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Mays Lick, Kentucky Weather

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Mays Lick weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar

Mays Lick, KY
Thursday, June 4 at 8:21 PM
81
°
Clear
Feels like
83°
Humidity
36%
Wind
4 mph
Sunrise
6:11 AM
Sunset
8:55 PM
Mays Lick, KY
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastMays Lick, KY: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 61 to 83 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 61°H 83°
Mays Lick, KY
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jun 4
    Partly Cloudy
    81°54°
  2. Friday
    Jun 5
    Overcast
    84°61°+3°
  3. Saturday
    Jun 6
    Light Drizzle
    11%
    81°64°-3°
  4. Sunday
    Jun 7
    Showers
    40%
    80°66°-1°
  5. Monday
    Jun 8
    Drizzle
    17%
    78°67°-2°
  6. Tuesday
    Jun 9
    Light Drizzle
    20%
    0.02″
    73°64°-5°
  7. Wednesday
    Jun 10
    Light Drizzle
    21%
    75°64°+2°
Mays Lick, KY
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
SSW
202° · backing 145°
Direction
SSW
202°
Sustained
4
mph
Gust
6
mph
Peak 24h
11
avg 3
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 3 · pk 11 @ 8:00p
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 1712SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
A whisper of wind — leaves barely shift on the trees.
Mays Lick, KY
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
988.8
-1.4 mb in 3h · falling · 29.20 inHg
Now
988.8
mb
3h
-1.4
mb
12h
-4.8
mb
24h
-4.1
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 987993
9809859909951000STORM|RAIN-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW992.5987.2987.2
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Deep low still deepening — rough seas, strong wind, persistent rain.
Mays Lick, KY
Air quality
41
AQI
Moderate
+18 in 6hPeak ~50 @ 11 PM

Ozone at AQI 60 — peak already passed at 1 PM under clear skies. AQI up 18 in the last 6 hours — air quality is degrading. Levels should ease through evening.

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

PM 2.5Good
1.3μg/m³
PM 10Good
2μg/m³
NO₂Good
1μg/m³
OzoneDRIVERUnhealthy SG
113μg/m³
UV IndexHigh
5.8

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 60 — peak already passed at 1 PM under clear skies. Levels should ease through evening.

Present
AQI 60
UV peak
5.2 at earlier today
Sky at peak
clear
Projected peak
AQI 60
Mays Lick, KY
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
0%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
112.7mi
UNLIMITED
117 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
20:21 UTC ·Mays Lick, 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
20:21 UTC ·Mays Lick, KY · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · 10000x6000 px
Mays Lick, KY
Satellite · infrared · animated
Mays Lick, KY
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Mays Lick, KY
Almanac · Thursday, June 4
A summer fog for fair, a winter fog for rain.
Civil dawn
9:42 AM
Sunrise
6:11 AM
Daylight
14h 44m
Sunset
8:55 PM
Civil dusk
1:28 AM
Planting note
Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.
Mays Lick, KY
The moon
Waning Gibbous
82% illuminated
Moonrise
3:58 AM
Moonset
1:40 PM
In sign
♒︎ Aquarius
Mays Lick, KY
Microseason
Jun 1–5

Fireflies pulse through the magnolias

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Jan 142% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Mays Lick at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 5°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: April 7 (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.

SPC Convective Outlook

Storm Prediction Center — Mays Lick

SPC has placed Mays Lick in the General Thunderstorms category for severe thunderstorms day after tomorrow.

  • TODAYNONENo severe risk
  • TOMORROWNONENo severe risk
  • DAY 3TSTMGeneral Thunderstorms

Thunderstorms possible. Not severe, but capable of producing lightning and brief heavy rain.

Source: NOAA / NWS Storm Prediction Center categorical convective outlook. Outlooks are re-issued multiple times per day; this page reflects the most recent SPC polygons covering the city’s coordinates.

ZIP codes in Mays Lick

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.