Harlan, Kentucky Weather
Harlan, Kentucky — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for Harlan, Harlan County.
Full aviation weather for Harlan is published on the Tucker Guthrie Memorial Airport (KI35) page, 4 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 Harlan 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 Harlan: Lee County Airport (K0VG) 23 km · Middlesboro-Bell County Airport (K1A6) 45 km · New Tazewell Municipal Airport (K3A2) 53 km · Hawkins County Airport (KRVN) 58 km
Conditions reported at KI35 describe the airfield itself. Weather 4 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Harlan specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Harlan, Kentucky
Harlan sits in a narrow valley, a place where the mountains rise up sharply, their slopes a dense green even in the late summer haze. It lies 30.3 miles north-east of Claiborne, TN (from Claiborne, TN: bearing 35°T), and is situated 5.3 miles east-north-east of South Wallins. The Kentucky River, a ribbon of muddy water, cuts through the heart of Harlan, its banks often slick with the dampness of the surrounding hollers. The air here carries the scent of pine and damp earth, a constant reminder of the wildness that presses in from all sides. Buildings hug the valley floor, their facades weathered by seasons of sun and rain, and the sky feels close, a vast expanse framed by the towering ridges. This is a place forged in coal, a history etched into the very bones of Harlan. For generations, the rhythm of life here was dictated by the pickaxe and the coal car, the relentless work in the dark earth that fueled a nation. The scars of that industry are still visible, in the abandoned tipples that stand like skeletal sentinels against the sky, and in the quiet strength of the people who remember the boom times and the lean. Though the mines have largely fallen silent, the spirit of resilience remains, a quiet pride in the enduring heart of Harlan, a testament to its enduring character.
Live animated radar for Harlan 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 | Harlan, Harlan County, Kentucky |
| Coordinates | 36.843144°N, 83.321848°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 40831 |
| Area Code | 606 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Harlan, Kentucky Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Harlan, 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 Harlan includes coordinates 36.843144°N, 83.321848°W, situated in Harlan County. ZIP code 40831. 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.
