Perryville, Kentucky — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Perryville, Hart County.
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Perryville unfolds as a quiet settlement where the rolling hills of Kentucky begin to soften their edges, giving way to a landscape of fertile bottomlands and gentle slopes. It lies 28.3 miles south of Elizabethtown, KY (from Elizabethtown, KY: bearing 184°T), and is situated 7.3 miles north of Horse Cave. The air here often carries the scent of damp earth and ripening corn, especially in the humid embrace of summer, and the light at dusk can paint the western sky in hues of bruised plum and soft gold, casting long shadows across the fields. Old farmhouses, their paint weathered to a soft grey, stand sentinel over tracts of land that have been worked for generations, and the occasional stand of mature oak trees, their branches reaching like gnarled fingers, speaks of a time before modern machinery claimed the fields. A palpable sense of stillness often pervades Perryville, a quietude broken only by the distant rumble of a tractor or the lowing of cattle. This corner of Hart County carries the quiet dignity of its agrarian past, a history deeply intertwined with the cultivation of tobacco and the steady rhythm of the seasons. The local economy, though diversified, still finds its bedrock in the land, with farmers tending to crops and livestock with a practiced hand. The presence of the nearby Green River, a vital artery for commerce and sustenance in earlier times, still lends a certain character to the region, its waters reflecting the ever-changing sky. Perryville's story is not one of grand pronouncements or bustling industry, but rather of enduring resilience, of families who have put down roots and found their livelihood in the rich soil and the shared understanding that comes from living in close communion with nature.
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| Location | Perryville, Hart County, Kentucky |
| Coordinates | 37.285053°N, 85.898304°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 40468, 42765 |
| Area Code | 270, 502 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Perryville, 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 Perryville includes coordinates 37.285053°N, 85.898304°W, situated in Hart County. ZIP code 40468, 42765. 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.