Cleaton, Kentucky Weather
Cleaton, Kentucky — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Cleaton, Muhlenberg County.
Full aviation weather for Cleaton is published on the Muhlenberg County Airport (KM21) page, 7 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 Cleaton 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 Cleaton: Ohio County Airport (KJQD) 31 km · Tradewater Airport (K8M7) 52 km · Owensboro Daviess County Airport (KOWB) 54 km · Hopkinsville Christian County Airport (KHVC) 55 km · Russellville Logan County Airport (K4M7) 56 km
Conditions reported at KM21 describe the airfield itself. Weather 7 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Cleaton specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Cleaton.
About Cleaton, Kentucky
Cleaton rests in a broad, green valley where the land begins its slow, rolling descent towards the waterways that cradle western Kentucky. It lies 34.8 miles north-east of Hopkinsville, KY (from Hopkinsville, KY: bearing 39°T), and is situated 3.3 miles south-east of Central City. The sky here stretches wide, often a canvas of bruised purples and fiery oranges at dusk, the air thick with the sweet, earthy scent of damp soil and ripening corn. Fields of soybeans and tobacco, vibrant green and gold in the summer sun, checkerboard the landscape, interrupted by stands of mature oak and maple that whisper secrets on the breeze. Farmhouses, weathered by seasons of sun and storm, punctuate the scene, their porches often occupied by figures watching the slow procession of clouds. The gentle undulations of the terrain, smoothed by millennia of wind and water, offer a quiet, unassuming beauty to Cleaton. The economic lifeblood of Cleaton has long been tied to the earth and the resources it yields. Coal mining, a powerful and persistent force in Muhlenberg County, has left its indelible mark, shaping the character of the region and its people. While the seams of coal may have thinned, the echoes of that industrial past resonate in the stoic resilience of its residents. Agriculture continues to be a vital presence, with generations of families tending the fertile ground. The local economy, though perhaps not booming, possesses a sturdy, dependable rhythm, like the dependable flow of the nearby Green River, a constant companion to Cleaton's story.
Live animated radar for Cleaton 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 | Cleaton, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky |
| Coordinates | 37.254487°N, 87.088884°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 42332, 42330 |
| Area Code | 270 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Cleaton, Kentucky Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Cleaton, 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 Cleaton includes coordinates 37.254487°N, 87.088884°W, situated in Muhlenberg County. ZIP code 42332, 42330. 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.
