Kevil, Kentucky — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Kevil, Ballard County.
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Kevil, a whisper of a place in Ballard County, unfurls across a land where the soil runs deep and the sky feels vast enough to swallow the horizon. It lies 15.8 miles west of Paducah, KY (from Paducah, KY: bearing 271°T), and is situated 9.7 miles west-south-west of Metropolis. Here, the earth hums with the slow, steady work of agriculture, a verdant quilt stitched with the emerald of young corn and the pale gold of ripening wheat. The air, especially in the languid afternoons of late summer, carries the dry, sweet scent of cut hay and the fainter, more elusive perfume of wild phlox blooming along the dusty shoulders of the road. The land itself is a gentle swell, a rolling canvas that catches the sun in shifting patterns, painting the fields in hues of ochre and moss, and blurring the edges of the distant tree lines into soft, hazy washes. The history of Kevil is written in the quiet persistence of its people and the enduring rhythm of the seasons, a story tied inextricably to the fertile ground and the nearby waters. For generations, the economy of Kevil has been rooted in the cultivation of the land, a legacy passed down through calloused hands and an intimate knowledge of the earth's bounty. While farming remains the bedrock, the occasional glint of machinery on a distant tractor hints at a more modern approach to time-honored traditions. There’s a palpable sense of continuity here, a feeling that the past isn't so much buried as it is woven into the very fabric of the present, evident in the weathered barns that stand sentinel over fields that have yielded harvests for decades, each one a quiet testament to the enduring spirit of this Ballard County corner.
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| Location | Kevil, Ballard County, Kentucky |
| Coordinates | 37.085054°N, 88.886728°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 42053 |
| Area Code | 270, 364 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Kevil, 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 Kevil includes coordinates 37.085054°N, 88.886728°W, situated in Ballard County. ZIP code 42053. Telephone area code: 270, 364. Timezone: Central Time (America/Chicago).
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.