Cumberland, KY 40823 Weather

Harlan County2:13 PM EDT36.97°N, 82.98°W

Current conditions

Sunny
66°
Sunny
Feels like 66°
High 68°·Low 43°
WindNNE 3 mph gusts 9 mph
Humidity38%
Dew point40°
Cloud cover3%
UV index5 Moderate
Sunrise7:47 AM
Sunset6:47 PM

Forecast for this hour (no station report in the last two hours)

Forecast

10-day

  • This Afternoon

    Sunny. High near 68, with temperatures falling to around 66 in the afternoon. North northeast wind around 5 mph.

  • Tonight

    Mostly clear. Low around 43, with temperatures rising to around 44 overnight. Northeast wind 1 to 5 mph.

  • Friday

    Sunny. High near 69, with temperatures falling to around 67 in the afternoon. Northeast wind around 3 mph.

National Weather Service forecast updated 1 hr ago.

Hourly

Hourly forecast
  1. Now Sunny 66°
  2. 3 PM Sunny 68°
  3. 4 PM Sunny 67°
  4. 5 PM Sunny 66°
  5. 6 PM Clear 64°
  6. 7 PM Clear 58°
  7. 8 PM Clear 53°
  8. 9 PM Clear 51°
  9. 10 PM Clear 50°
  10. 11 PM Clear 48°
  11. Fri12 AM Clear 47°
  12. 1 AM Clear 46°
  13. 2 AM Mostly Clear 46°
  14. 3 AM Mostly Clear 45°
  15. 4 AM Mostly Clear 44°
  16. 5 AM Mostly Clear 44°
  17. 6 AM Sunny 43°
  18. 7 AM Sunny 43°
  19. 8 AM Sunny 43°
  20. 9 AM Sunny 45°
  21. 10 AM Sunny 49°
  22. 11 AM Sunny 56°
  23. 12 PM Sunny 60°
  24. 1 PM Sunny 65°

10-day forecast

Details
  1. TodayOct 22 Sunny Sunny43°68°
  2. FriOct 23 Sunny Sunny43°69°
  3. SatOct 24 Sunny Sunny39°71°
  4. SunOct 25 Patchy Fog then Sunny Patchy Fog then Sunny45°71°
  5. MonOct 26 Sunny Sunny48°70°
  6. TueOct 27 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny51°70°
  7. WedOct 28 Partly Sunny Partly Sunny48°69°
  8. ThuOct 29 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy49°69°
  9. FriOct 30 Sunny Sunny40°57°
  10. SatOct 31 Cloudy Cloudy39°65°

Days after the National Weather Service's seven are MET Norway's outlook, a computer model with no forecaster's review.

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Air quality

31
Good
Ozone

Air quality is satisfactory, and air pollution poses little or no risk.

Hazard, KY reporting area · 1 hr ago. Data from AirNow (EPA and its state, local and tribal partners); preliminary and subject to change.

Sun & moon

Sunrise 7:47 AM
Sunset 6:47 PM
Daylight 11 h 0 min (−2 min 12 s tomorrow)
Waxing Gibbous · 87% lit
Moonrise 4:45 PM Moonset 3:58 AM
Full moon Oct 26 New moon Nov 9

Almanac

Monthly
Normal high / low68° / 39°
Record high85° (1947)
Record low16° (1987)
Wettest0.98 in (1984)
Yesterday78° / 34°
Month to date1.87 in (normal 2.02 in)

Pennington Gap, records since 1931. Normals 1991–2020. Data from NOAA's Regional Climate Centers (ACIS).

Nearby

Forecasters' discussion

From the National Weather Service office in JKL, issued 23 hrs ago

Key Messages

- Dry weather with mainly clear skies, mild days, and chilly nights will persist into early next week.

- Light, patchy frost may develop early this morning and again late tonight in sheltered valleys away from lakes, rivers, and larger creeks.

Long Term

(Friday through Wednesday) Issued at 235 PM EDT WED OCT 21 2026

At the beginning of the long term period, an expansive and highly amplified midlevel ridge will be located over the central CONUS; meanwhile, deep troughing will be digging into the western CONUS, with another trough over the East Coast, associated with a deep closed low off the coast of Maine and another coastal impulse near the Outer Banks. Although this troughing will shift over time, such an amplified ridge in the middle of the country, this setup will lead to a very stagnant weather pattern locally.

At the surface, eastern Kentucky will find itself under the influence of persistent high pressure, which should keep weather quite uneventful through early next week. Each day, ample sunshine will allow high temperatures to climb into the upper 60s to low 70s, and each night, clear skies and light winds will allow for moderate ridge/valley temperature splits to develop. MOS guidance suggests that lows in the valleys will generally bottom out in the upper 30s to low 40s, and given such a dry air mass, this magnitude of cooling seems reasonable. In fact, raw NBM dewpoints are likely too moist given relatively dry air just above the surface, especially in the absence of appreciable moisture advection. Thus, a drier dewpoint blend was favored, with resultant dewpoints in the low to mid 40s during the day, much more in line with ensemble guidance. As usual, as our valleys cool efficiently overnight, fog formation is expected.

By early next week, an upper level low from the West Coast will approach the central CONUS ridge. As these features interact, the ridge looks to flatten, and by Tuesday, flow aloft will be more southwesterly, which will work to increase mid and upper level moisture. Meanwhile, at the surface, an area of low pressure will progress through Canada, with a cold front draped across the Great Lakes region. This front will attempt to sag south towards eastern Kentucky, but with limited upper level support, it currently seems unlikely the front will reach our area by the end of the forecast period. Thus, the most consequential change in the pattern will likely be increased cloud cover on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Aviation

(For the 18Z TAFS through 18Z Thursday afternoon) ISSUED AT 104 PM EDT WED OCT 21 2026

VFR conditions roll on underneath nearby surface high pressure for much of the period. There will be the potential valley fog once again tonight mainly confined to the river valleys. The winds will remain light generally below 5 knots.

Jkl Watches

None.

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