Dawson Springs, Kentucky Weather
Dawson Springs, Kentucky — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Dawson Springs, Hopkins County.
Full aviation weather for Dawson Springs is published on the Tradewater Airport (K8M7) page, 3 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 Dawson Springs 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 Dawson Springs: Princeton-Caldwell County Airport (K2M0) 16 km · Providence Webster County Airport (K8M9) 29 km · Hopkinsville Christian County Airport (KHVC) 40 km · Marion-Crittenden County James C Johnson Regional Airport (KGDA) 41 km · Sturgis Municipal Airport (KTWT) 47 km
Conditions reported at K8M7 describe the airfield itself. Weather 3 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Dawson Springs specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Dawson Springs.
About Dawson Springs, Kentucky
Dawson Springs lies in a landscape shaped by water and time, a place where the rolling terrain of western Kentucky exhales a breath of humid air thick with the scent of pine and damp earth. It lies 23.7 miles north-north-west of Hopkinsville, KY (from Hopkinsville, KY: bearing 332°T), and is situated 15.4 miles south-west of Madisonville. Creeks, like the whispering Tradewater, meander through woods where sunlight filters through a canopy of mature hardwoods, casting shifting patterns on the forest floor. The land itself feels worn, softened by countless seasons, a gentle topography that invites contemplation rather than grand pronouncements. This is a place where the horizon feels close, softened by the verdant embrace of the surrounding countryside, and the sky, when it opens, can be a vast, bruised canvas of approaching storms or a serene expanse of pale, washed-out blue. The history of Dawson Springs is deeply entwined with the discovery of its mineral springs, once a celebrated draw that brought visitors seeking cures and respite, a legacy that lingers in the quiet avenues and the faded grandeur of older buildings. The economy, once buoyed by the health resort boom, has since diversified, with agriculture and manufacturing playing their parts, though the echoes of those earlier days can still be felt. The town, like many in this region, carries the quiet dignity of resilience, a place where life moves at a pace dictated by the changing seasons and the enduring rhythms of a community that understands the value of a shared past.
Live animated radar for Dawson Springs 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 | Dawson Springs, Hopkins County, Kentucky |
| Coordinates | 37.167268°N, 87.692507°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 42408 |
| Area Code | 270 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Dawson Springs, Kentucky Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Dawson Springs, 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 Dawson Springs includes coordinates 37.167268°N, 87.692507°W, situated in Hopkins County. ZIP code 42408. 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.
