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Smithland, Kentucky

City in Livingston County, Kentucky

Air quality

The air at Smithland

Index 20, good, led by ozone. Read at 7 AM from its reporting area, Paducah (KY), 11 miles off.

20Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)13Good-
  • Ozone20Good20 ppb1.1 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 43, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Smithland

0.06 in in the last 24 hours, 0.15 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 6 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.06in
Last 3 days
0.15in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Smithland, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 9.6 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

US-60 at mile 20.101_60_0201

Beside a road/10.5 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

MarionGDA

At an airfield/21.0 mi away/617 ft/247 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank494of 692

Princeton #1S2005

At a soil climate station/31.5 mi away/615 ft/245 ft above here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank503of 692

measured daily2 instruments

Calvert City 2.4 ESEKY-MH-8

In a volunteer observer's own ground/9.6 mi away/350 ft/20 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Eddyville 5SEDYK2

At a cooperative observer's station/19.2 mi away/443 ft/73 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Marion, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 21.0 mi from Smithland, Kentucky. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 7:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 1,500 ft; the ceiling is 1,500 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Marion, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 1,500 feet, the ceiling at 1,500 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GDAFIG. A THE SKY OVER MARIONSECTION, 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 1,500 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,500 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEMarion, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS GDATYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GDA-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

53.6 F with a dew point of 47.0 F, 78 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,500 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,500 ft.

Chart of the air at Marion: temperature 53.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 47.0, 78 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,500 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,500 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GDAFIG. B THE AIR AT MARIONTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 1,500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 45.5 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 1,500 FTTEMPERATURE 53.6 FDEW POINT 47.0 FSPREAD 6.6 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 POINTTITLEMarion, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS GDATYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GDA-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (340 degrees) at 17 mph, gusting 26 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 29 mph.

Plan of the wind at Marion, north up: blowing from 340 degrees, the north northwest, at 17 miles an hour, gusting 26; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GDAFIG. C THE WIND AT MARIONPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 340°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 17 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 26 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMarion, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS GDATYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GDA-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Eddyville 5S (EDYK2), 19.2 miles from here, read 11 Oct, 12:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Kentucky

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

Near Smithland

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

Near Smithland

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