Jackson, KY 41339 Weather

Breathitt County2:25 AM EDT37.49°N, 83.29°W

Current conditions

Clear
51°
Clear
Feels like 42°
High 69°·Low 44° tonight
WindCalm
Humidity69%
Dew point41°
Cloud cover2%
UV index0 Low
Sunrise7:49 AM
Sunset6:48 PM

Forecast for this hour (no station report in the last two hours)

Forecast

10-day

  • Tonight

    Clear. Low around 44, with temperatures rising to around 47 overnight. Wind around 0 mph.

  • Thursday

    Sunny. High near 69, with temperatures falling to around 68 in the afternoon. North wind around 2 mph.

  • Thursday Night

    Clear. Low around 43, with temperatures rising to around 47 overnight. Northeast wind around 2 mph.

National Weather Service forecast updated 5 hrs ago.

Hourly

Hourly forecast
  1. Now Clear 51°
  2. 3 AM Clear 50°
  3. 4 AM Clear 48°
  4. 5 AM Clear 47°
  5. 6 AM Sunny 45°
  6. 7 AM Sunny 44°
  7. 8 AM Sunny 44°
  8. 9 AM Sunny 46°
  9. 10 AM Sunny 51°
  10. 11 AM Sunny 57°
  11. 12 PM Sunny 62°
  12. 1 PM Sunny 65°
  13. 2 PM Sunny 68°
  14. 3 PM Sunny 68°
  15. 4 PM Sunny 69°
  16. 5 PM Sunny 68°
  17. 6 PM Clear 64°
  18. 7 PM Clear 59°
  19. 8 PM Clear 58°
  20. 9 PM Clear 57°
  21. 10 PM Clear 55°
  22. 11 PM Clear 54°
  23. Fri12 AM Clear 53°
  24. 1 AM Clear 52°

10-day forecast

Details
  1. TonightOct 21 Clear Clear44°
  2. TodayOct 22 Sunny Sunny43°69°
  3. FriOct 23 Sunny Sunny39°67°
  4. SatOct 24 Sunny Sunny42°70°
  5. SunOct 25 Sunny Sunny43°69°
  6. MonOct 26 Sunny Sunny45°70°
  7. TueOct 27 Partly Sunny Partly Sunny47°69°
  8. WedOct 28 Partly Sunny Partly Sunny69°
  9. ThuOct 29 Sunny Sunny44°66°
  10. FriOct 30 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy40°69°

Days after the National Weather Service's seven are MET Norway's outlook, a computer model with no forecaster's review.

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Air quality

34
Good
Fine particles (PM2.5)

Air quality is satisfactory, and air pollution poses little or no risk.

Hazard, KY reporting area · 1 hr ago. Data from AirNow (EPA and its state, local and tribal partners); preliminary and subject to change.

Sun & moon

Sunrise 7:49 AM
Sunset 6:48 PM
Daylight 10 h 59 min (−2 min 15 s tomorrow)
Waxing Gibbous · 83% lit
Moonrise 4:47 PM Moonset 3:59 AM
Full moon Oct 26 New moon Nov 9

Almanac

Monthly
Normal high / low66° / 39°
Record high83° (1941)
Record low16° (1930)
Wettest0.92 in (2019)
Month to date2.75 in (normal 2.23 in)

Quicksand, records since 1925. Normals 1991–2020. Data from NOAA's Regional Climate Centers (ACIS).

Nearby

Forecasters' discussion

From the National Weather Service office in JKL, issued 11 hrs ago

Key Messages

- Dry weather with mainly clear skies, mild days, and chilly nights will persist into early next week.

- Light, patchy frost may develop early this morning and again late tonight in sheltered valleys away from lakes, rivers, and larger creeks.

Long Term

(Friday through Wednesday) Issued at 235 PM EDT WED OCT 21 2026

At the beginning of the long term period, an expansive and highly amplified midlevel ridge will be located over the central CONUS; meanwhile, deep troughing will be digging into the western CONUS, with another trough over the East Coast, associated with a deep closed low off the coast of Maine and another coastal impulse near the Outer Banks. Although this troughing will shift over time, such an amplified ridge in the middle of the country, this setup will lead to a very stagnant weather pattern locally.

At the surface, eastern Kentucky will find itself under the influence of persistent high pressure, which should keep weather quite uneventful through early next week. Each day, ample sunshine will allow high temperatures to climb into the upper 60s to low 70s, and each night, clear skies and light winds will allow for moderate ridge/valley temperature splits to develop. MOS guidance suggests that lows in the valleys will generally bottom out in the upper 30s to low 40s, and given such a dry air mass, this magnitude of cooling seems reasonable. In fact, raw NBM dewpoints are likely too moist given relatively dry air just above the surface, especially in the absence of appreciable moisture advection. Thus, a drier dewpoint blend was favored, with resultant dewpoints in the low to mid 40s during the day, much more in line with ensemble guidance. As usual, as our valleys cool efficiently overnight, fog formation is expected.

By early next week, an upper level low from the West Coast will approach the central CONUS ridge. As these features interact, the ridge looks to flatten, and by Tuesday, flow aloft will be more southwesterly, which will work to increase mid and upper level moisture. Meanwhile, at the surface, an area of low pressure will progress through Canada, with a cold front draped across the Great Lakes region. This front will attempt to sag south towards eastern Kentucky, but with limited upper level support, it currently seems unlikely the front will reach our area by the end of the forecast period. Thus, the most consequential change in the pattern will likely be increased cloud cover on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Aviation

(For the 18Z TAFS through 18Z Thursday afternoon) ISSUED AT 104 PM EDT WED OCT 21 2026

VFR conditions roll on underneath nearby surface high pressure for much of the period. There will be the potential valley fog once again tonight mainly confined to the river valleys. The winds will remain light generally below 5 knots.

Jkl Watches

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