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Forest Hills, Kentucky Weather

Fireflies pulse through the magnolias. Day 77 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Forest Hills weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar

Forest Hills, KY
Thursday, June 4 at 5:17 AM
68
°
Clear
Feels like
65°
Humidity
56%
Wind
6 mph
Sunrise
6:19 AM
Sunset
9:01 PM
Forest Hills, KY
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastForest Hills, KY: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 63 to 86 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 63°H 86°
Forest Hills, KY
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jun 4
    Mostly Clear
    86°63°
  2. Friday
    Jun 5
    Overcast
    86°67°
  3. Saturday
    Jun 6
    Overcast
    85°64°-1°
  4. Sunday
    Jun 7
    Light Showers
    38%
    88°69°+3°
  5. Monday
    Jun 8
    Overcast
    24%
    81°69°-7°
  6. Tuesday
    Jun 9
    Drizzle
    35%
    0.17″
    78°70°-3°
  7. Wednesday
    Jun 10
    Light Drizzle
    24%
    77°68°-1°
Forest Hills, KY
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
ESE
117° · veering 6°
Direction
ESE
117°
Sustained
6
mph
Gust
10
mph
Peak 24h
12
avg 5
Beaufort · 2 · LIGHT BRZ
0
CALM
<1
1
LIGHT AIR
1–3
2
LIGHT BRZ
4–7
3
GENTLE BRZ
8–12
4
MOD BRZ
13–18
5
FRESH BRZ
19–24
6
STRONG BRZ
25–31
7
NEAR GALE
32–38
24h · sust vs gust · mph
avg 5 · pk 12 @ 2:00a
010MPHB1B2B3B4-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 104SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze veering 6° from the ese.
Forest Hills, KY
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
997.4
+1.0 mb in 3h · rising · 29.45 inHg
Now
997.4
mb
3h
+1.0
mb
12h
-1.5
mb
24h
-1.9
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 9971003
9909951000STORM|RAIN10051010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR10201025FAIR|DRY1030-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW1003.2997.4998.4
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
The low is filling — pressure climbing out of storm territory.
Forest Hills, KY
Air quality
39
AQI
Good
-18 in 6h

PM2.5 at 7.0 µg/m³ (AQI 39) with a 0.90 fine-to-coarse ratio and 6 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust. AQI down 18 over the last 6 hours — air quality is improving sharply.

OK No precautions needed for the general population; unusually sensitive individuals may consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.

PM 2.5DRIVERGood
7.0μg/m³
PM 10Good
8μg/m³
NO₂Good
14μg/m³
OzoneGood
57μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.0

What's driving it

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 7.0 µg/m³ (AQI 39) with a 0.90 fine-to-coarse ratio and 6 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

PM2.5/PM10
0.90
Wind
light
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
stagnant smoke
Forest Hills, KY
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
0%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
67.5mi
UNLIMITED
115 mi0 mi−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Earth · GOES-19 ABI
Full Disk · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 full disk Visible · GeoColor
True-color daytime, blue/IR sandwich at night
05:17 UTC ·Forest Hills, KY · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 21696x21696 px
Continental US · GOES-19 ABI
CONUS Sector · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 CONUS Visible · GeoColor
Daytime true-color, blue-light/IR sandwich at night
05:17 UTC ·Forest Hills, KY · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · 10000x6000 px
Forest Hills, KY
Satellite · infrared · animated
Forest Hills, KY
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Forest Hills, KY
Almanac · Thursday, June 4
A summer fog for fair, a winter fog for rain.
Civil dawn
9:50 AM
Sunrise
6:19 AM
Daylight
14h 42m
Sunset
9:01 PM
Civil dusk
1:33 AM
Planting note
Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.
Forest Hills, KY
The moon
Waning Gibbous
87% illuminated
Moonrise
4:05 AM
Moonset
1:49 PM
In sign
♑︎ Capricorn
Forest Hills, KY
Microseason
Jun 1–5

Fireflies pulse through the magnolias

plant
Jan 142% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Forest Hills at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 9°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: April 5 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jun 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.

Right now in the garden

Peak growing season

As of June 4, the growing season is at its peak — frost is months away. Continue succession-planting beans and summer squash. Start fall brassicas (broccoli, cabbage, kale) from seed indoors for transplanting in late summer.

ZIP codes in Forest Hills

Climate normals from the Open-Meteo Climate API. Köppen approximation from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Regions. See methodology for data sources, editorial rules, and corrections. Maintainer: Brian Tighe.