Outdoor conditions in

Stanford

Kentucky

Outdoor planning

Now
  1. 75°Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms76% rain90% humidityGusts 12 mph
  2. 78°Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms33% rain82% humidityGusts 14 mph
  3. 81°Chance Showers And Thunderstorms31% rain74% humidityGusts 16 mph
  4. 83°Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms21% rain70% humidityGusts 17 mph
  5. 84°Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms21% rain65% humidityGusts 18 mph
  6. 85°Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms31% rain61% humidityGusts 18 mph
  7. 84°Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms25% rain61% humidityGusts 17 mph
  8. 85°Partly Cloudy20% rain57% humidityGusts 15 mph
  9. 82°Partly Cloudy19% rain63% humidityGusts 12 mph
  10. 78°Partly Cloudy5% rain69% humidityGusts 10 mph
  11. 74°Partly Cloudy4% rain76% humidityGusts 10 mph
  12. 73°Partly Cloudy4% rain73% humidityGusts 10 mph
  13. 72°Partly Cloudy4% rain76% humidityGusts 12 mph
  14. 72°Partly Cloudy4% rain73% humidityGusts 12 mph
  15. 72°Mostly Cloudy4% rain68% humidityGusts 15 mph
  16. 71°Mostly Cloudy2% rain68% humidityGusts 17 mph
  17. 71°Partly Cloudy2% rain68% humidityGusts 16 mph
  18. 70°Partly Cloudy3% rain68% humidityGusts 17 mph
  19. 69°Partly Cloudy2% rain70% humidityGusts 17 mph
  20. 67°Mostly Sunny2% rain75% humidityGusts 18 mph
  21. 66°Mostly Sunny2% rain78% humidityGusts 20 mph
  22. 65°Mostly Sunny22% rain81% humidityGusts 18 mph
  23. 63°Partly Sunny23% rain93% humidityGusts 21 mph
  24. 67°Chance Rain Showers33% rain84% humidityGusts 21 mph
Extra care for

A little farther out

The next five days

Today

Today looks wet for a meaningful stretch.

Rain
76%
Humidity
57–97%
Wind
18 mph
Fri

Friday has a real shower chance.

Rain
46%
Humidity
68–93%
Wind
22 mph
Sat

Saturday looks fairly quiet.

Rain
17%
Humidity
45–100%
Wind
20 mph
Sun

Sunday looks fairly quiet.

Rain
5%
Humidity
41–92%
Wind
12 mph
Mon

Monday looks fairly quiet.

Rain
4%
Humidity
42–92%
Wind
8 mph
  1. 85° / 71°Today looks wet for a meaningful stretch.76% rain · Humidity 57–97% · Wind 18 mph
  2. 72° / 48°Friday has a real shower chance.46% rain · Humidity 68–93% · Wind 22 mph
  3. 55° / 41°Saturday looks fairly quiet.17% rain · Humidity 45–100% · Wind 20 mph
  4. 61° / 34°Sunday looks fairly quiet.5% rain · Humidity 41–92% · Wind 12 mph
  5. 66° / 38°Monday looks fairly quiet.4% rain · Humidity 42–92% · Wind 8 mph

Environmental watch

Air quality + smoke

Air quality

Lexington area · Updated Thu 11:25 AM
12GoodUS AQI

No fresh outlook yet.

Sky check

No plume detected overhead

Satellite view · Updated Thu 8:45 AM

Air near ground12 · Good US AQI

Rain, in motion · Past four hours

Stanford radar

Radar animation for Stanford, covering the past four hours. A marked spot changes the map view, not the forecast on this page.

Outdoor fire check

Thinking about a backyard fire?

Use extra caution.

There is no lower-concern three-hour stretch in the next 12 hours.

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Selected timeNowUse caution

Thunder is possible.

Humidity
90%
Wind
3 mph
Gusts
12 mph

Check local rules. Weather is only part of the decision. Check city, county, and land-manager fire restrictions before lighting any outdoor fire.

About these readingsSources and local limits

Weather

Forecasts, alerts, and radar come from NOAA and the National Weather Service.

Air quality

This reading describes Lexington area, about 37 miles away. Conditions can differ at this exact spot.

Smoke

Satellite imagery shows smoke overhead. It cannot tell us how much smoke has reached breathing level.

This page represents Stanford, KY, so conditions can vary from street to street. Environmental data: AirNow · participating air agencies · preliminary real-time US AQI · NOAA Hazard Mapping System · satellite-observed smoke.