Benham, Kentucky Weather
Benham, Kentucky — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Benham, Harlan County.
Full aviation weather for Benham is published on the Lonesome Pine Airport (KLNP) page, 37 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. 5 airfields within reach of Benham 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 Benham: Tucker Guthrie Memorial Airport (KI35) 38 km · Lee County Airport (K0VG) 42 km · Wendell H Ford Airport (KCPF) 54 km · Hawkins County Airport (KRVN) 57 km
Conditions reported at KLNP describe the airfield itself. Weather 37 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Benham specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Benham.
About Benham, Kentucky
Benham lies cradled by the immense, rolling shoulders of the Appalachian Mountains, a place where the sky feels both vast and intimately close. It lies 31.4 miles north-north-west of Marshall, TN (from Marshall, TN: bearing 330°T), and is situated 2.4 miles east-south-east of Cumberland. The landscape here is a study in deep greens and earthen browns, the hillsides cloaked in forests that whisper ancient secrets on the wind. Streams, clear and cold, tumble down the inclines, their voices a constant murmur against the quietude of the hollows. The air itself carries a certain crispness, a testament to the elevation and the breath of the surrounding wilderness, and in the late afternoon, a golden light often spills over the ridges, bathing the valleys in a warm, almost tangible glow. The very terrain seems to hold its breath, an embrace of earth and sky that defines the character of Benham. The story of Benham is inextricably linked to the earth’s dark bounty, its origins rooted in the coal mining industry that once pulsed through these mountains. For generations, the rhythm of life here was dictated by the clang of pickaxes and the rumble of mine cars, a hard-won sustenance drawn from the deep seams. Though the era of peak production has long passed, the legacy of that industry remains, etched into the very spirit of the people and the scars upon the land. The local economy, now more diversified, still feels the distant echo of those boom times, and the close-knit character of Benham speaks of a shared history, a resilience forged in the shadows of the mines and the enduring beauty of its mountain embrace.
Live animated radar for Benham 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 | Benham, Harlan County, Kentucky |
| Coordinates | 36.964815°N, 82.948495°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 40807, 40823 |
| Area Code | 606 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Benham, Kentucky Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Benham, 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 Benham includes coordinates 36.964815°N, 82.948495°W, situated in Harlan County. ZIP code 40807, 40823. Telephone area code: 606. Timezone: Eastern Time (America/New_York).
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.
