Paintsville, Kentucky Weather
Paintsville, Kentucky — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Paintsville, Johnson County.
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About Paintsville, Kentucky
Paintsville lies where the Tug Fork of the Big Sandy River begins its journey, a place defined by the rolling, forested hills of Eastern Kentucky. It lies 46.2 miles south-south-west of Huntington, WV (from Huntington, WV: bearing 205°T), and is situated 2.4 miles north-west of West Van Lear. The landscape here is a study in verdant layers, with ridges rising sharply from the valley floor, their slopes cloaked in a dense, mixed hardwood forest that hums with the unseen life of insects and birds. In the summer, the air grows thick with the scent of pine and damp earth, and the light, filtering through the canopy, casts a shifting mosaic on the winding roads and scattered homes. The river itself, a ribbon of muted brown, follows the contours of the land, its banks often steep and overgrown, giving a sense of a world that has been shaped more by the patient hand of nature than by human intervention. The story of Paintsville is deeply entwined with the rich veins of coal that lie beneath these hills, a history that has left its indelible mark on the character of the place. For generations, the local economy was fueled by the demanding labor of mining, a heritage that still echoes in the stoic resilience of its people and the weathered facades of its older buildings. This past has also given rise to a vibrant musical tradition, with Paintsville being the birthplace of Loretta Lynn, the “Coal Miner’s Daughter,” whose songs brought the stories and struggles of Appalachia to a national audience. Today, while the landscape still bears the scars and memories of its industrial past, a quiet determination persists, a spirit that finds beauty in the enduring natural world and in the simple, yet profound, connections of community.
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| Location | Paintsville, Johnson County, Kentucky |
| Coordinates | 37.814538°N, 82.807105°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 41240, 41222 |
| Area Code | 859 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Paintsville, Kentucky Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Paintsville, 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 Paintsville includes coordinates 37.814538°N, 82.807105°W, situated in Johnson County. ZIP code 41240, 41222. Telephone area code: 859. 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.
