Storm Station
Hanson, Kentucky
64°
Mostly clear· Feels like 64°·Light air 2 mph N
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 53. Northeast wind around 2 mph.
-UV
-Air quality
53%Humidity
28%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Hanson, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.5 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Madisonville2I0

At an airfield/6.3 mi away/440 ft/10 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank234of 288

Princeton #1 ScanPTNK2

At a river or reservoir gauge/29.4 mi away/615 ft/185 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank230of 288

Princeton #1S2005

At a soil climate station/29.4 mi away/615 ft/185 ft above here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Hanson 0.9 NWKY-HP-19

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.5 mi away/418 ft/12 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

MadisonvilleMADK2

At a cooperative observer's station/5.2 mi away/477 ft/47 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Madisonville, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 6.3 mi from Hanson. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 4:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Madisonville, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 2I0FIG. A THE SKY OVER MADISONVILLESECTION, 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEMadisonville, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS 2I0TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-2I0-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

56.7 F with a dew point of 50.0 F, 78 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,600 ft up.

Chart of the air at Madisonville: temperature 56.7 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 50.0, 78 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,600 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 2I0FIG. B THE AIR AT MADISONVILLETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00040 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 1,600 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 48.4 FTEMPERATURE 56.7 FDEW POINT 50.0 FSPREAD 6.7 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 78 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 POINTTITLEMadisonville, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS 2I0TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-2I0-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Madisonville, 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 2I0FIG. C THE WIND AT MADISONVILLEPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEMadisonville, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS 2I0TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-2I0-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Madisonville, 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 Hanson

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