Burkesville, Kentucky Weather
Burkesville, Kentucky — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Burkesville, Cumberland County.
Full aviation weather for Burkesville is published on the Tompkinsville Monroe County Airport (KTZV) page, 26 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 Burkesville 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 Burkesville: Columbia-Adair Co. Airport (KI96) 33 km · Russell County Airport (K24) 34 km · Livingston Municipal Airport (K8A3) 42 km · Wayne County Airport (KEKQ) 46 km · Jackson County Airport (K1A7) 50 km
Conditions reported at KTZV describe the airfield itself. Weather 26 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Burkesville specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Burkesville.
About Burkesville, Kentucky
Burkesville unfurls itself along the rolling hills of South Central Kentucky, a landscape where the verdant earth breathes deeply under a sky that shifts from the crisp blue of midday to the bruised purples and soft golds of twilight. It lies 25.4 miles north-north-west of Monroe, TN (from Monroe, TN: bearing 344°T), and is situated 18.5 miles north-east of Clay. The land itself seems to possess a gentle, yielding character, its slopes softened by the slow work of seasons, a place where the air often carries the sweet, earthy scent of damp soil and distant pine. Here, the Cumberland River, a silver ribbon, bends and flows, defining the edges of the terrain and lending a constant, murmuring presence to the quietude. The architecture of Burkesville, a mix of sturdy brick and weathered wood, speaks of enduring practicality, each structure standing as a quiet sentinel against the sweeping vistas. This corner of Cumberland County holds a history tied to the lifeblood of its rivers and the fertile ground that has sustained its people for generations. Once a vital hub for river traffic, Burkesville's economy has long been shaped by the bounty of the land, with agriculture—corn, tobacco, and cattle—forming the backbone of its enduring character. The echoes of steamboats and the bustling trade of yesteryear still seem to linger in the hushed quietude, a testament to a past when the Cumberland was a highway of commerce. Today, a more measured pace prevails, where the community's identity is woven into the rhythm of farming seasons and the simple, honest work that defines life in this pocket of Kentucky.
Live animated radar for Burkesville 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 | Burkesville, Cumberland County, Kentucky |
| Coordinates | 36.79034°N, 85.370519°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 42717 |
| Area Code | 270 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Burkesville, Kentucky Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Burkesville, 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 Burkesville includes coordinates 36.790340°N, 85.370519°W, situated in Cumberland County. ZIP code 42717. Telephone area code: 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.
