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Sonora, Kentucky

City in Hardin County, Kentucky

Air quality

The air at Sonora

Index 22, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Elizabethtown (KY), 13 miles off.

22Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)22Good-
  • Ozone17Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 37, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 8 PM.

SatSun

Precipitation

What has fallen at Sonora

None in the last 24 hours; 1.40 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
1.40in

Visibility

How far you can see at Sonora, the next 45 hours

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

SatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 8 instruments nearest Sonora, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.0 miles away.

measured now6 instruments

KY-222 at mile 6.504_222_006.5

Beside a road/5.0 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

Mammoth CaveS2079

At a soil climate station/24.7 mi away/800 ft/70 ft above here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank487of 697

measured daily2 instruments

Sonora 2.7 SEKY-LA-6

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.0 mi away/824 ft/94 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank480of 697

Millerstown 4EMLTK2

At a cooperative observer's station/8.7 mi away/597 ft/133 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank108of 697

Station report

The weather at Elizabethtown, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 11.2 mi from Sonora, Kentucky. From its report of Oct 17, 2026, 12:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 2,300 ft; the ceiling is 2,300 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Elizabethtown, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 2,300 feet, the ceiling at 2,300 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT EKXFIG. A THE SKY OVER ELIZABETHTOWNSECTION, 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,0003,500ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 2,300 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,300 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEElizabethtown, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS EKXTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-EKX-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

51.8 F with a dew point of 45.5 F, 79 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,400 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,300 ft.

Chart of the air at Elizabethtown: temperature 51.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 45.5, 79 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,400 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,300 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT EKXFIG. B THE AIR AT ELIZABETHTOWNTHE 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 1,400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 44.1 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 2,300 FTTEMPERATURE 51.8 FDEW POINT 45.5 FSPREAD 6.3 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 79 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 POINTTITLEElizabethtown, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS EKXTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-EKX-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (340 degrees) at 7 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Elizabethtown, north up: blowing from 340 degrees, the north northwest, at 7 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT EKXFIG. C THE WIND AT ELIZABETHTOWNPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 340°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 7 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEElizabethtown, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS EKXTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-EKX-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Kentucky

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

Near Sonora

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

Near Sonora

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