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Morgantown, Kentucky Weather

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

Morgantown, KY
Thursday, June 4 at 10:08 PM
79
°
Clear
Feels like
80°
Humidity
43%
Wind
2 mph
Sunrise
5:27 AM
Sunset
8:03 PM
Morgantown, KY
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastMorgantown, KY: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 61 to 82 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 61°H 82°
Morgantown, KY
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jun 4
    Clear
    80°57°
  2. Friday
    Jun 5
    Overcast
    82°61°+2°
  3. Saturday
    Jun 6
    Heavy Drizzle
    82°63°
  4. Sunday
    Jun 7
    Light Showers
    37%
    0.21″
    76°68°-6°
  5. Monday
    Jun 8
    Light Showers
    62%
    0.24″
    80°67°+4°
  6. Tuesday
    Jun 9
    Showers
    43%
    77°69°-3°
  7. Wednesday
    Jun 10
    Drizzle
    29%
    0.01″
    79°67°+2°
Morgantown, KY
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
ENE
066° · veering 66°
Direction
ENE
066°
Sustained
2
mph
Gust
6
mph
Peak 24h
13
avg 2
Beaufort · 1 · LIGHT AIR
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 2 · pk 13 @ 9:00a
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 177SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze veering 66° from the ene.
Morgantown, KY
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1003.3
+0.2 mb in 3h · steady · 29.63 inHg
Now
1003.3
mb
3h
+0.2
mb
12h
-4.3
mb
24h
-2.2
mb
Regime · RAIN
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 10021007
9951000STORM|RAIN10051010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW1007.31002.31002.9
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Damp, unsettled regime — wet weather lingers nearby.
Morgantown, KY
Air quality
67
AQI
Moderate
+40 in 6h

Ozone at AQI 68 — peak already passed at 1 PM under clear skies. AQI up 40 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
7.2μg/m³
PM 10Good
9μg/m³
NO₂Good
1μg/m³
OzoneDRIVERUnhealthy SG
118μg/m³
UV IndexLow
1.7

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 68 — peak already passed at 1 PM under clear skies. Levels should ease through evening.

Present
AQI 68
UV peak
1.4 at earlier today
Sky at peak
clear
Projected peak
AQI 68

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 7.2 µg/m³ (AQI 40) with a 0.84 fine-to-coarse ratio and 2 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

PM2.5/PM10
0.84
Wind
calm
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
stagnant smoke
Morgantown, KY
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
0%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
94.8mi
UNLIMITED
101 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
22:08 UTC ·Morgantown, 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
22:08 UTC ·Morgantown, KY · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · 10000x6000 px
Morgantown, KY
Satellite · infrared · animated
Morgantown, KY
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Morgantown, KY
Almanac · Thursday, June 4
A summer fog for fair, a winter fog for rain.
Civil dawn
9:58 AM
Sunrise
5:27 AM
Daylight
14h 36m
Sunset
8:03 PM
Civil dusk
1:35 AM
Planting note
Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.
Morgantown, KY
The moon
Waning Gibbous
82% illuminated
Moonrise
4:06 AM
Moonset
1:57 PM
In sign
♒︎ Aquarius
Morgantown, KY
Microseason
Jun 1–5

Fireflies pulse through the magnolias

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Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Morgantown at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 79°F — typical for the season
  • Last frost: March 30 (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 — Morgantown

SPC has placed Morgantown 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 Morgantown

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.