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Westwood, Kentucky Weather

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

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

Westwood, KY
Thursday, June 4 at 5:38 AM
60
°
Clear
Feels like
59°
Humidity
72%
Wind
3 mph
Sunrise
6:07 AM
Sunset
8:50 PM
Westwood, KY
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastWestwood, KY: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 56 to 81 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 56°H 81°
Westwood, KY
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jun 4
    Overcast
    81°56°
  2. Friday
    Jun 5
    Overcast
    86°61°+5°
  3. Saturday
    Jun 6
    Overcast
    16%
    87°62°+1°
  4. Sunday
    Jun 7
    Drizzle
    43%
    84°65°-3°
  5. Monday
    Jun 8
    Light Showers
    16%
    86°68°+2°
  6. Tuesday
    Jun 9
    Light Drizzle
    13%
    81°66°-5°
  7. Wednesday
    Jun 10
    Light Drizzle
    13%
    80°67°-1°
Westwood, KY
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
WNW
297° · veering 117°
Direction
WNW
297°
Sustained
3
mph
Gust
3
mph
Peak 24h
7
avg 3
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 3 · pk 7 @ 12:00p
010MPHB1B2B3B4-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 84SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
A whisper of wind — leaves barely shift on the trees.
Westwood, KY
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
999.9
+1.0 mb in 3h · rising · 29.53 inHg
Now
999.9
mb
3h
+1.0
mb
12h
-1.6
mb
24h
-2.1
mb
Regime · RAIN
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 10001006
9951000STORM|RAIN10051010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR10201025FAIR|DRY1030-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW1006.0999.71001.2
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Pressure climbing out of the rain band — clearing edging in.
Westwood, KY
Air quality
43
AQI
Good
-24 in 6h

PM2.5 at 7.3 µg/m³ (AQI 41) with a 0.90 fine-to-coarse ratio and 3 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust. AQI down 24 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
7.3μg/m³
PM 10Good
8μg/m³
NO₂Good
12μg/m³
OzoneModerate
64μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.0

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 30 now. With UV 3.3 peaking around 1 PM under clear skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 13 by mid-afternoon.

Present
AQI 30
UV peak
3.3 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
clear
Projected peak
AQI 13

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 7.3 µg/m³ (AQI 41) with a 0.90 fine-to-coarse ratio and 3 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

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

Visibility
45.1mi
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
05:38 UTC ·Westwood, 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
05:38 UTC ·Westwood, KY · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · 10000x6000 px
Westwood, KY
Satellite · infrared · animated
Westwood, KY
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Westwood, KY
Almanac · Thursday, June 4
A summer fog for fair, a winter fog for rain.
Civil dawn
9:37 AM
Sunrise
6:07 AM
Daylight
14h 43m
Sunset
8:50 PM
Civil dusk
1:23 AM
Planting note
Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.
Westwood, KY
The moon
Waning Gibbous
87% illuminated
Moonrise
3:54 AM
Moonset
1:36 PM
In sign
♑︎ Capricorn
Westwood, KY
Microseason
Jun 1–5

Fireflies pulse through the magnolias

plant
Jan 142% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Westwood at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 17°F below 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.

ZIP codes in Westwood

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.