Manitou, Kentucky Weather
Manitou, Kentucky — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Manitou, Hopkins County.
Full aviation weather for Manitou is published on the Providence Webster County Airport (K8M9) page, 15 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 Manitou 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 Manitou: Tradewater Airport (K8M7) 22 km · Princeton-Caldwell County Airport (K2M0) 38 km · Sturgis Municipal Airport (KTWT) 38 km · Muhlenberg County Airport (KM21) 41 km · Marion-Crittenden County James C Johnson Regional Airport (KGDA) 47 km
Conditions reported at K8M9 describe the airfield itself. Weather 15 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Manitou specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Manitou.
About Manitou, Kentucky
Manitou rests in a landscape that breathes a quiet, earthy wisdom, where the land itself seems to hold its breath in the humid Kentucky air. It lies 32.1 miles south of Henderson, KY (from Henderson, KY: bearing 179°T), and is situated 5.3 miles north-west of Madisonville. Rolling hills, softened by the passage of seasons, cradle fields of corn and soybeans, their green hues deepening under the vast, often cloud-streaked sky. Old oak and hickory trees stand sentinel along the edges of these agricultural expanses, their branches gnarled like the hands of patient storytellers. The creeks that thread through the terrain, often barely a murmur, carry the scent of damp earth and decaying leaves, a constant, subtle reminder of the life that teems just beneath the surface. Even in the midday sun, a certain gentleness pervades Manitou, a sense that the world moves at its own deliberate pace, unhurried by the demands of the wider world. The history of Manitou is a narrative whispered by the land, a story tied to the fertile soil and the gentle currents of its waterways. Once, this area was a place of agricultural promise, its economy rooted in the bounty of the earth, and that legacy persists in the patchwork of farms that still define its character. While perhaps not boasting grand historical monuments, Manitou carries its past with a quiet dignity, a feeling that generations have lived and worked and found their place here. The distinctive character of Manitou is not found in loud pronouncements, but in the subtle textures of everyday life – the way the light falls through the leaves on a late afternoon, or the low hum of conversation from a porch swing on a warm evening. It is a place where the past is not a relic, but a living presence, interwoven with the present.
Live animated radar for Manitou 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 | Manitou, Hopkins County, Kentucky |
| Coordinates | 37.371156°N, 87.579726°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 42436 |
| Area Code | 270 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Manitou, Kentucky Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Manitou, 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 Manitou includes coordinates 37.371156°N, 87.579726°W, situated in Hopkins County. ZIP code 42436. Telephone area code: 270. 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.
