Elkhorn City, Kentucky Weather
Elkhorn City, Kentucky — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Elkhorn City, Pike County.
Full aviation weather for Elkhorn City is published on the Pike County Airport Hatcher Field (KPBX) page, 34 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 Elkhorn City 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 Elkhorn City: Lonesome Pine Airport (KLNP) 39 km · Southern West Virginia Regional Airport (KEBD) 47 km · Big Sandy Regional Airport (KSJS) 56 km · Tazewell County Airport (KJFZ) 56 km
Conditions reported at KPBX describe the airfield itself. Weather 34 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Elkhorn City specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Elkhorn City.
About Elkhorn City, Kentucky
Elkhorn City unfolds in a valley cupped by the shoulders of Appalachia, where the Elkhorn Creek, a ribbon of cool, clear water, whispers secrets to the stones that line its bed. It lies 49.8 miles north of Bristol, TN (from Bristol, TN: bearing 350°T), and is situated 7.5 miles north-north-west of Haysi. The land here is a study in deep greens and earthy browns, a place where the mountains rise with a quiet authority, their slopes cloaked in dense forests that change their hue with the passing seasons. Sunlight, when it finds its way through the thick canopy, often falls in long, slanted shafts, illuminating the dust motes dancing in the still, cool air of the morning. The houses, modest and well-kept, seem to huddle together for warmth and companionship against the immensity of the surrounding peaks, their porches often graced with rocking chairs that invite a slow, contemplative pause. The very bones of Elkhorn City are steeped in the rich, dark history of coal mining that once pulsed through these hills, a legacy that shaped its economy and the grit of its people. Though the seams have long since been tapped, the echoes of that era linger in the weathered faces of the older buildings and in the quiet resilience of the community. The Elkhorn Creek, once a vital artery for transporting coal, now offers a different kind of bounty, a place for quiet recreation and a source of the steady, murmuring soundtrack of daily life. Beyond the town’s immediate embrace, the rugged terrain offers a wilderness that calls to hikers and nature lovers, a reminder of the wild heart that beats beneath the settled surface of Elkhorn City.
Live animated radar for Elkhorn City 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 | Elkhorn City, Pike County, Kentucky |
| Coordinates | 37.303997°N, 82.35098°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 41522 |
| Area Code | 859 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Elkhorn City, Kentucky Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Elkhorn City, 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 Elkhorn City includes coordinates 37.303997°N, 82.350980°W, situated in Pike County. ZIP code 41522. Telephone area code: 859. 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.
