Hodgenville, Kentucky Weather
Hodgenville, Kentucky — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery for Hodgenville, Larue County.
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About Hodgenville, Kentucky
Hodgenville rests in the rolling heart of Kentucky, where the land exhales a quiet, verdant breath. It lies 10.5 miles south-east of Elizabethtown, KY (from Elizabethtown, KY: bearing 142°T), and is situated 10.0 miles south-west of New Haven. The terrain here is a gentle rise and fall, a landscape sculpted not by dramatic peaks but by the patient work of water and time, where fields of corn and soybeans unfurl like stitched quilts under a sky that often weeps with a soft, persistent rain. The air, especially in the late afternoon, carries the mingled scent of damp earth and sun-warmed hay, a fragrance that clings to the slow-moving clouds and the weathered clapboard of farmhouses. A subtle haze, born of humidity and the distant murmur of agricultural machinery, often softens the edges of the horizon, giving the world a painterly, almost dreamlike quality. This is a place deeply entwined with the enduring legacy of Abraham Lincoln, whose humble beginnings are a cornerstone of Hodgenville's identity, drawing visitors who trace the footsteps of a nation's turning point. The economy, once reliant on the fertile soil that yields tobacco and bourbon-bound grains, now finds a significant pulse in the heritage tourism that flows through its streets, alongside the continued agricultural endeavors. The Lincoln Homestead State Park, a short drive away, stands as a quiet sentinel to this history, while the town itself, with its modest courthouse square, hums with a rhythm that is both familiar and deeply rooted, a place where the past is not a distant echo but a living presence that shapes the present.
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| Location | Hodgenville, Larue County, Kentucky |
| Coordinates | 37.57395°N, 85.739961°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 42748 |
| Area Code | 270 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Hodgenville, Kentucky Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Hodgenville, 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 Hodgenville includes coordinates 37.573950°N, 85.739961°W, situated in Larue County. ZIP code 42748. Telephone area code: 270. 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.
