Somerset, KY Weather Forecast
Pulaski County, Kentucky
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Somerset, with free alerts the moment it counts.
The next few hours
Dry for the moment, with rain moving in this evening
It is 52° with a dew point of 51°, which is comfortable for this time of year. The sky is mostly cloudy.
The wind turns to the northwest around 11 AM. The first rain arrives between 8 PM and 9 PM, with the best chance of it around 2 PM. That leaves a usable window outdoors until about 8 PM, and it closes quickly after that.
Taller, warmer bars mean heavier rain. Dotted means no reading for that hour.
Hour by hour
One wet spell, dry either side of it
Wet weather moves in around 8 PM. Total accumulation over the window comes to about 0.04 in.
Pressure rises 0.09 inHg behind it, which is the drier air arriving. The overnight low settles near 45°. Tomorrow reaches 45°, 9° cooler than today. The humidity goes with it: tomorrow is the more comfortable half of this window, and the safer one for anything outdoors.
Sunrise and sunset
Next five days, scored 0 to 100The first day or two use the HRRR and NBM cloud layers. Later days only have total cloud, so treat them as a rough guide.
Know when sunset at this place will be worth a photo
We score every sunrise and sunset here from the cloud, haze and smoke forecast, and let you know when one is likely to light up. Sunrise the evening before, sunset a few hours ahead.
Seven-day outlook
26–65°F across the weekThe week runs between 26° and 58°, with Wednesday the warmest day of it. There is no real trend across it: one day looks much like the next. Tomorrow is the wettest day, peaking near 100%. 5 of the 7 days stay dry.
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Somerset, KY at a glance
Somerset is home to about 12,267 people in Pulaski County, across 15 square miles. It ranks 34th by population of 123 places in Kentucky with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Monticello, 22 miles away.
- County
- Pulaski County
- Population
- 12,267 2023 est.
- Land area
- 15 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 834
- Forecast point
- 37.0865°N, 84.6054°W
How well can the network see Somerset?
The nearest Doppler radar is KJKL (Jackson, KY), to the ENE. Its lowest scan passes about 6,800 ft above Somerset. The beam is above the lowest few thousand feet here, so a warning for Somerset can come before anything looks dramatic on radar.
The closest weather station is KSME (Somerset/Lake Cumberland Rgnl). Close enough that its readings are the conditions in town.
Forecasts near Somerset
- Monticello, KY22 mi
- Russell Springs, KY26 mi
- London, KY29 mi
- Corbin, KY30 mi
- Stanford, KY31 mi
- Williamsburg, KY34 mi
- Lancaster, KY37 mi
- Berea, KY39 mi
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