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Frankfort Weather Station Retires | Lexington News
The National Weather Service is shutting down its Frankfort, Kentucky ASOS station — a critical weather hub offline for over a year — as part of a nationwide downsizing of 200+ stations by 2029 due to budget cuts. Replaced by a less precise AWOS system, this move threatens weather data quality for pilots, forecasters, and emergency responders. But Kentucky’s own Mesonet network, with 87 high-accuracy stations, is stepping in to keep vital real-time weather monitoring alive — especially crucial as severe weather events grow more frequent and government climate research shrinks. Listen in…
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