Kenvir, Kentucky Weather
Kenvir, Kentucky — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Kenvir, Harlan County.
Full aviation weather for Kenvir is published on the Tucker Guthrie Memorial Airport (KI35) page, 18 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 Kenvir 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 Kenvir: Lee County Airport (K0VG) 23 km · Hawkins County Airport (KRVN) 50 km · Lonesome Pine Airport (KLNP) 58 km · Middlesboro-Bell County Airport (K1A6) 58 km · Wendell H Ford Airport (KCPF) 60 km
Conditions reported at KI35 describe the airfield itself. Weather 18 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Kenvir specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Kenvir.
About Kenvir, Kentucky
Kenvir lies in a deep fold of the Appalachian Mountains, where the ridges rise steeply on either side, cloaking the valley floor in long, cool shadows that linger well into the afternoon. It lies 30.5 miles north-north-west of Hawkins, TN (from Hawkins, TN: bearing 338°T), and is situated 9.1 miles east of Harlan. The landscape here is a study in verdant intensity, a riot of oak and pine clinging to slopes that would challenge any but the most determined hiker. Hollows, deep and resonant with the echo of running water, cut into the mountainsides, their narrow floors often hosting small, weathered homes that seem to grow organically from the earth. The air, especially after a rain, carries the damp, rich scent of decaying leaves and the sharp, clean perfume of pine needles, a constant reminder of the wildness that presses in on all sides of Kenvir. The story of Kenvir is inextricably bound to the coal seams that run beneath these rugged hills, a history etched into the very bones of the land and the lives of its people. For generations, this was a place of hard work and community forged in the darkness of the mines, an economy that pulsed with the rhythm of extraction and the hope for a brighter future. While the era of peak coal production has passed, the legacy remains, a palpable presence in the quiet hum of life that now characterizes Kenvir. Local traditions, passed down through families, still echo the resilience and resourcefulness born of this demanding environment, and the winding roads that thread through the valleys carry the weight of countless journeys, both past and present.
Live animated radar for Kenvir 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 | Kenvir, Harlan County, Kentucky |
| Coordinates | 36.853701°N, 83.157117°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 40828, 40847 |
| Area Code | 606 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Kenvir, Kentucky Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Kenvir, 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 Kenvir includes coordinates 36.853701°N, 83.157117°W, situated in Harlan County. ZIP code 40828, 40847. 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.
