Crab Orchard, Kentucky Weather
Crab Orchard, Kentucky — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Crab Orchard, Lincoln County.
Full aviation weather for Crab Orchard is published on the Central Kentucky Regional Airport (KRGA) page, 24 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. 4 airfields within reach of Crab Orchard 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 Crab Orchard: Stuart Powell Field (KDVK) 27 km · Lake Cumberland Regional Airport (KSME) 47 km · London-Corbin Airport/Magee Field (KLOZ) 57 km
Conditions reported at KRGA describe the airfield itself. Weather 24 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Crab Orchard specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Crab Orchard.
About Crab Orchard, Kentucky
Crab Orchard lies in a hollow of rolling hills, where the land slopes gently and the air carries the scent of damp earth and pine. It lies 22.8 miles south-south-west of Richmond, KY (from Richmond, KY: bearing 211°T), and is situated 9.7 miles east-south-east of Stanford. The surrounding landscape is a mosaic of cultivated fields and dense woodlands, the trees standing in stoic ranks, their branches reaching towards a sky that often displays a bruised, twilight hue. Farms, their weathered barns a testament to seasons past, punctuate the green expanse, their fields a patchwork of ripening corn and resting fallow land. A quiet stillness often settles here, broken only by the distant lowing of cattle or the whisper of wind through the leaves, a profound sense of place that feels both ancient and enduring. The history of Crab Orchard is deeply entwined with the rich soil and the waterways that have sustained it for generations. Originally settled by hardy pioneers drawn to the fertile valleys, the area's economy has long been rooted in agriculture, with tobacco and corn being staples that shaped the lives and livelihoods of its inhabitants. While the echoes of its past are present in the enduring farmsteads, Crab Orchard has also seen shifts in its economic landscape, adapting to the changing times. The Crab Orchard Creek, a modest but significant waterway, has witnessed the passage of time and the development of this Lincoln County locality, its banks a quiet witness to the enduring spirit of the people who call this place home.
Live animated radar for Crab Orchard 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 | Crab Orchard, Lincoln County, Kentucky |
| Coordinates | 37.464527°N, 84.506604°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 40419 |
| Area Code | 502 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Crab Orchard, Kentucky Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Crab Orchard, 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 Crab Orchard includes coordinates 37.464527°N, 84.506604°W, situated in Lincoln County. ZIP code 40419. 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.
