Franklin County, KY Weather Forecast and Current Conditions

Current Conditions From Nearby Local Station

60°F
Feels Like 60°F  
Humidity 42% Dew Point 37°F Wind WSW 2 MPH Gusts 12 Barometer 30.22 in.767.6 mm
Solar Rad 461 w/m2
Report from a MADIS/MESONET weather station 3.5 miles ESE of central Franklin County
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Point Forecast at a Glance

ThuNov 13
Thu Nov 13: Sunny, High 59F, Low 34F
59
34
FriNov 14
Fri Nov 14: Snow, High 63F, Low 53F
20%
63
53
SatNov 15
Sat Nov 15: Mostly Cloudy, High 71F, Low 48F
71
48
SunNov 16
Sun Nov 16: Sunny, High 58F, Low 32F
58
32
MonNov 17
Mon Nov 17: Sunny, High 57F, Low 40F
57
40
TueNov 18
Tue Nov 18: Showers Likely, High 57F, Low 43F
60%
57
43
WedNov 19
Wed Nov 19: Showers, High 57F
30%
57
 

7-Day Temperature Trend

Week Ahead Summary

Variable high temperatures through the week, ranging from 57°F to 71°F. Unsettled weather expected with rain on most days, including one day with snow.

Climate Context

This week's forecast shows temperatures running 4°F above the historical average for November. Normal highs for this period are around 56°F with lows around 35°F.

This Date in Weather History

1981 - A powerful cyclone brought high winds to Washington State and Oregon. The cyclone, which formed about 1000 miles west of San Francisco, intensified rapidly as it approached the Oregon coast with the central pressure reaching 28.22 inches. A wind trace from the Whiskey Run Turbine Site, about 12 miles south of Coos Bay in Oregon, showed peak gusts to 97 mph fifty feet above ground level. The wind caused widespread damage in Washington and Oregon, with 12 deaths reported. As much as four feet of snow fell in the Sierra Nevada Range of northern California.

More on this and other weather history

Franklin County, KY 7 Day Weather Forecast Details

Thursday Nov 13

Sunny

Day: Sunny, with a high near 59. West wind around 6 mph.

Mostly Clear

Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 34. Light and variable wind.

Friday Nov 14

Snow

Day: A slight chance of snow before 8am, then a slight chance of rain between 8am and 1pm, then a chance of sprinkles after 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 63. Light south wind becoming southwest 5 to 9 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Rain

Night: A 20 percent chance of rain after 1am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 53. Southwest wind around 6 mph.

Saturday Nov 15

Mostly Cloudy

Day: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 71. Southwest wind 8 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.

Rain

Night: A 50 percent chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 48. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Sunday Nov 16

Sunny

Day: Sunny, with a high near 58.

Mostly Clear

Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 32.

Monday Nov 17

Sunny

Day: Sunny, with a high near 57.

Showers

Night: A 50 percent chance of showers, mainly after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 40.

Tuesday Nov 18

Showers Likely

Day: Showers likely. Partly sunny, with a high near 57. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Showers

Night: A 30 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 43.

Wednesday Nov 19

Showers

Day: A 30 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 57.


About Franklin County, KY

Franklin County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 51,541, making it the second-least populous capital county in the United States after Hughes County, South Dakota. Its county seat is Frankfort, the state capital. The county was formed in 1795 from parts of Woodford, Mercer and Shelby counties, and was named after the American inventor and statesman Benjamin Franklin. Franklin County is part of the Frankfort, Kentucky Micropolitan Statistical Area. It shares a name with Franklin County in Ohio, where Columbus is located. This makes it one of two pairs of capital cities in counties of the same name, along with Marion Counties in Oregon and Indiana.

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