Storm Station
Hickory, Kentucky
60° 79°/57°
Clear· Feels like 60°·Light breeze 5 mph NE
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 57. Northeast wind around 1 mph.
0UV Low
-Air quality
83%Humidity
3%Cloud
Now
3:15 AM
60feels60
now, clear
Today
Sep 27
7957
overcast
Mon
Sep 28
7953
overcast
Tue
Sep 29
8758
overcast
Wed
Sep 30
9364
13mph
overcast
Thu
Oct 1
9473
32%
16mph
drizzle light
Fri
Oct 2
8160
39%
13mph
rain light
Sat
Oct 3
7060
37%
drizzle dense
60°
79°57°
79°53°
87°58°
93°64°
94°73°
81°60°
70°60°

As of 3:15 AM in Hickory, Kentucky.

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Hickory, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.4 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

MayfieldM25

At an airfield/4.9 mi away/505 ft/76 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank286of 288

Golden Pond RAWSLBLK2

A remote fire weather station/32.4 mi away/636 ft/207 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank103of 288

measured daily2 instruments

State Police Post 1MYDK2

At a cooperative observer's station/2.4 mi away/482 ft/53 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Mayfield 1.1 SSEKY-GV-10

In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.8 mi away/506 ft/77 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Golden Pond RAWS, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 32.4 mi from Hickory. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 3:05 AM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

61.0 F with a dew point of 51.1 F, 70 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,300 ft up.

Chart of the air at Golden Pond RAWS: temperature 61.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 51.1, 70 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,300 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LBLK2FIG. B THE AIR AT GOLDEN POND RAWSTHE 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 2,300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 48.9 FTEMPERATURE 61.0 FDEW POINT 51.1 FSPREAD 9.9 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 70 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 POINTTITLEGolden Pond RAWS, the airSTATION REPORT · DCP LBLK2TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-LBLK2-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Golden Pond RAWS, 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 LBLK2FIG. C THE WIND AT GOLDEN POND RAWSPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4GUST, 4 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEGolden Pond RAWS, the windSTATION REPORT · DCP LBLK2TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-LBLK2-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 636 ft above sea level, 2 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.24 inHg and the temperature at 56.7 F; it reports 61.0 F, 4.3 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Golden Pond RAWS stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 636 feet above sea level with 2 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.24 inches of mercury, and temperature, 56.7 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LBLK2FIG. D WHERE GOLDEN POND RAWS STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREGOLDEN POND RAWS2 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT636 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE29.24 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE56.7 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED61.0 FTITLEGolden Pond RAWS, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP LBLK2TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-LBLK2-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Golden Pond RAWS, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Measured at State Police Post 1 (MYDK2), 2.4 miles from here, read 26 Sep, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Kentucky

21 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Hickory

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