Mount Sterling, Kentucky Weather
Cicadas claim the scorching afternoon. Day 15 of summer. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Mount Sterling weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar
- TodayJul 5Overcast12%—89°70°—
- MondayJul 6Heavy Showers38%0.48″87°72°-2°
- TuesdayJul 7T-storm w/ Hail44%—84°69°-3°
- WednesdayJul 8Thunderstorm22%—82°68°-2°
- ThursdayJul 9T-storm w/ Hail24%—84°68°+2°
- FridayJul 10Thunderstorm70%0.04″82°69°-2°
- SaturdayJul 11Overcast56%—79°68°-3°
AQI 48 (Good), driven by Ozone. AQI up 15 in the last 6 hours — air quality is degrading. Ozone at AQI 66 — 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 66 — peak already passed at 1 PM under partly cloudy skies. Levels should ease through evening.
- Present
- AQI 66
- UV peak
- 5.2 at earlier today
- Sky at peak
- partly cloudy
- Projected peak
- AQI 66
PM × Wind × Precip
PM2.5 at 9.8 µg/m³ (AQI 52) with a 0.84 fine-to-coarse ratio and 5 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.
- PM2.5/PM10
- 0.84
- 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
Mount Sterling at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 13°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: April 4 (climatological average for this latitude)
- Microseason: Jul 1–5
- Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
ZIP code: 40353
16-Day Forecast — Mount Sterling
- Sun90°70°12%
- Mon87°71°38%
- Tue84°69°44%
- Wed82°68°22%
- Thu84°68°24%
- Fri82°69°70%
- Sat79°68°56%
- Sun81°66°20%
- Mon83°66°13%
- Tue76°54°11%
- Wed80°58°11%
- Thu83°60°30%
- Fri89°61°32%
- Sat89°64°39%
- Sun87°65°42%
- Mon85°62°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 — Mount Sterling
SPC has placed Mount Sterling 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 Mount Sterling
- 40353