Betsy Layne, KY Weather Forecast and Current Conditions

WEATHER ALERTS - Winter Weather Advisory

Current Conditions From Nearby Local Station

Cloudy with Light Snow 30°F
Feels Like 30°F  
Humidity 90% Dew Point 28°F Wind Calm Barometer 30.04 in.
Solar Rad 44 w/m2 Visibility 4 mi.
Report from a NOAA weather station 3.8 mi. ENE of central Betsy Layne
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Point Forecast at a Glance

FriDec 12
Fri Dec 12: Snow, High 37F, Low 31F
70%
37
31
SatDec 13
Sat Dec 13: Mostly Cloudy, High 42F, Low 16F
42
16
SunDec 14
Sun Dec 14: Snow, High 14F, Low 3F
20%
14
3
MonDec 15
Mon Dec 15: Sunny, High 29F, Low 15F
29
15
TueDec 16
Tue Dec 16: Mostly Sunny, High 42F, Low 30F
42
30
WedDec 17
Wed Dec 17: Mostly Cloudy, High 50F, Low 40F
50
40
ThuDec 18
Thu Dec 18: Rain Likely, High 57F
60%
57
 

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7-Day Temperature Trend

Week Ahead Summary

High temperatures dip from 37°F to a low of 29°F mid-week, then warm to 57°F. Unsettled weather expected with rain or snow likely on at least 5 days.

Climate Context

This week's forecast shows temperatures running 4°F below the historical average for December. Normal highs for this period are around 47°F with lows around 28°F.

This Date in Weather History

1960 - The first of three Middle Atlantic snowstorms produced a foot of snow at Baltimore MD. A pre-winter blizzard struck the northeastern U.S. producing wind gusts as high as 51 mph, along with 16 inches of snow at Nantucket MA, and 20 inches at Newark NJ.

More on this and other weather history

Betsy Layne, KY 7 Day Weather Forecast Details

Friday Dec 12

Snow

Day: Snow likely, possibly mixing with rain after 1pm, then gradually ending. Cloudy, with a high near 37. Calm wind. Chance of precipitation is 70%. Total daytime snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Mostly Cloudy

Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 31. Calm wind.

Saturday Dec 13

Mostly Cloudy

Day: Patchy fog between 8am and 11am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high near 42. Light west southwest wind.

Snow

Night: Snow, mainly after 10pm. Low around 16. Calm wind becoming northwest around 6 mph after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.

Sunday Dec 14

Snow

Day: A 20 percent chance of snow before 1pm. Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a temperature falling to around 14 by 5pm. Northwest wind 6 to 8 mph.

Partly Cloudy

Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 3.

Monday Dec 15

Sunny

Day: Sunny, with a high near 29.

Partly Cloudy

Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 15.

Tuesday Dec 16

Mostly Sunny

Day: Mostly sunny, with a high near 42.

Partly Cloudy

Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 30.

Wednesday Dec 17

Mostly Cloudy

Day: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 50.

Rain

Night: A 30 percent chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 40.

Thursday Dec 18

Rain Likely

Day: Rain likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 57. Chance of precipitation is 60%.


About Betsy Layne, KY

Betsy Layne is a census-designated place (CDP) and coal town in Floyd County, Kentucky, United States. It was established in 1875 along the Levisa Fork. The post office opened on May 1, 1908, with Clayton S. Hitchins as postmaster. Its ZIP code is 41605. The 2010 census reported the population to be 688. Stage actress Bette Henritze (born 1924) was a native of Betsy Layne. Betsy Layne is located along the eastern border of Floyd County. It is bordered to the east by Pike County. U.S. Route 23 passes through the community, leading northwest 13 miles (21 km) to Prestonsburg and southeast 12 miles (19 km) to Pikeville. In addition to being treated as a census-designated place by the United States Census Bureau, they also consider Betsy Layne and the nearby community of Stanville as a combined Census County Division (CCD). It had a population of 4,601 at the 2020 census. The CCD also includes the communities of Banner, Dana, Harold, Ivel and Tram.

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