Jenkins, KY Weather

Letcher County8:04 PM EDT37.17°N, 82.63°WElevation 1,539 ft

Current conditions

Clear
48°
Clear
Feels like 47°
High 69° Saturday·Low 36° tonight
WindNE 5 mph
Humidity89%
Dew point45°
Cloud cover3%
UV index0 Low
Sunrise7:46 AM
Sunset6:45 PM

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

Forecast

10-day

  • Friday Night

    Mostly clear, with a low around 36. East wind 0 to 5 mph.

  • Saturday

    Sunny, with a high near 69. East wind 0 to 5 mph.

  • Saturday Night

    Clear, with a low around 41.

National Weather Service forecast updated 2 days ago.

Hourly

Hourly forecast
  1. Now Clear 48°
  2. 9 PM Clear 45°
  3. 10 PM Mostly Clear 43°
  4. 11 PM Mostly Clear 42°
  5. Sat12 AM Mostly Clear 41°
  6. 1 AM Mostly Clear 40°
  7. 2 AM Mostly Clear 39°
  8. 3 AM Mostly Clear 40°
  9. 4 AM Mostly Clear 40°
  10. 5 AM Mostly Clear 39°
  11. 6 AM Sunny 38°
  12. 7 AM Sunny 36°
  13. 8 AM Sunny 37°
  14. 9 AM Sunny 41°
  15. 10 AM Sunny 48°
  16. 11 AM Sunny 55°
  17. 12 PM Sunny 61°
  18. 1 PM Sunny 65°
  19. 2 PM Sunny 68°
  20. 3 PM Sunny 69°
  21. 4 PM Sunny 69°
  22. 5 PM Sunny 67°
  23. 6 PM Clear 62°
  24. 7 PM Clear 56°

10-day forecast

Details
  1. WedOct 21 Sunny Sunny41°69°
  2. ThuOct 22 Patchy Fog then Sunny Patchy Fog then Sunny36°66°
  3. TodayOct 23 Patchy Frost then Sunny Patchy Frost then Sunny36°68°
  4. SatOct 24 Sunny Sunny41°69°
  5. SunOct 25 Sunny Sunny41°68°
  6. MonOct 26 Sunny Sunny44°69°
  7. TueOct 27 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny46°70°
  8. WedOct 28 Cloudy Cloudy47°73°
  9. ThuOct 29 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy49°73°
  10. FriOct 30 Cloudy Cloudy54°71°

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

31
Good
Ozone

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

Pikeville, KY reporting area · 2 hrs ago. Data from AirNow (EPA and its state, local and tribal partners); preliminary and subject to change.

Sun & moon

Sunrise 7:46 AM
Sunset 6:45 PM
Daylight 10 h 58 min (−2 min 13 s tomorrow)
Waxing Gibbous · 94% lit
Moonrise 5:08 PM Moonset 4:59 AM
Full moon Oct 26 New moon Nov 9

Almanac

Monthly
Month to date0.41 in (normal 0.00 in)

North Fork Lake, records since 1970. Normals 1991–2020. Data from NOAA's Regional Climate Centers (ACIS).

Nearby

Forecasters' discussion

From the National Weather Service office in JKL, issued 6 hrs ago

Key Messages

- Dry weather persists into next week, with clear skies, mild days, and chilly nights expected.

- Light, patchy frost may develop tonight and again on Saturday and Sunday nights in sheltered valleys away from lakes, rivers, and larger creeks. Fog is more likely near those bodies of water.

Update

Issued at 955 AM EDT FRI OCT 23 2026

Fog lingers in portions of the Kentucky, Big Sandy, and Cumberland River basins at this time. However, this fog continues to gradually lift and should dissipate over the next hour or so as we progress further into the morning. Otherwise, sunny skies are anticipated with high pressure dominating.

Long Term

(Sunday through Friday) Issued at 157 PM EDT FRI OCT 23 2026

Amplified upper ridging over the Mississippi and Ohio River Valleys Sunday and Monday will gradually weaken and get shunted south and east of the area, opening eastern Kentucky to more westerly and/or west- southwesterly flow aloft mid to late next week. At the surface, high pressure will remain in control through much if not all of the period. A cold front may move into the Midwest and Great Lakes region by Wednesday and Thursday of next week, allowing for surface winds to increase out of the south to southwesterly, though wind speeds would remain light.

Sunny/clear skies and dry weather is expected through the period with mild days and cool, if not chilly, nights, with valley fog through the river valleys and patchy frost (at least for Sunday night and perhaps Monday night) in some sheltered valley locations removed from larger bodies of water. The one potential exception is around the middle of next week (i.e., Tuesday night through Wednesday) when most models depict a weakening shortwave crossing the area, bringing an increase in clouds. Such a scenario would likely bring warmer overnight lows and reduce ridge/valley splits in temperatures.

Aviation

(For the 18Z TAFS through 18Z Saturday afternoon) ISSUED AT 130 PM EDT FRI OCT 23 2026

High pressure at the surface and aloft will dominate the weather through the TAF period. Clear skies were occurring at issuance time, with light and variable to northeast winds at less than 10KT. Winds will become light and variable with the loss of daytime heating this evening. Otherwise, fog should again develop and affect several valley locations along area rivers, larger creeks, and lakes between about 04Z and 14Z. In those locations, reductions to IFR or worse are possible. At this time, the TAF sites are not expected to be affected.

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