Fairview, Kentucky Weather
Fairview, Kentucky — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Fairview, Boyd County.
Full aviation weather for Fairview is published on the Ashland Regional Airport (KDWU) page, 10 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 Fairview 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 Fairview: Tri-State Airport / Milton J. Ferguson Field (KHTS) 16 km · Lawrence County Airpark (KHTW) 17 km · Ona Airpark (K12V) 42 km · Greater Portsmouth Regional Airport (KPMH) 43 km · James A Rhodes Airport (KJRO) 56 km
Conditions reported at KDWU describe the airfield itself. Weather 10 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Fairview specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Fairview.
About Fairview, Kentucky
Fairview breathes the quiet hum of the Ohio River's influence, a place where the land rises and falls in a gentle but persistent rhythm, hinting at the ancient geological forces that shaped it. It lies 13.3 miles west-north-west of Huntington, WV (from Huntington, WV: bearing 288°T), and is situated 2.2 miles west of Ashland. The rolling hills, cloaked in a verdant green that shifts with the seasons, cradle the community, their slopes etched with the faint traces of old farmsteads and the more recent lines of residential streets. Here, the air often carries the damp, earthy scent of well-watered soil, mingling with the distant, faint tang of industry from across the river, a constant reminder of the larger world that presses in. Sunlight, when it breaks through the often-cloudy skies, possesses a soft, diffused quality, bathing the landscape in a muted gold that seems to absorb into the very texture of the land. The history of Fairview is inextricably linked to the waterways that have long been conduits of commerce and connection, a legacy that echoes in the persistent presence of barge traffic on the Ohio. Coal mining once fueled the local economy, its deep veins leaving their mark not just on the land but on the collective memory of the people, a history that can still be felt in the stoic resilience of its residents. Though the mining days have largely receded, the spirit of hard work and self-reliance remains, a quiet undercurrent in the daily life of Fairview. Small businesses, many of them family-run for generations, line the main thoroughfares, their storefronts a testament to a enduring local character, each one a small, vital node in the intricate network of this river-touched community.
Live animated radar for Fairview 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.
Source: NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East · Public domain · Auto-updates on page reload
| Location | Fairview, Boyd County, Kentucky |
| Coordinates | 38.479248°N, 82.679051°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 42038, 40342, 40769, 42220 |
| Area Code | 606, 270 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Fairview, Kentucky Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Fairview, 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 Fairview includes coordinates 38.479248°N, 82.679051°W, situated in Boyd County. ZIP code 42038, 40342, 40769, 42220. Telephone area code: 606, 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.
