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Junction City, Kentucky Weather

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Junction City weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar

Junction City, KY
Thursday, June 4 at 1:44 AM
70
°
Clear
Feels like
68°
Humidity
47%
Wind
4 mph
Sunrise
6:18 AM
Sunset
8:56 PM
Junction City, KY
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastJunction City, KY: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 60 to 83 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 60°H 83°
Junction City, KY
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jun 3
    Clear
    80°51°
  2. Thursday
    Jun 4
    Partly Cloudy
    83°60°+3°
  3. Friday
    Jun 5
    Overcast
    81°63°-2°
  4. Saturday
    Jun 6
    Overcast
    82°61°+1°
  5. Sunday
    Jun 7
    Heavy Drizzle
    28%
    84°65°+2°
  6. Monday
    Jun 8
    Light Drizzle
    29%
    84°66°
  7. Tuesday
    Jun 9
    Light Drizzle
    26%
    0.04″
    71°68°-13°
Junction City, KY
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
ENE
069° · backing 82°
Direction
ENE
069°
Sustained
4
mph
Gust
8
mph
Peak 24h
11
avg 4
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 4 · pk 11 @ 10:00p
010MPHB1B2B3B4-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 126SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze backing 82° from the ene.
Junction City, KY
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
987.0
-1.0 mb in 3h · falling · 29.15 inHg
Now
987.0
mb
3h
-1.0
mb
12h
-4.8
mb
24h
-1.7
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 986992
9809859909951000STORM|RAIN-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW991.5985.9985.9
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Deep low still deepening — rough seas, strong wind, persistent rain.
Junction City, KY
Air quality
45
AQI
Good
+6 in 6h

Ozone at AQI 33 now. AQI up 6 over the last 6 hours (gradual rise). With UV 0.0 peaking around 1 PM under clear skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 8 by mid-afternoon.

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

PM 2.5Good
3.9μg/m³
PM 10Good
5μg/m³
NO₂Good
4μg/m³
OzoneDRIVERModerate
69μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.0

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 33 now. With UV 0.0 peaking around 1 PM under clear skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 8 by mid-afternoon.

Present
AQI 33
UV peak
0.0 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
clear
Projected peak
AQI 8
Junction City, KY
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
0%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
84.8mi
UNLIMITED
121 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
01:44 UTC ·Junction City, 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
01:44 UTC ·Junction City, KY · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · 10000x6000 px
Junction City, KY
Satellite · infrared · animated
Junction City, KY
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Junction City, KY
Almanac · Thursday, June 4
A summer fog for fair, a winter fog for rain.
Civil dawn
9:49 AM
Sunrise
6:18 AM
Daylight
14h 38m
Sunset
8:56 PM
Civil dusk
1:27 AM
Planting note
Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.
Junction City, KY
The moon
Waning Gibbous
88% illuminated
Moonrise
3:59 AM
Moonset
1:47 PM
In sign
♑︎ Capricorn
Junction City, KY
Microseason
Jun 1–5

Fireflies pulse through the magnolias

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Jan 142% of the yearDec 31

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Junction City at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 7°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: April 2 (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 Junction City

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.