Emlyn, Kentucky Weather
Emlyn, Kentucky — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Emlyn, Whitley County.
Full aviation weather for Emlyn is published on the Williamsburg Whitley County Airport (KBYL) page, 11 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 Emlyn 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 Emlyn: McCreary County Airport (K18I) 22 km · Middlesboro-Bell County Airport (K1A6) 38 km · Campbell County Airport - Colonel Tommy C Stiner Airfield (KJAU) 41 km · London-Corbin Airport/Magee Field (KLOZ) 42 km · Scott Municipal Airport (KSCX) 48 km
Conditions reported at KBYL describe the airfield itself. Weather 11 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Emlyn specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Emlyn.
About Emlyn, Kentucky
Emlyn rests in a hollow, a place where the Cumberland Plateau begins to shed its ruggedness for gentler inclinations. It lies 32.1 miles west-north-west of Claiborne, TN (from Claiborne, TN: bearing 299°T), and is situated 2.8 miles south-south-east of Williamsburg. The hills here are not the stark, bare bones of mountain ranges, but are cloaked in the deep green velvet of deciduous forests, broken only by the occasional scar of a cleared field or the glint of a distant, tin-roofed barn. The air, especially in the early morning when mist still clings to the valley floors, carries the damp, earthy scent of decaying leaves and the fainter, sweet perfume of wild honeysuckle. Roads snake through the terrain like thoughtful pauses in a conversation, winding around outcrops of weathered rock and crossing small, clear streams that murmur over smooth, grey stones. The story of Emlyn is tied to the land's bounty, a history etched not in grand monuments but in the quiet persistence of its people. For generations, the economy here pulsed with the rhythm of coal, a deep vein of industry that once brought a different kind of life, a grittier energy, to these hills. Though that era has largely receded, the echoes remain in the weathered structures and the stoic resilience of the community. Today, the fields, though smaller, still yield their harvest, and the quiet hum of life in Emlyn is one of careful tending, of a connection to the soil that runs deeper than any mine shaft. The sunlight, when it breaks through the canopy after a rain, seems to fall with a particular, almost reverent, glow upon the scattered homes.
Live animated radar for Emlyn 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 | Emlyn, Whitley County, Kentucky |
| Coordinates | 36.704528°N, 84.143266°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 40769, 40730 |
| Area Code | 606 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Emlyn, Kentucky Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Emlyn, 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 Emlyn includes coordinates 36.704528°N, 84.143266°W, situated in Whitley County. ZIP code 40769, 40730. 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.
