observer's own ground/16.4 mi away/763 ft/156 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
S Fk Little River At HWY 68-80 Nr Hopkinsville03437480
At a river or reservoir gauge/25.6 mi away/551 ft/56 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
At an airfield/27.3 mi away/548 ft/59 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
RussellvilleRUSK2
At a cooperative observer's station/0.7 mi away/607 ft/level with here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Russellville 1.1 EKY-LG-8
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.0 mi away/608 ft/1 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 27.3 mi from Russellville, Kentucky. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:53 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
78.0 F with a dew point of 56.0 F, 47 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 5,100 ft up.
From the southwest (220 degrees) at 8 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale.
The full report of Bowling Green, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it
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Snow on the ground
21 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.