Mount Vernon, Kentucky Weather
Mount Vernon, Kentucky — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Mount Vernon, Rockcastle County.
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About Mount Vernon, Kentucky
Mount Vernon sprawls across a rolling landscape where the Cumberland Plateau begins its dramatic descent. It lies 27.4 miles south of Richmond, KY (from Richmond, KY: bearing 185°T), and is situated 5.4 miles south-east of Brodhead. The land here is a mosaic of rounded hills, cloaked in the deep greens of hardwood forests that surrender to patches of cultivated fields and pasture. Creeks, often no more than a whisper in dry seasons, carve their way through the terrain, their banks lined with sycamores and the occasional stubborn pine. The air, especially on a clear morning before the sun fully claims the sky, carries a crispness, a tangible reminder of the elevation, and the scent of damp earth and pine needles. The very shape of the hills, softened by eons of rain and wind, suggests a quiet persistence, a landscape that has yielded but not broken. The history of Mount Vernon is deeply entwined with the timber and coal that once fueled its growth, a legacy still visible in the weathered barns and the ghost of a railroad spur that once connected this place to wider markets. The Rockcastle River, a vital artery in earlier times, flows nearby, its waters having carried logs and dreams downstream. Today, the economy of Mount Vernon is a more diverse affair, with agriculture still playing a part, and a growing reliance on small businesses and services catering to the surrounding rural communities. It is a place where the pace of life feels measured, dictated more by the seasons and the needs of the land than by the frantic pulse of distant cities. Here, the quiet hum of everyday life is punctuated by the occasional rumble of a truck on the highway, a reminder of the enduring connection to the outside world, yet the spirit of Mount Vernon remains rooted in its own distinct earth.
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| Location | Mount Vernon, Rockcastle County, Kentucky |
| Coordinates | 37.352862°N, 84.340492°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 40502, 42327, 40456 |
| Area Code | 270, 502 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Mount Vernon, Kentucky Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Mount Vernon, 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 Mount Vernon includes coordinates 37.352862°N, 84.340492°W, situated in Rockcastle County. ZIP code 40502, 42327, 40456. Telephone area code: 270, 502. 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.
