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Salyersville, Kentucky

City in Magoffin County, Kentucky

Air quality

The air at Salyersville

Index 51, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Hazard (KY), 34 miles off.

51Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)51Moderate-
  • Ozone1Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 37, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Salyersville

0.51 in in the last 24 hours, 1.60 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.51in
Last 3 days
1.60in

Visibility

How far you can see at Salyersville, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 4 miles Fri 3 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Salyersville, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.6 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

KY-9000 at mile 7510_9000_075

Beside a road/0.8 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

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measured daily2 instruments

Salyersville 0.6 SSWKY-MA-8

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.6 mi away/978 ft/128 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Salyersville Water WorksSWWK2

At a cooperative observer's station/0.6 mi away/936 ft/86 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Jackson/J. Carroll, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 17.4 mi from Salyersville, Kentucky. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 11,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Jackson/J. Carroll, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 11,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT JKLFIG. A THE SKY OVER JACKSON/J. CARROLLSECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,50015,00017,500ETAGESLOWMIDDLEHIGHTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTSCT 11,000 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEJackson/J. Carroll, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS JKLTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-JKL-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

72.0 F with a dew point of 69.0 F, 90 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 700 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 11,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Jackson/J. Carroll: temperature 72.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 69.0, 90 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 700 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 11,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT JKLFIG. B THE AIR AT JACKSON/J. CARROLLTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00060 F70 F80 FSATURATES 700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 68.3 FABOVE THIS SHEET: LOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 11,000 FTTEMPERATURE 72.0 FDEW POINT 69.0 FSPREAD 3.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 90 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 POINTTITLEJackson/J. Carroll, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS JKLTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-JKL-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

At 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Jackson/J. Carroll, north up: at 3 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT JKLFIG. C THE WIND AT JACKSON/J. CARROLLPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONDIRECTION NOT REPORTEDBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEJackson/J. Carroll, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS JKLTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-JKL-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Jackson/J. Carroll, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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