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Churchill Downs Weather Forecast

Temperature, wind, rain and more for Churchill Downs

Kentucky, United States Of America

DayLocal TimeDirSpeed/
Gust
Temp/
Feels Like
HumidityPressureCloud AmountPrecip AmountWeather
Sun 28
Apr
01:00

S
S

11 / 18 mph 67 / 67°F 73% 1019 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 16%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
15%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the next 3 hours.
Expect 0.0 In precipitation over the next 6 hours.
Expect 0.0 In precipitation over the next 12 hours.
0.0 In
04:00

S
S

11 / 17 mph 65 / 65°F 80% 1018 mb
Low level cloud: 2%
Mid level cloud: 9%
High level cloud: 15%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
13%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the next 3 hours.
Expect 0.0 In precipitation over the next 6 hours.
Expect 0.0 In precipitation over the next 12 hours.
0.0 In
07:00

S
S

11 / 18 mph 66 / 64°F 80% 1019 mb
Low level cloud: 3%
Mid level cloud: 5%
High level cloud: 6%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
5%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the next 3 hours.
Expect 0.0 In precipitation over the next 6 hours.
Expect 0.0 In precipitation over the next 12 hours.
0.0 In
10:00

SSW
SSW

14 / 16 mph 74 / 76°F 66% 1019 mb
Low level cloud: 60%
Mid level cloud: 5%
High level cloud: 2%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
61%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the next 3 hours.
Expect 0.0 In precipitation over the next 6 hours.
Expect 0.0 In precipitation over the next 12 hours.
0.0 In
13:00

SSW
SSW

14 / 16 mph 78 / 79°F 59% 1019 mb
Low level cloud: 95%
Mid level cloud: 10%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
97%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the next 3 hours.
Expect 0.0 In precipitation over the next 6 hours.
Expect 0.0 In precipitation over the next 12 hours.
0.0 In
16:00

SSW
SSW

13 / 15 mph 78 / 80°F 60% 1017 mb
Low level cloud: 65%
Mid level cloud: 33%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
76%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the next 3 hours.
Expect 0.0 In precipitation over the next 6 hours.
Expect 0.0 In precipitation over the next 12 hours.
0.0 In
19:00

S
S

9 / 14 mph 75 / 77°F 71% 1016 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 11%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
11%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the next 3 hours.
Expect 0.0 In precipitation over the next 6 hours.
Expect 0.0 In precipitation over the next 12 hours.
0.0 In
22:00

S
S

8 / 13 mph 69 / 69°F 82% 1015 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 15%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
14%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the next 3 hours.
Expect 0.0 In precipitation over the next 6 hours.
Expect 0.0 In precipitation over the next 12 hours.
0.0 In
Mon 29
Apr
01:00

SSW
SSW

8 / 13 mph 66 / 66°F 77% 1015 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 21%
High level cloud: 3%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
21%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the next 3 hours.
Expect 0.0 In precipitation over the next 6 hours.
Expect 0.0 In precipitation over the next 12 hours.
0.0 In
04:00

S
S

10 / 16 mph 65 / 65°F 78% 1015 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 22%
High level cloud: 93%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
26%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the next 3 hours.
Expect 0.0 In precipitation over the next 6 hours.
Expect 0.0 In precipitation over the next 12 hours.
0.0 In
07:00

S
S

11 / 17 mph 67 / 65°F 73% 1015 mb
Low level cloud: 2%
Mid level cloud: 46%
High level cloud: 32%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
54%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the next 3 hours.
Expect 0.0 In precipitation over the next 6 hours.
Expect 0.2 In precipitation over the next 12 hours.
0.0 In
10:00

SSW
SSW

13 / 16 mph 72 / 76°F 69% 1015 mb
Low level cloud: 2%
Mid level cloud: 44%
High level cloud: 93%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
52%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the next 3 hours.
Expect 0.0 In precipitation over the next 6 hours.
Expect 0.2 In precipitation over the next 12 hours.
0.0 In
13:00

SSW
SSW

13 / 16 mph 74 / 77°F 62% 1014 mb
Low level cloud: 92%
Mid level cloud: 96%
High level cloud: 20%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the next 3 hours.
Expect 0.2 In precipitation over the next 6 hours.
Expect 0.2 In precipitation over the next 12 hours.
0.0 In
16:00

SSW
SSW

11 / 14 mph 75 / 77°F 69% 1013 mb
Low level cloud: 22%
Mid level cloud: 31%
High level cloud: 68%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
41%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the next 3 hours.
Expect 0.2 In precipitation over the next 6 hours.
Expect 0.2 In precipitation over the next 12 hours.
0.0 In
19:00

SW
SW

7 / 13 mph 67 / 66°F 91% 1014 mb
Low level cloud: 4%
Mid level cloud: 62%
High level cloud: 83%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
77%
Expect 0.1 In of precipitation over the next 3 hours.
Expect 0.2 In precipitation over the next 6 hours.
Expect 0.2 In precipitation over the next 12 hours.
0.1 In
22:00

WSW
WSW

6 / 9 mph 64 / 64°F 95% 1014 mb
Low level cloud: 16%
Mid level cloud: 92%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
100%
Expect 0.0 In of precipitation over the next 3 hours.
Expect 0.0 In precipitation over the next 6 hours.
Expect 0.0 In precipitation over the next 12 hours.
0.0 In
The 7 day weather forecast summary for Churchill Downs:

Over the next 7 days the Churchill Downs forecast suggests the average daytime maximum temperature will be around 25°C, with a high for the week of 28°C expected on the afternoon of Thursday 2nd. The mean minimum temperature will be 16°C, dipping to its lowest on the morning of Saturday 4th at 10°C. The week will have some days seeing a little precipitation and some days with rain. Current predictions suggest Tuesday 4th will have the most precipitation with an accumulation of around 13.0mm. On the whole winds are likely to be moderate.

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Day

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Dir

This refers to the sustained average wind speed, normally averaged over a period of 10 minutes for up to 3 hrs.
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Speed/
Gust

Temperature from our forecast perspective are fairly well defined, they are what we would expect to measure in a standard meteorological screen (in other words, shaded and well ventilated) at 2 metres above ground level.
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Temp/
Feels Like

The relative humidity is the percent of saturation humidity, generally calculated in relation to saturated vapour density.
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Humidity

The value given is a total predicted for the previous 3 hrs and includes the time of the forecast being looked at.
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Precip Amount

The total amount of cloud as a percentage is derived from looking at cloud cover throughout the atmosphere and estimating how these combine when looked at from the ground.
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Cloud Amount

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Weather

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Pressure