Cumberland River Near Harlan03401000
At a river or reservoir gauge/3.6 mi away/1,139 ft/2 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Coming up. Rain is likely tonight, from about 11 PM, the chance peaking at 58% around 6 AM.
Now. Wallins Creek is 66° and overcast at 6 AM. The dew point is 65°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Light air from the southwest at 1 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 75° by 1 PM. Tonight falls to about 45° by 8 AM, under cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 73°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 54°. Rain is likely tomorrow (81%). Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 36°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:56 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 11 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. Cloud is forecast to cover most of the night, so the sky will be hard to see. The day is 11 hours 15 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 6:00 AM in Wallins Creek, Kentucky.
Air quality
Index 28, good, led by fine particles. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Hazard (KY), 33 miles off.
Yesterday measured 37, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 24 hours; 0.04 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 5 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 9 miles Fri 4 PM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Wallins Creek, KentuckyReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 5 instruments nearest Wallins Creek, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.0 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Cumberland River Near Harlan03401000
At a river or reservoir gauge/3.6 mi away/1,139 ft/2 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
At an airfield/3.9 mi away/1,528 ft/391 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
US-119 at mile 1711_119_0170
Beside a road/8.7 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Coldiron 0.1 SKY-HL-4
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.0 mi away/1,118 ft/19 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Harlan 1SHEGK2
At a cooperative observer's station/5.0 mi away/1,171 ft/34 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 3.9 mi from Wallins Creek, Kentucky. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 5:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
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Snow on the ground
Measured at Harlan 1S (HEGK2), 5.0 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.