Beechmont, Kentucky Weather
Beechmont, Kentucky — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Beechmont, Muhlenberg County.
Full aviation weather for Beechmont is published on the Muhlenberg County Airport (KM21) page, 12 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 Beechmont 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 Beechmont: Ohio County Airport (KJQD) 35 km · Russellville Logan County Airport (K4M7) 46 km · Hopkinsville Christian County Airport (KHVC) 52 km · Tradewater Airport (K8M7) 57 km · Bowling Green Warren County Regional Airport (KBWG) 59 km
Conditions reported at KM21 describe the airfield itself. Weather 12 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Beechmont specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Beechmont.
About Beechmont, Kentucky
Beechmont lies in a broad, shallow valley, where the land gently slopes towards the serpentine curves of the Green River. It lies 33.0 miles north-east of Hopkinsville, KY (from Hopkinsville, KY: bearing 50°T), and is situated 9.6 miles south-south-east of Central City. Oak and hickory trees, their branches thick with the damp air of western Kentucky, crowd the low ridges that cradle the settlement. The soil here is a rich, dark loam, testament to centuries of fallen leaves and the slow work of water. In the humid summers, the air hangs heavy and sweet with the scent of ripening honeysuckle, and in the autumn, the hillsides ignite in a blaze of russet and gold, a quiet spectacle that draws few eyes but holds a deep, earthy beauty. The echoes of coal dust still cling to the history of Beechmont, though the mines that once defined its economy have largely fallen silent. For generations, the fortunes of this place were tied to the black veins beneath the earth, a hardscrabble existence that shaped the character of its people – resilient and watchful. Now, the land is slowly reclaiming its own, with small farms and scattered homes dotting the landscape, their gardens bursting with the bounty of the fertile ground. The Green River, a broad, lazy artery, offers a different kind of promise, a place for quiet fishing and the slow drift of summer afternoons, its banks a verdant fringe against the cultivated fields.
Live animated radar for Beechmont 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.
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| Location | Beechmont, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky |
| Coordinates | 37.174487°N, 87.032496°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 40214, 42323 |
| Area Code | 502, 270 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Beechmont, Kentucky Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Beechmont, 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 Beechmont includes coordinates 37.174487°N, 87.032496°W, situated in Muhlenberg County. ZIP code 40214, 42323. Telephone area code: 502, 270. 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.
