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Wheatcroft, Kentucky Weather

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

Wheatcroft, KY
Friday, June 5 at 12:33 AM
78
°
Partly Cloudy
Feels like
78°
Humidity
51%
Wind
5 mph
Sunrise
5:31 AM
Sunset
8:08 PM
Wheatcroft, KY
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastWheatcroft, KY: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 62 to 84 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 62°H 84°
Wheatcroft, KY
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jun 4
    Overcast
    82°57°
  2. Friday
    Jun 5
    Overcast
    84°62°+2°
  3. Saturday
    Jun 6
    Heavy Drizzle
    83°65°-1°
  4. Sunday
    Jun 7
    Showers
    38%
    0.08″
    75°70°-8°
  5. Monday
    Jun 8
    Light Showers
    66%
    0.04″
    80°70°+5°
  6. Tuesday
    Jun 9
    Showers
    41%
    0.01″
    81°71°+1°
  7. Wednesday
    Jun 10
    Thunderstorm
    24%
    87°71°+6°
Wheatcroft, KY
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
S
187° · backing 122°
Direction
S
187°
Sustained
5
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 @ 6:00p
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 2210SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze backing 122° from the s.
Wheatcroft, KY
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1004.1
-0.1 mb in 3h · steady · 29.65 inHg
Now
1004.1
mb
3h
-0.1
mb
12h
-3.6
mb
24h
-3.0
mb
Regime · RAIN
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 10041010
9951000STORM|RAIN10051010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW1010.01003.91005.3
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Damp, unsettled regime — wet weather lingers nearby.
Wheatcroft, KY
Air quality
64
AQI
Good
+24 in 6h

Ozone at AQI 45 now. AQI up 24 in the last 6 hours — air quality is degrading. With UV 0.2 peaking around 1 PM under clear skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 11 by mid-afternoon.

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

PM 2.5Good
7.0μg/m³
PM 10Good
8μg/m³
NO₂Good
2μg/m³
OzoneDRIVERModerate
96μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.2

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 45 now. With UV 0.2 peaking around 1 PM under clear skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 11 by mid-afternoon.

Present
AQI 45
UV peak
0.2 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
clear
Projected peak
AQI 11

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 7.0 µg/m³ (AQI 39) with a 0.90 fine-to-coarse ratio and 5 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
Wheatcroft, KY
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
51%
PARTLY CLOUDY
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
80.9mi
UNLIMITED
91 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
00:33 UTC ·Wheatcroft, 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
00:33 UTC ·Wheatcroft, KY · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · 10000x6000 px
Wheatcroft, KY
Satellite · infrared · animated
Wheatcroft, KY
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Wheatcroft, KY
Almanac · Friday, June 5
The higher the clouds, the finer the weather.
Civil dawn
10:01 AM
Sunrise
5:31 AM
Daylight
14h 37m
Sunset
8:08 PM
Civil dusk
1:40 AM
Planting note
Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.
Wheatcroft, KY
The moon
Waning Gibbous
81% illuminated
Moonrise
4:46 AM
Moonset
3:04 PM
In sign
♒︎ Aquarius
Wheatcroft, KY
Microseason
Jun 1–5

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Wheatcroft at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 78°F — typical for the season
  • Last frost: April 1 (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 5, 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 — Wheatcroft

SPC has placed Wheatcroft 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 Wheatcroft

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.