Manchester, Kentucky Weather
Manchester, Kentucky — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Manchester, Clay County.
Full aviation weather for Manchester is published on the London-Corbin Airport/Magee Field (KLOZ) page, 30 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. 4 airfields within reach of Manchester 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 Manchester: Tucker Guthrie Memorial Airport (KI35) 48 km · Wendell H Ford Airport (KCPF) 51 km · Williamsburg Whitley County Airport (KBYL) 56 km
Conditions reported at KLOZ describe the airfield itself. Weather 30 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Manchester specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Manchester.
About Manchester, Kentucky
Manchester, a place where the hills of Eastern Kentucky begin their slow, patient rise, holds a quiet dignity in its embrace of the landscape. It lies 46.9 miles north of Claiborne, TN (from Claiborne, TN: bearing 351°T), and is situated 17.8 miles east of London. The terrain here is a study in greens and browns, a rugged quilt stitched by ravines and ridges, where the Redbird River carves its winding path through the valley floor. Oak and pine trees cling to the slopes, their branches reaching towards a sky that can shift from a brilliant cerulean to a brooding pewter with astonishing speed. The air, especially in the early morning, carries the damp scent of earth and pine needles, a clean, invigorating aroma that speaks of untamed wildness just beyond the edges of settlement. The houses, many painted in muted blues and greys, seem to hunker down against the elements, their porches offering a welcoming, if understated, invitation to linger. Manchester's story is deeply entwined with the extraction of resources that shaped so much of this region. Coal, once the lifeblood of the surrounding hollers, left its indelible mark, a complex legacy of boom and bust that still whispers through the local consciousness. The economy today, while diversified, still carries the echoes of that past, with a resilient spirit evident in the small businesses that dot the main thoroughfare. The Redbird River, though not a grand waterway, serves as a constant presence, its murmur a gentle counterpoint to the everyday sounds of life in Manchester. This is a place where generations have called home, where the rhythm of life is set by the changing seasons and the enduring strength of community, a quiet testament to the enduring spirit of those who have made Manchester their own.
Live animated radar for Manchester 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 | Manchester, Clay County, Kentucky |
| Coordinates | 37.153701°N, 83.761864°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 40962 |
| Area Code | 606 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Manchester, Kentucky Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Manchester, 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 Manchester includes coordinates 37.153701°N, 83.761864°W, situated in Clay County. ZIP code 40962. 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.
