Martin, Kentucky — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Martin, Floyd County.
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Martin unfolds in a verdant embrace, where the Appalachian foothills rise with a quiet insistence, their slopes cloaked in a dense tapestry of hardwoods that shimmer emerald in the summer sun and ignite in fiery hues come autumn. It lies 60.8 miles south-south-west of Huntington, WV (from Huntington, WV: bearing 196°T), and is situated 6.5 miles south of Prestonsburg. Deep hollows, like secrets whispered by the land, cradle the scattered homes and businesses, their chimneys sometimes puffing thin plumes of smoke that mingle with the mist clinging to the ridges. The air here carries the clean, damp scent of earth and pine, a perfume that deepens after a rainfall, and the light, especially as dusk begins its slow descent, casts long, painterly shadows that stretch and soften the rugged contours of the terrain, lending a serene grandeur to the everyday. The story of Martin is inextricably linked to the earth's bounty, its character shaped by the veins of coal that once pulsed beneath its surface, fueling an economy that brought both prosperity and hardship. Though the mines have largely quieted, their legacy remains in the resilient spirit of its people and the enduring kinship forged through shared experience. The Floyd Fork of the Big Sandy River, a ribbon of brown water, winds its way through the landscape, a constant, murmuring presence that has witnessed generations ebb and flow. In Martin, life moves with a deliberate cadence, a testament to the enduring rhythms of nature and the deep-rooted connections that bind its inhabitants to this particular corner of Kentucky.
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| Location | Martin, Floyd County, Kentucky |
| Coordinates | 37.572876°N, 82.752659°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 41649 |
| Area Code | 606 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Martin, 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 Martin includes coordinates 37.572876°N, 82.752659°W, situated in Floyd County. ZIP code 41649. 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. 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.