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Mays Lick, Kentucky Weather

Cicadas claim the scorching afternoon. Day 14 of summer. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

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

Mays Lick, KY
Saturday, July 4 at 5:53 PM
90
°
Clear
Feels like
92°
Humidity
49%
Wind
10 mph
Sunrise
2:16 AM
Sunset
5:02 PM
Mays Lick, KY
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastMays Lick, KY: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 73 to 90 degrees Fahrenheit with a 22% chance of precipitation at 2 PM.
L 73°H 90°
Mays Lick, KY
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 4
    Partly Cloudy
    90°73°
  2. Sunday
    Jul 5
    Light Rain
    24%
    0.09″
    89°72°-1°
  3. Monday
    Jul 6
    Light Drizzle
    23%
    82°68°-7°
  4. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Drizzle
    15%
    77°65°-5°
  5. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Light Drizzle
    86°63°+9°
  6. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Overcast
    35%
    87°64°+1°
  7. Friday
    Jul 10
    Drizzle
    58%
    0.01″
    87°68°
Mays Lick, KY
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
SSW
208° · veering 93°
Direction
SSW
208°
Sustained
10
mph
Gust
13
mph
Peak 24h
22
avg 6
Beaufort · 3 · GENTLE 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 6 · pk 22 @ 1:00a
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 159SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze veering 93° from the ssw.
Mays Lick, KY
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
983.0
-2.0 mb in 3h · falling · 29.03 inHg
Now
983.0
mb
3h
-2.0
mb
12h
-2.6
mb
24h
-3.2
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 983987
9759809859909951000STORM|RAIN10051010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR10201025FAIR|DRY1030-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW987.2983.3983.3
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Deep low still deepening — rough seas, strong wind, persistent rain.
Mays Lick, KY
Air quality
48
AQI
Good
+10 in 6h

AQI 48 (Good), driven by Ozone. AQI up 10 over the last 6 hours (gradual rise). Ozone at AQI 56 — peak already passed at 1 PM under clear skies. 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
4.7μg/m³
PM 10Good
5μg/m³
NO₂Good
1μg/m³
OzoneDRIVERUnhealthy SG
111μg/m³
UV IndexModerate
3.6

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 56 — peak already passed at 1 PM under clear skies. Levels should ease through evening.

Present
AQI 56
UV peak
3.1 at earlier today
Sky at peak
clear
Projected peak
AQI 56

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 4.7 µg/m³, PM10 at 5.4 µg/m³ — typical background levels with no transport signature.

PM2.5/PM10
0.87
Wind
breezy
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
background
Mays Lick, KY
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
0%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
83.2mi
UNLIMITED
82 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
21:53 UTC · Mays Lick, KY · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · up to 10848 px
Continental US · GOES-19 ABI
CONUS Sector · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 CONUS Visible · GeoColor
Daytime true-color, blue-light/IR sandwich at night
21:53 UTC · Mays Lick, KY · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Mays Lick, KY
Satellite · infrared · animated
Mays Lick, KY
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Mays Lick, KY
Almanac · Saturday, July 4
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
5:45 AM
Sunrise
2:16 AM
Daylight
14h 46m
Sunset
5:02 PM
Civil dusk
9:35 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Mays Lick, KY
The moon
Waning Gibbous
78% illuminated
Moonrise
11:28 PM
Moonset
10:42 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Mays Lick, KY
Microseason
Jul 1–5

Cicadas claim the scorching afternoon

bird
Jan 151% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Mays Lick at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 17°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: April 7 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

16-Day Forecast — Mays Lick

  1. Sat90°73°7%
  2. Sun89°72°24%
  3. Mon82°68°23%
  4. Tue77°65°15%
  5. Wed86°63°9%
  6. Thu87°64°35%
  7. Fri87°68°58%
  8. Sat83°66°50%
  9. Sun77°59°30%
  10. Mon77°55°13%
  11. Tue79°56°9%
  12. Wed85°58°22%
  13. Thu86°63°30%
  14. Fri86°68°33%
  15. Sat80°68°29%
  16. Sun74°65°39%

Forecast data from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).

Right now in the garden

Peak growing season

As of July 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 — Mays Lick

SPC has placed Mays Lick 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 Mays Lick

  • 41055

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.