Columbia, Kentucky Weather
Columbia, Kentucky — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Columbia, Adair County.
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About Columbia, Kentucky
Columbia sits at the confluence of rolling Green River hills and the fertile land of Adair County. It lies 46.1 miles north of Monroe, TN (from Monroe, TN: bearing 356°T), and is situated 16.7 miles south of Campbellsville. The landscape here is a gentle, persistent rise and fall, where fields of corn and tobacco, stitched with fencerows, give way to stands of oak and hickory that hold the scent of damp earth even on a dry day. The sky above Columbia often feels vast, a canvas for slow-moving clouds that paint the afternoon with shifting shades of light, from the pearly grey of an approaching shower to the burnished gold of a late summer sunset. Life in Columbia unfolds with a deliberate, unhurried cadence, marked by the occasional rumble of a tractor and the distant call of a crow. This corner of Kentucky carries the quiet weight of its history, its origins rooted in the early days of westward expansion and the fertile promise of the land. The local economy has long been tied to agriculture, with tobacco once a dominant crop, and now a diverse mix of farming, small businesses, and a growing manufacturing presence. Columbia's past is etched not in grand monuments, but in the enduring spirit of its people and the weathered wood of its older structures, each telling a silent story. The Cumberland River, a vital artery in generations past, still whispers of steamboats and trade, its presence felt in the humidity that often hangs in the air, a tangible reminder of the water's enduring influence.
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| Location | Columbia, Adair County, Kentucky |
| Coordinates | 37.102841°N, 85.30635°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 42728 |
| Area Code | 270 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Columbia, Kentucky Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Columbia, Kentucky, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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 Columbia includes coordinates 37.102841°N, 85.306350°W, situated in Adair County. ZIP code 42728. 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. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.
