Earlington, Kentucky Weather
Earlington, Kentucky — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Earlington, Hopkins County.
Full aviation weather for Earlington is published on the Tradewater Airport (K8M7) page, 18 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 Earlington 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 Earlington: Providence Webster County Airport (K8M9) 26 km · Muhlenberg County Airport (KM21) 32 km · Princeton-Caldwell County Airport (K2M0) 35 km · Hopkinsville Christian County Airport (KHVC) 47 km · Sturgis Municipal Airport (KTWT) 49 km
Conditions reported at K8M7 describe the airfield itself. Weather 18 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Earlington specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Earlington.
About Earlington, Kentucky
Earlington rests in the rolling terrain of western Kentucky, where the land dips and rises with a quiet persistence, a landscape sculpted by water and time into gentle swells. It lies 28.3 miles north of Hopkinsville, KY (from Hopkinsville, KY: bearing 357°T), and is situated 3.8 miles south of Madisonville. The air here, especially in the late afternoon, carries a faint scent of damp earth and distant woodsmoke, a subtle perfume that clings to the broadleaf trees lining the roads and the scattered farmsteads. Sunlight, when it breaks through the humid air, has a soft, diffused quality, painting the fields of corn and soybeans in hues of muted gold and deep emerald. The sky above Earlington often stretches wide, a canvas for slow-moving clouds that drift with the languid pace of the region. The story of Earlington is deeply entwined with the coal seams that lie beneath its soil, a history that shaped its very bones and continues to inform its character. For generations, this land was a source of black diamonds, fueling industry and drawing a diverse population to its mines. Though the era of widespread deep mining has largely passed, the legacy remains, visible in the stoic resilience of its people and the enduring echoes of a bygone boom. The local economy, while diversifying, still carries the imprint of its industrial past, a quiet dignity in the everyday lives of its residents, who navigate the present with the knowledge of the work that has defined this place.
Live animated radar for Earlington 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 | Earlington, Hopkins County, Kentucky |
| Coordinates | 37.274212°N, 87.511944°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 42410, 42431 |
| Area Code | 270 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Earlington, Kentucky Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Earlington, 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 Earlington includes coordinates 37.274212°N, 87.511944°W, situated in Hopkins County. ZIP code 42410, 42431. 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.
