La Center, Kentucky Weather
La Center, Kentucky — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for La Center, Ballard County.
Full aviation weather for La Center is published on the Barkley Regional Airport (KPAH) 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 La Center 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 La Center: Cairo Regional Airport (KCIR) 22 km · Metropolis Municipal Airport (KM30) 23 km · Mississippi County Airport (KCHQ) 43 km · Mayfield Graves County Airport (KM25) 49 km · Cape Girardeau Regional Airport (KCGI) 55 km
Conditions reported at KPAH describe the airfield itself. Weather 18 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at La Center specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for La Center.
About La Center, Kentucky
La Center rests in a gentle hollow, where the rolling hills of Ballard County begin to soften their contours. It lies 20.6 miles west of Paducah, KY (from Paducah, KY: bearing 269°T), and is situated 4.8 miles west of Kevil. The land here breathes a quiet, verdant stillness, a landscape painted in broad strokes of emerald and gold under a sky that often stretches wide and blue. Ancient oaks, their branches gnarled like the hands of time, stand as silent sentinels over fields that unfurl in patchwork quilts of corn and soy. The air, especially in the late afternoon, carries a faint, sweet scent of drying grass and distant woodsmoke, a perfume of the earth itself. This is a place where the horizon feels close, inviting contemplation rather than grand pronouncements. The history of La Center is a quiet hum beneath the present-day murmur of life, a story told in the enduring presence of its agricultural roots. For generations, the rich soil has sustained the livelihoods of those who call this place home, their lives intertwined with the cycles of planting and harvest. The local economy, though modest, is anchored by the bounty of the land, with small farms and businesses forming the backbone of the community. A distinctive character emerges from this sustained connection to the earth, a grounded resilience evident in the unhurried pace of daily life. There are no grand monuments here, but rather a subtle beauty in the enduring simplicity of a community that has learned to thrive in harmony with its surroundings.
Live animated radar for La Center 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 | La Center, Ballard County, Kentucky |
| Coordinates | 37.07672°N, 88.973676°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 42056 |
| Area Code | 270, 364 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This La Center, Kentucky Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for La Center, 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 La Center includes coordinates 37.076720°N, 88.973676°W, situated in Ballard County. ZIP code 42056. 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. 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.
