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, Madison County.
Full aviation weather for Arlington is published on the Central Kentucky Regional Airport (KRGA) page, 15 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. 6 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: Blue Grass Airport (KLEX) 40 km · Stanton Airport (KI50) 42 km · Mount Sterling Montgomery County Airport (KIOB) 44 km · Stuart Powell Field (KDVK) 46 km · Georgetown-Scott County Regional Airport (K27K) 54 km
Conditions reported at KRGA describe the airfield itself. Weather 15 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 unfolds across rolling Kentucky countryside, a place where the sky seems to stretch a little wider than elsewhere. It lies 1.1 miles north-west of Richmond, KY (from Richmond, KY: bearing 321°T), and is situated 18.3 miles south-south-east of Lexington. The land here is a gentle, undulating quilt of green fields, stitched with the darker threads of wooded draws and punctuated by the occasional glint of a distant barn roof. Oak and hickory trees, their branches reaching like gnarled fingers, stand sentinel along the ridges, their leaves whispering secrets to the breeze that carries the scent of damp earth and wild honeysuckle. The air itself possesses a certain clarity, a quiet hum that settles over the landscape as the sun begins its slow descent, painting the western horizon in hues of apricot and rose. The history of Arlington is as deeply rooted as the ancient trees that grace its hillsides. This is a place that has always been tied to the land, its economy historically shaped by the bounty of its fertile soil, primarily yielding tobacco and corn. Generations have worked these fields, their lives intertwined with the cyclical rhythms of planting and harvest, a legacy that still echoes in the quiet persistence of its agricultural character. While no grand monuments mark its past, the very persistence of Arlington, its enduring presence against the sweep of time, speaks to a quiet resilience. The local stores, their awnings faded by years of sun and rain, are more than just places of commerce; they are gathering points, repositories of shared stories, where the pulse of daily life beats with a steady, unhurried cadence, a testament to the enduring spirit of this Madison County community.
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, Madison County, Kentucky |
| Coordinates | 37.760635°N, 84.30771°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 37.760635°N, 84.307710°W, situated in Madison 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.
