Fairfield, Kentucky Weather
Fairfield, Kentucky — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Fairfield, Breckinridge County.
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About Fairfield, Kentucky
Fairfield rests in a landscape that breathes with the quiet persistence of Kentucky's rolling hills. It lies 23.5 miles west of Elizabethtown, KY (from Elizabethtown, KY: bearing 266°T), and is situated 19.3 miles west-south-west of Vine Grove. The land here is not dramatic, but rather a gentle sculptor, shaping fields of corn and soybeans into soft waves that stretch towards a sky that often holds a bruised, twilight hue. Ancient oak and maple trees, their branches reaching like gnarled fingers, punctuate the open spaces, offering shade and a sense of enduring presence. The air itself carries a faint, earthy perfume, a mixture of rich soil and the distant, sweet scent of ripening tobacco, a fragrance that seems to cling to the very soul of Fairfield. This is a place where history whispers from the weathered wood of old barns and the stoic lines of farmhouses, a testament to generations who have worked this fertile ground. The economy of Fairfield has long been tethered to the land, with agriculture forming the backbone of its identity, a tradition that continues to shape the lives of its inhabitants. While no grand monuments mark its existence, a quiet pride permeates the community, a shared understanding of the land's bounty and the enduring spirit of its people. The rhythm of life in Fairfield is one of steady progress, punctuated by the changing seasons and the predictable cycles of planting and harvest, a testament to the enduring connection between its inhabitants and the earth beneath their feet.
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| Location | Fairfield, Breckinridge County, Kentucky |
| Coordinates | 37.671448°N, 86.287196°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 40144, 40013 |
| Area Code | 502 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Fairfield, Kentucky Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Fairfield, 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 Fairfield includes coordinates 37.671448°N, 86.287196°W, situated in Breckinridge County. ZIP code 40144, 40013. Telephone area code: 502. Timezone: Eastern Time (America/New_York).
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.
