Bandana, Kentucky Weather
Bandana, Kentucky — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Bandana, Ballard County.
Full aviation weather for Bandana is published on the Metropolis Municipal Airport (KM30) page, 18 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 Bandana 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 Bandana: Barkley Regional Airport (KPAH) 18 km · Cairo Regional Airport (KCIR) 26 km · Mississippi County Airport (KCHQ) 50 km · Mayfield Graves County Airport (KM25) 53 km · Cape Girardeau Regional Airport (KCGI) 56 km
Conditions reported at KM30 describe the airfield itself. Weather 18 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Bandana specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Bandana.
About Bandana, Kentucky
Bandana lies where the land begins its gentle, rolling surrender toward the broad embrace of the Mississippi River. It lies 19.5 miles west-north-west of Paducah, KY (from Paducah, KY: bearing 283°T), and is situated 5.0 miles north-north-east of La Center. Here, the soil, a rich, dark loam, yields generously to the sun’s patient gaze, painting the landscape in broad strokes of emerald and gold through the long, warm months. The air itself seems to carry a certain weight, a humid, earthy perfume mingling with the faintest whisper of distant water, a constant reminder of the river’s immense presence just beyond the horizon. The sky above Bandana is a vast canvas, often streaked with dramatic cloud formations, particularly as the day softens into twilight, when the light takes on a honeyed, almost tangible quality, bathing the fields and scattered farmhouses in a warm, lingering glow. The story of Bandana is intrinsically tied to the fertile crescent of Western Kentucky, a place where agriculture has always been the lifeblood, the steady rhythm of planting and harvest dictating the pulse of existence. Generations have worked this land, coaxing sustenance from its depths, their labor etched into the very character of the place. While the precise origins of its peculiar name might be lost to the mists of time, it’s a name that carries a certain resonance, a whisper of folksy individuality in a region that values steadfastness. The economy here, like that of many similar hamlets, leans heavily on the bounty of the earth, with crops like corn and soybeans standing sentinel in the fields, their stalks rustling secrets to the wind. Life in Bandana unfolds at a pace that honors the seasons, a quiet contentment found in the simple, enduring beauty of the land.
Live animated radar for Bandana 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 | Bandana, Ballard County, Kentucky |
| Coordinates | 37.146164°N, 88.945898°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 42022 |
| Area Code | 270, 364 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Bandana, Kentucky Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Bandana, 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 Bandana includes coordinates 37.146164°N, 88.945898°W, situated in Ballard County. ZIP code 42022. Telephone area code: 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.
