Booneville, Kentucky Weather
Booneville, Kentucky — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Booneville, Owsley County.
Full aviation weather for Booneville is published on the Julian Carroll Airport (KJKL) page, 34 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 Booneville 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 Booneville: Wendell H Ford Airport (KCPF) 38 km · Stanton Airport (KI50) 44 km · London-Corbin Airport/Magee Field (KLOZ) 57 km
Conditions reported at KJKL describe the airfield itself. Weather 34 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Booneville specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Booneville.
About Booneville, Kentucky
Booneville nestles deep within the undulating embrace of the Appalachian foothills, where ancient ridges wear cloaks of dense forest and hollows cradle the whispers of forgotten streams. It lies 38.8 miles east-south-east of Richmond, KY (from Richmond, KY: bearing 119°T), and is situated 6.8 miles south-south-east of Beattyville. The land here is a study in greens and browns, a mosaic of shadowed valleys and sun-drenched slopes, punctuated by the silver glint of watercourses that snake their way through the terrain. The air, particularly as dusk descends, carries a peculiar sweetness, a blend of damp earth, pine needles, and the distant scent of woodsmoke, a comforting exhalation from the land itself. Life in Booneville unfolds with a quiet deliberateness, the pace dictated less by clocks and more by the persistent, gentle pull of the natural world. The history of Booneville is intimately tied to the rugged geography that defines it, a place where resilience has long been a necessary virtue. Generations have carved a living from the fertile but challenging soil, and the echoes of past industries, though faded, still resonate in the weathered barns and the quiet dignity of its people. The local economy, while diversified, retains a strong connection to the land, with agriculture and small businesses forming the backbone of daily commerce. Booneville itself stands as a testament to the enduring spirit of its inhabitants, a community that has learned to thrive amidst the verdant, rolling hills of eastern Kentucky.
Live animated radar for Booneville 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 | Booneville, Owsley County, Kentucky |
| Coordinates | 37.476199°N, 83.674914°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 41314 |
| Area Code | 859 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Booneville, Kentucky Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Booneville, 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 Booneville includes coordinates 37.476199°N, 83.674914°W, situated in Owsley County. ZIP code 41314. Telephone area code: 859. 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.
