At an airfield/3.7 mi away/841 ft/56 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Coming up. Tomorrow is 9 degrees cooler: a high of 55° after 64° today.
Now. Springfield is 70° and mostly clear at 5 AM. The dew point is 57°, so the air feels a little humid. Gentle breeze from the southwest at 9 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 50° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 41° by 8 AM, with some cloud. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. Air quality is moderate (index 53): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 73°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 55°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 34°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7:02 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 11:04 PM. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. 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 day is 11 hours 13 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 5:00 AM in Springfield, Kentucky.
Air quality
Index 53, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Elizabethtown (KY), 34 miles off.
Yesterday measured 37, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
0.90 in in the last 24 hours, 1.05 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 7 miles Sat 2 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Springfield, KentuckyReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 7 instruments nearest Springfield, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.9 miles away.
measured now5 instruments
At an airfield/3.7 mi away/841 ft/56 ft above here
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US-68 at mile 9.404_68_0094
Beside a road/9.6 mi away/-/- ft from here
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Beech Fork At Maud03300400
At a river or reservoir gauge/11.0 mi away/530 ft/255 ft below here
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In a volunteer observer's own ground/16.7 mi away/700 ft/85 ft below here
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Versailles 3 NNW63838
At a climate reference station/38.3 mi away/891 ft/106 ft above here
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measured daily2 instruments
Springfield 1.7 NKY-WS-1
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.9 mi away/766 ft/19 ft below here
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LakeTVLK2
At a cooperative observer's station/23.7 mi away/656 ft/129 ft below here
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Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 3.7 mi from Springfield, Kentucky. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 5:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
A few clouds at 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
71.6 F with a dew point of 57.2 F, 60 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 3,300 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 12,000 ft.
From the south southwest (200 degrees) at 10 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale.
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Snow on the ground
Measured at Lake (TVLK2), 23.7 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 06:00. measured daily
21 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.