Clay City, Kentucky Weather
Cicadas claim the scorching afternoon. Day 15 of summer. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Clay City weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar
- TodayJul 5Light Drizzle——90°71°—
- MondayJul 6Heavy Drizzle32%0.10″87°73°-3°
- TuesdayJul 7T-storm w/ Hail36%—87°70°0°
- WednesdayJul 8T-storm w/ Hail49%—83°69°-4°
- ThursdayJul 9T-storm w/ Hail36%—84°69°+1°
- FridayJul 10Thunderstorm70%0.05″84°69°0°
- SaturdayJul 11Overcast57%—81°69°-3°
AQI 50 (Good), driven by Ozone. AQI up 16 in the last 6 hours — air quality is degrading. Ozone at AQI 65 — peak already passed at 1 PM under partly cloudy skies. Levels should ease through evening.
OK No precautions needed for the general population; unusually sensitive individuals may consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.
What's driving it
Ozone × UV × Sky
Ozone at AQI 65 — peak already passed at 1 PM under partly cloudy skies. Levels should ease through evening.
- Present
- AQI 65
- UV peak
- 3.0 at earlier today
- Sky at peak
- partly cloudy
- Projected peak
- AQI 65
PM × Wind × Precip
PM2.5 at 9.6 µg/m³ (AQI 52) with a 0.85 fine-to-coarse ratio and 6 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.
- PM2.5/PM10
- 0.85
- Wind
- light
- Recent rain
- 0h in last 6h
- Pattern
- stagnant smoke
Trends
Seven days of AQI and PM2.5.
Hourly air-quality data from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service, charted across the past and next several days. Dashed lines mark the AQI breakpoints at 50 (Good → Moderate) and 100 (Moderate → Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups).
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
- Moonrise
- 11:52 PM
- Moonset
- 11:48 AM
- In sign
- ♓︎ Pisces
Cicadas claim the scorching afternoon
Clay City at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 16°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: April 3 (climatological average for this latitude)
- Microseason: Jul 1–5
- Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
ZIP code: 40312
16-Day Forecast — Clay City
- Sun89°71°9%
- Mon87°73°32%
- Tue87°70°36%
- Wed83°69°49%
- Thu84°69°36%
- Fri84°69°70%
- Sat81°69°57%
- Sun83°67°28%
- Mon83°68°19%
- Tue78°55°12%
- Wed83°58°13%
- Thu87°60°30%
- Fri94°61°32%
- Sat92°64°39%
- Sun89°66°42%
- Mon87°63°30%
Forecast data from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).
Right now in the garden
Peak growing season
As of July 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 — Clay City
SPC has placed Clay City in the Marginal Risk category for severe thunderstorms today.
- TODAYMRGLMarginal Risk
- TOMORROWTSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
- DAY 3TSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
Isolated severe storms possible. Limited threat for hail or damaging wind.
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 Clay City
- 40312