Brandenburg, Kentucky Weather
Brandenburg, Kentucky — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Brandenburg, Meade County.
Full aviation weather for Brandenburg is published on the Godman Army Air Field (KFTK) page, 20 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 Brandenburg 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 Brandenburg: Breckinridge County Airport (KI93) 34 km · Addington Field / Elizabethtown Regional Airport (KEKX) 41 km · Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport (KSDF) 42 km · Perry County Municipal Airport (KTEL) 46 km · Bowman Field (KLOU) 51 km
Conditions reported at KFTK describe the airfield itself. Weather 20 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Brandenburg specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Brandenburg.
About Brandenburg, Kentucky
Brandenburg rests on the rolling hills that slope towards the Ohio River, a landscape painted in broad strokes of green fields and dense woodlands. It lies 25.0 miles south-west of Floyd, IN (from Floyd, IN: bearing 217°T), and is situated 4.1 miles north-west of Doe Valley. The air here carries the scent of damp earth and the distant hum of cicadas, a constant, low thrum beneath the vast, often cloud-streaked Kentucky sky. The land itself is generous, yielding to the plow with a quiet resilience, its contours softened by centuries of wind and rain. Sunlight, when it breaks through, has a particular golden quality, bathing the scattered farmsteads and the quiet streets of Brandenburg in a warm, almost tangible glow. This place, Brandenburg, has seen the slow, steady pulse of agricultural life for generations, its economy historically tied to the fertile soil and the navigable waters of the Ohio. It’s a landscape shaped by the river, a vital artery for commerce and connection, though its historical significance as a river port has now yielded to the quieter rhythms of modern life. The whispers of its past, of early settlers and the ebb and flow of river traffic, are felt in the sturdy, unpretentious architecture and the enduring sense of community that defines Brandenburg.
Live animated radar for Brandenburg 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 | Brandenburg, Meade County, Kentucky |
| Coordinates | 37.998959°N, 86.169414°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 40108 |
| Area Code | 502 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Brandenburg, Kentucky Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Brandenburg, 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 Brandenburg includes coordinates 37.998959°N, 86.169414°W, situated in Meade County. ZIP code 40108. Telephone area code: 502. 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.
