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Stanford, Kentucky

City in Lincoln County, Kentucky

Air quality

The air at Stanford

Index 51, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Lexington (KY), 36 miles off.

51Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)51Moderate24.7 mi
  • Ozone36Good38 ppb24.7 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 26, 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 Stanford

0.60 in in the last 24 hours, 1.10 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.60in
Last 3 days
1.10in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 10 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Stanford, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.8 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

US-127 at mile 3.308_127_003.3

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

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

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DanvilleDVK

At an airfield/6.5 mi away/1,022 ft/60 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank179of 692

measured daily2 instruments

Lancaster 6.2 WNWKY-GD-5

In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.5 mi away/827 ft/135 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

DanvilleDANK2

At a cooperative observer's station/9.6 mi away/1,005 ft/43 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank627of 692

Station report

The weather at Danville, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 6.5 mi from Stanford, Kentucky. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

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

Section of the sky over Danville, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 9,000 feet, the ceiling at 9,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DVKFIG. A THE SKY OVER DANVILLESECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,50015,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTBKN 9,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 9,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEDanville, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS DVKTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DVK-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

71.6 F with a dew point of 60.8 F, 69 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,500 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 9,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Danville: temperature 71.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 60.8, 69 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,500 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 9,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DVKFIG. B THE AIR AT DANVILLETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION02,0004,0006,0008,00050 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 2,500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 58.2 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 9,000 FTTEMPERATURE 71.6 FDEW POINT 60.8 FSPREAD 10.8 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 69 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 POINTTITLEDanville, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS DVKTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DVK-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Danville, north up: calm; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 0, calm, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DVKFIG. C THE WIND AT DANVILLEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEDanville, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS DVKTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DVK-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Danville, 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 Stanford

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

Near Stanford

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