Houston Acres, Kentucky Weather
Houston Acres, Kentucky — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for Houston Acres, Jefferson County.
Full aviation weather for Houston Acres is published on the Bowman Field (KLOU) page, 5 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 Houston Acres 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 Houston Acres: Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport (KSDF) 12 km · Clark Regional Airport (KJVY) 20 km · Samuels Field (KBRY) 46 km · Godman Army Air Field (KFTK) 46 km
Conditions reported at KLOU describe the airfield itself. Weather 5 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Houston Acres specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Houston Acres, Kentucky
Houston Acres unfolds across a gentle, rolling terrain, a patchwork of mature trees and well-tended lawns that hint at a comfortable, settled existence. It lies 3.0 miles west-north-west of Jeffersontown, KY (from Jeffersontown, KY: bearing 297°T), and is situated 8.4 miles east-south-east of Louisville. The air here, particularly in the late afternoon, carries a damp, earthy scent, a subtle perfume of damp soil and the faint sweetness of blooming honeysuckle, a familiar fragrance to those who call this place home. Sunlight, when it breaks through the canopy, often falls in broad, warm shafts, illuminating the quiet avenues and the occasional, weathered fence post that marks property lines. The landscape, marked by the slow, meandering paths of small creeks that feed into larger waterways, feels deeply rooted, a place where the seasons paint the scenery in broad, unhurried strokes. The history of Houston Acres is interwoven with the broader narrative of Jefferson County, a region whose economic pulse has long been tied to agriculture and, more recently, a diversified industrial base. For generations, the fertile land supported farms, and while that agricultural heritage still whispers in the wind rustling through the remaining open spaces, the character of Houston Acres has shifted. It has become a place where families put down roots, drawn by its tranquil atmosphere and its proximity to burgeoning commercial centers, a fact reflected in the steady hum of traffic on nearby arterial roads. The local character is one of quiet resilience and neighborly connection, a place where the rhythm of life is often dictated by the simple, enduring cycles of daily routines and the changing patterns of the sky overhead.
Live animated radar for Houston Acres 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 | Houston Acres, Jefferson County, Kentucky |
| Coordinates | 38.214237°N, 85.613849°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 40220 |
| Area Code | 502 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Houston Acres, Kentucky Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Houston Acres, 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 Houston Acres includes coordinates 38.214237°N, 85.613849°W, situated in Jefferson County. ZIP code 40220. 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. 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.
