Eddyville, Kentucky Weather
Eddyville, Kentucky — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Eddyville, Lyon County.
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About Eddyville, Kentucky
Eddyville rests where the rolling hills of western Kentucky begin to soften, a place where the broad sweep of Lake Barkley touches the land. It lies 28.7 miles east of Paducah, KY (from Paducah, KY: bearing 88°T), and is situated 3.8 miles north-east of Kuttawa. The terrain here is a gentle, undulating landscape, crisscrossed by deep ravines and dotted with stands of mature oak and hickory, their branches reaching towards a sky that often holds the promise of rain. The air, especially after a summer shower, carries the clean scent of damp earth and pine needles, a perfume unique to these parts of the Pennyroyal region. The houses of Eddyville, many of them modest and painted in shades of white, gray, and pale blue, seem to settle into the land as if they grew there, their porches offering quiet invitations to watch the slow procession of days. Small creeks, their banks often moss-covered and shadowed, meander through the surrounding countryside, feeding into the larger waterways that define this part of Lyon County. This is a place shaped by water and by the enduring spirit of its people, a spirit that remembers the days of steamboats and the bounty of the rivers. The economy of Eddyville has long been tied to the fertile soil and the abundant natural resources, with agriculture forming the backbone of its livelihood for generations. The construction of Lake Barkley, a vast man-made reservoir, fundamentally altered the landscape and the local way of life, opening up new avenues for recreation and tourism that now coexist with the traditional farming communities. You can still feel the echoes of its past in the weathered barns and the general stores that have stood for decades, places where the rhythm of conversation often flows as smoothly as the nearby water. Eddyville, though small, holds a quiet dignity, a testament to the resilience of a community that has adapted and endured, finding beauty in the persistent, unfolding story of its land.
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| Location | Eddyville, Lyon County, Kentucky |
| Coordinates | 37.094497°N, 88.080301°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 42038 |
| Area Code | 270, 364 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Eddyville, Kentucky Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Eddyville, 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 Eddyville includes coordinates 37.094497°N, 88.080301°W, situated in Lyon County. ZIP code 42038. Telephone area code: 270, 364. 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.
