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West Point, Kentucky

City in Hardin County, Kentucky

Air quality

The air at West Point

Index 58, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Louisville (KY), 20 miles off.

58Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)58Moderate5.1 mi
  • Ozone34Good40 ppb5.1 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)44Good5.1 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide19Good20.2 ppb18.6 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide1Good1.1 ppb5.1 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0.2 ppm18.6 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 60, moderate.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at West Point

0.09 in in the last 24 hours, 0.56 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.09in
Last 3 days
0.56in

Visibility

How far you can see at West Point, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 6 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest West Point, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 6.3 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

US-31 at mile 7.305_31_007.3

Beside a road/7.7 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

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measured daily2 instruments

Shepherdsville 6.5 WNWKY-BT-17

In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.6 mi away/485 ft/53 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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BrandenburgBNBK2

At a cooperative observer's station/9.0 mi away/636 ft/204 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank19of 692

Station report

The weather at Fort Knox/Godman, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 6.3 mi from West Point, Kentucky. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 15,000 ft; the ceiling is 15,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Fort Knox/Godman, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 15,000 feet, the ceiling at 15,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FTKFIG. A THE SKY OVER FORT KNOX/GODMANSECTION, 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 STATION05,00010,00015,00020,00025,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLEHIGHTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTOVC 15,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 15,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEFort Knox/Godman, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS FTKTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FTK-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

73.6 F with a dew point of 62.8 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 15,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Fort Knox/Godman: temperature 73.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 62.8, 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 15,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FTKFIG. B THE AIR AT FORT KNOX/GODMANTHE 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 60.3 FABOVE THIS SHEET: LOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 15,000 FTTEMPERATURE 73.6 FDEW POINT 62.8 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 POINTTITLEFort Knox/Godman, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS FTKTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FTK-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south southwest (200 degrees) at 8 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Fort Knox/Godman, north up: blowing from 200 degrees, the south southwest, at 8 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FTKFIG. C THE WIND AT FORT KNOX/GODMANPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 200°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 8 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEFort Knox/Godman, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS FTKTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FTK-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Fort Knox/Godman, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Kentucky

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