Fordsville, Kentucky Weather
Fordsville, Kentucky — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Fordsville, Ohio County.
Full aviation weather for Fordsville is published on the Ohio County Airport (KJQD) page, 23 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 Fordsville 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 Fordsville: Breckinridge County Airport (KI93) 29 km · Hancock County-Ron Lewis Field (KKY8) 37 km · Owensboro Daviess County Airport (KOWB) 41 km · Perry County Municipal Airport (KTEL) 42 km · Grayson County Airport (KM20) 48 km
Conditions reported at KJQD describe the airfield itself. Weather 23 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Fordsville specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Fordsville.
About Fordsville, Kentucky
Fordsville sprawls across a gentle Ohio County terrain, where the land itself seems to sigh under the weight of the sky. It lies 23.6 miles east-south-east of Owensboro, KY (from Owensboro, KY: bearing 114°T), and is situated 9.0 miles east-south-east of Whitesville. Rolling hills, softened by the persistent green of pasture and the deeper hues of scattered woodlands, give way to broad, fertile bottoms that hint at the agricultural heart of this place. The air, particularly in the languid afternoons of summer, carries a subtle, earthy perfume of damp soil and ripening crops, a scent that clings to the very fabric of Fordsville. Evenings here descend with a hushed grace, the setting sun often painting the western horizon in strokes of apricot and rose, casting long, ephemeral shadows that stretch across fields and whisper through the eaves of weathered farmhouses. This is a landscape shaped by its past, where the echoes of early settlers linger in the names of creeks and the enduring spirit of self-reliance. The local economy, long tied to the bounty of the earth, still finds its pulse in the cultivation of tobacco and corn, a legacy passed down through generations. While industry has ebbed and flowed, the resilience of Fordsville is evident in its quiet persistence. The distinctive character of the place is not marked by grand monuments but by the subtle, enduring beauty of its everyday life: the unhurried greetings exchanged at the general store, the comforting sight of a farmer tending his fields as dusk settles, and the enduring sense of belonging that permeates this corner of Kentucky.
Live animated radar for Fordsville 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 | Fordsville, Ohio County, Kentucky |
| Coordinates | 37.636164°N, 86.717487°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 42343 |
| Area Code | 270 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Fordsville, Kentucky Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Fordsville, 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 Fordsville includes coordinates 37.636164°N, 86.717487°W, situated in Ohio County. ZIP code 42343. Telephone area code: 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.
