Arlington, Kentucky Weather
Arlington, Kentucky — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Arlington, Carlisle County.
Full aviation weather for Arlington is published on the Mississippi County Airport (KCHQ) page, 31 km away. It carries the current METAR decoded into plain language — surface wind, visibility, cloud layers and ceiling, temperature and dewpoint, and altimeter setting — alongside the raw observation as transmitted. 4 airfields within reach of Arlington have their own pages, listed below.
The Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) is shown across its full validity period, with each change group broken out so you can see when conditions are expected to shift. Flight category is derived automatically — VFR, MVFR, IFR or LIFR — from reported ceiling and visibility, with runway details and field elevation alongside. Observations update roughly hourly and forecasts several times a day.
Other airports near Arlington: Reelfoot Lake Airport (K0M2) 46 km · Sikeston Memorial Municipal Airport (KSIK) 50 km · County Memorial Airport (KEIW) 60 km
Conditions reported at KCHQ describe the airfield itself. Weather 31 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Arlington specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Arlington.
About Arlington, Kentucky
Arlington lies in a broad, fertile valley where the land gently slopes toward the Mississippi River, its broad, muddy currents a constant, low hum on the horizon. It lies 30.5 miles south-west of Paducah, KY (from Paducah, KY: bearing 229°T), and is situated 8.6 miles north of Clinton. The fields here are a patchwork of deep green corn and golden soybeans, stretching out under a sky that often holds a hazy, warm light, especially as the sun begins its descent. Roads, mostly gravel and dust, crisscross the landscape, connecting scattered farmsteads and the quiet heart of Arlington itself. The air here carries the scent of damp earth and ripening crops, a subtle perfume that permeates the days. This pocket of western Kentucky has long been shaped by the river and the soil, its early days tied to the ebb and flow of agricultural bounty. The local economy still breathes with the rhythm of planting and harvest, with grain elevators standing as silent sentinels along the tracks, a nod to a past where rail was king. While not a bustling metropolis, Arlington has a quiet resilience, a place where neighbors still know each other's names and the passing of seasons dictates the pace of life. Small businesses, like the local general store, serve as informal gathering places, their worn wooden floors echoing with the quiet murmur of daily conversations.
Live animated radar for Arlington and surroundings — RainViewer.
NOAA GOES-16 GEOCOLOR — live animated loop updated every 10 minutes. Shows cloud cover, storm systems and weather patterns across the continental US.
Source: NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East · Public domain · Auto-updates on page reload
| Location | Arlington, Carlisle County, Kentucky |
| Coordinates | 36.790335°N, 89.012842°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 40475, 42021 |
| Area Code | 502, 270, 364 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Arlington, Kentucky Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Arlington, Kentucky, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. Aviation weather — live METAR observations and TAF forecasts — is published separately on the pages for the nearest reporting airports, linked from the aviation section above. Additional sections may include tide predictions, wave height, wave direction and sea-surface temperature, a barometric pressure trend, and a solunar-based fishing forecast with a fishing-conditions rating for coastal localities, and soil temperature, crop weather and live USGS river gauge data for agricultural areas near a monitored waterway. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Arlington includes coordinates 36.790335°N, 89.012842°W, situated in Carlisle County. ZIP code 40475, 42021. Telephone area code: 502, 270, 364. Timezone: Central Time (America/Chicago).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. River and stream data is sourced from the USGS National Water Information System. Tide predictions are sourced from NOAA CO-OPS; marine and solunar data are modeled from Open-Meteo and public sunrise/moon calculations and should be treated as a general guide alongside on-the-water conditions. Radar is provided by RainViewer. Satellite imagery is sourced from NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East and is public domain.
