McHenry, Kentucky Weather
McHenry, Kentucky — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for McHenry, Ohio County.
Full aviation weather for McHenry is published on the Ohio County Airport (KJQD) page, 11 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 McHenry 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 McHenry: Muhlenberg County Airport (KM21) 27 km · Owensboro Daviess County Airport (KOWB) 45 km · Grayson County Airport (KM20) 58 km
Conditions reported at KJQD describe the airfield itself. Weather 11 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at McHenry specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for McHenry.
About McHenry, Kentucky
McHenry, Kentucky, unfolds under a sky that often holds the bruised, tender hues of approaching rain, its landscape a gentle swell of rolling hills that hint at the deeper, folded terrain of the larger Kentucky landscape. It lies 29.0 miles south-south-east of Owensboro, KY (from Owensboro, KY: bearing 159°T), and is situated 2.9 miles west-south-west of Beaver Dam. The air here, especially in the late afternoon, carries the earthy scent of turned soil and the faint, sweet perfume of unseen wildflowers, a quiet testament to the fertile ground. Small farmsteads dot the countryside, their weathered barns standing sentinel against the vastness of cultivated fields and the darker, more mysterious shadows of the forested ridges that hem the horizon. The rhythm of McHenry is one of seasons turning, of crops growing and being harvested, a steady, grounded pulse that resonates in the quiet hum of cicadas on a summer evening. This corner of Ohio County, Kentucky, carries the deep imprint of coal. Though the mines that once defined its economy are largely quiet now, their legacy lingers in the stoic faces of its residents and the occasional stark beauty of reclaimed land. The local economy has shifted, finding new footing in agriculture and the quiet industries that sustain rural life, a resilience born from generations who understood the land’s bounty and its demands. McHenry remembers its past, not with grand monuments, but in the stories whispered over front porches and the enduring spirit of a people who coaxed a living from this rich, sometimes challenging, earth.
Live animated radar for McHenry 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 | McHenry, Ohio County, Kentucky |
| Coordinates | 37.381991°N, 86.922493°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 42354, 42320 |
| Area Code | 270 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This McHenry, Kentucky Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for McHenry, 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 McHenry includes coordinates 37.381991°N, 86.922493°W, situated in Ohio County. ZIP code 42354, 42320. 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.
