Cave City, Kentucky Weather
Cave City, Kentucky — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Cave City, Barren County.
Full aviation weather for Cave City is published on the Glasgow Municipal Airport (KGLW) 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. 2 airfields within reach of Cave City 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 Cave City: Columbia-Adair Co. Airport (KI96) 54 km
Conditions reported at KGLW describe the airfield itself. Weather 12 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Cave City specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Cave City.
About Cave City, Kentucky
Cave City, Kentucky, unfolds across rolling hills of fertile Barren County, where the sun, in its descent, casts long, painterly shadows across fields of ripening corn and tobacco. It lies 28.7 miles east-north-east of Bowling Green, KY (from Bowling Green, KY: bearing 69°T), and is situated 4.0 miles south-west of Horse Cave. The air here carries a faint, earthy sweetness, a blend of damp soil and the distant hum of cicadas that seems to settle on the skin like a fine dust. Limestone outcrops, weathered and ancient, punctuate the landscape, hinting at the subterranean wonders that lie beneath the surface, a geological secret patiently waiting to be discovered. The roads, often lined with mature oak and maple trees, offer glimpses of homesteads and farms, each with its own quiet story etched into the weathered wood and the tidy gardens. The story of Cave City is inextricably linked to the karst topography it inhabits, a region renowned for its extensive cave systems that have drawn visitors for generations. This natural endowment has shaped Cave City's economy, transforming it into a hub for tourism and hospitality, a place where the earth's hidden beauty is the primary currency. While agriculture, particularly tobacco and corn, remains a vital thread in the local fabric, the allure of Mammoth Cave National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and other nearby attractions like Guntown Mountain and Dinosaur World, dictates the rhythm of daily life. The town thrives on the transient stream of travelers, their footsteps echoing the footsteps of countless others who have come before, seeking adventure and wonder in the cool, dark embrace of the earth.
Live animated radar for Cave City 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.
Source: NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East · Public domain · Auto-updates on page reload
| Location | Cave City, Barren County, Kentucky |
| Coordinates | 37.136717°N, 85.95692°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 42127 |
| Area Code | 270 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Cave City, Kentucky Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Cave City, 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 Cave City includes coordinates 37.136717°N, 85.956920°W, situated in Barren County. ZIP code 42127. 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.
