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Sardis, Kentucky

City in Mason County, Kentucky

Air quality

The air at Sardis

Index 52, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Lexington (KY), 45 miles off.

52Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)52Moderate-
  • Ozone35Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 35, good.

Smoke, the next 43 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 Sardis

None in the last 24 hours; 0.48 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.48in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 9 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Sardis, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.2 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

KY-9 at mile 5.606_9_0056

Beside a road/14.1 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

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measured daily2 instruments

Mount Olivet 3.3 SEKY-RB-1

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.2 mi away/862 ft/46 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Sewage PlantMYSK2

At a cooperative observer's station/13.8 mi away/502 ft/406 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Flemingsburg, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 11.3 mi from Sardis, Kentucky. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 9,000 ft, overcast at 12,000 ft; the ceiling is 9,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Flemingsburg, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 9,000 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 12,000 feet, the ceiling at 9,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FGXFIG. A THE SKY OVER FLEMINGSBURGSECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,50015,00017,50020,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLEHIGHTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTOVC 12,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 9,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 9,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEFlemingsburg, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS FGXTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FGX-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

73.0 F with a dew point of 65.7 F, 78 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,700 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 9,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Flemingsburg: temperature 73.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 65.7, 78 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,700 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 9,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FGXFIG. B THE AIR AT FLEMINGSBURGTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,00050 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 1,700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 64.0 FABOVE THIS SHEET: LOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 9,000 FTTEMPERATURE 73.0 FDEW POINT 65.7 FSPREAD 7.3 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 POINTTITLEFlemingsburg, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS FGXTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FGX-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the southwest (220 degrees) at 8 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Flemingsburg, north up: blowing from 220 degrees, the southwest, at 8 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FGXFIG. C THE WIND AT FLEMINGSBURGPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 220°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 8 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEFlemingsburg, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS FGXTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FGX-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Flemingsburg, 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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