Cumberland, Kentucky Weather
Cumberland, Kentucky — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Cumberland, Harlan County.
Full aviation weather for Cumberland is published on the Tucker Guthrie Memorial Airport (KI35) page, 35 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. 5 airfields within reach of Cumberland 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 Cumberland: Lonesome Pine Airport (KLNP) 41 km · Lee County Airport (K0VG) 41 km · Wendell H Ford Airport (KCPF) 51 km · Hawkins County Airport (KRVN) 59 km
Conditions reported at KI35 describe the airfield itself. Weather 35 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Cumberland specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Cumberland.
About Cumberland, Kentucky
Cumberland rests in a fold of the Appalachian Mountains, a place where the land itself seems to exhale its ancient breath. It lies 33.4 miles north-north-west of Marshall, TN (from Marshall, TN: bearing 327°T), and is situated 2.4 miles west-north-west of Benham. The hills rise steeply, cloaked in the deep greens of pine and oak, their slopes often shrouded in a pearlescent mist that clings like a forgotten memory. The air here carries the damp, earthy scent of loam and decaying leaves, a fragrance that deepens as the sun begins its slow descent, painting the western sky in hues of bruised plum and fading rose. Cumberland’s streets follow the contours of the valley, a modest ribbon of asphalt weaving between the imposing flanks of the mountains, the houses often clinging precariously to the inclines, as if seeking solace from the sheer, overwhelming presence of the wilderness. This is a place forged in the deep veins of the earth, where coal was once king, shaping the very character of Cumberland and its people. The echoes of mining history linger, not as overt monuments, but in the quiet resilience of the community, in the stoic faces that have weathered the fortunes and misfortunes of the industry. The local economy, once tethered to the black rock, now seeks new paths, a slow but determined shift towards diverse opportunities, though the spirit of hard work and self-reliance remains a potent, inherited legacy. The Cumberland River, a serpentine artery of cool, clear water, flows through the heart of this region, its banks a verdant fringe that offers a different kind of beauty, a gentle counterpoint to the rugged grandeur of the surrounding peaks.
Live animated radar for Cumberland 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 | Cumberland, Harlan County, Kentucky |
| Coordinates | 36.978148°N, 82.988496°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 40823 |
| Area Code | 606 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Cumberland, Kentucky Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Cumberland, 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 Cumberland includes coordinates 36.978148°N, 82.988496°W, situated in Harlan County. ZIP code 40823. Telephone area code: 606. 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.
