McDowell, Kentucky Weather
McDowell, Kentucky — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for McDowell, Floyd County.
Full aviation weather for McDowell is published on the Pike County Airport Hatcher Field (KPBX) page, 19 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 McDowell 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 McDowell: Big Sandy Regional Airport (KSJS) 34 km · Wendell H Ford Airport (KCPF) 47 km · Julian Carroll Airport (KJKL) 54 km · Lonesome Pine Airport (KLNP) 55 km · Southern West Virginia Regional Airport (KEBD) 60 km
Conditions reported at KPBX describe the airfield itself. Weather 19 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at McDowell specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for McDowell.
About McDowell, Kentucky
McDowell unfurls in a verdant embrace, a collection of homes and weathered buildings clinging to the steep slopes of the Appalachian Mountains. It lies 61.2 miles north of Marshall, TN (from Marshall, TN: bearing 356°T), and is situated 8.6 miles north of Wheelwright. The air here, especially in the early morning, carries the damp, earthy scent of pine needles and decaying leaves, a fragrance that seems to seep into the very bones of the land. Ridge after ridge, cloaked in a dense, emerald forest, rises and falls like the sleeping forms of giants, their summits often lost in a soft, ethereal mist that softens the edges of the world. The narrow valleys, where the heart of McDowell beats, are etched by the persistent, murmuring flow of small creeks, their waters a cool, clear ribbon threading through the landscape, reflecting the dappled sunlight that filters through the canopy above. The spirit of McDowell is intrinsically tied to the deep, dark veins of coal that once pulsed beneath these hills, a legacy that has shaped its past and continues to whisper through its present. Generations have toiled in the earth, their lives a testament to the rugged resilience required to coax a living from this challenging terrain. While the boom times of the mines have largely receded, a quiet determination persists, evident in the small businesses that line the main thoroughfare and the gardens that bloom defiantly on precarious inclines. The local economy, now a more varied tapestry, still bears the indelible mark of its mining heritage, a history that infuses the very air with a sense of enduring strength, like the steady, unwavering gaze of a seasoned mountaineer.
Live animated radar for McDowell 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 | McDowell, Floyd County, Kentucky |
| Coordinates | 37.455934°N, 82.736269°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 41647, 41651 |
| Area Code | 606 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This McDowell, Kentucky Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for McDowell, 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 McDowell includes coordinates 37.455934°N, 82.736269°W, situated in Floyd County. ZIP code 41647, 41651. 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.
