Pleasant Ridge, Kentucky Weather
Pleasant Ridge, Kentucky — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Pleasant Ridge, Ohio County.
Full aviation weather for Pleasant Ridge is published on the Ohio County Airport (KJQD) page, 20 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 Pleasant Ridge 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 Pleasant Ridge: Owensboro Daviess County Airport (KOWB) 22 km · Hancock County-Ron Lewis Field (KKY8) 41 km · Muhlenberg County Airport (KM21) 44 km · Breckinridge County Airport (KI93) 52 km · Perry County Municipal Airport (KTEL) 53 km
Conditions reported at KJQD describe the airfield itself. Weather 20 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Pleasant Ridge specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Pleasant Ridge.
About Pleasant Ridge, Kentucky
Pleasant Ridge unfolds across a landscape where the earth itself seems to breathe, a rolling expanse of Ohio County, Kentucky, characterized by broad fields and the gentle rise and fall of the terrain. It lies 14.0 miles south-south-east of Owensboro, KY (from Owensboro, KY: bearing 150°T), and is situated 5.9 miles south-south-east of Masonville. Here, the sky feels vast, often painted with the soft, diffused light of late afternoon that casts long, tender shadows across the cultivated land. Ancient oaks, their limbs gnarled and reaching, stand sentinel over pastures where cattle graze with a slow, deliberate grace, and the air carries the faint, sweet scent of ripening corn and damp soil. The very contours of the land suggest a patient shaping, not by sudden force, but by the slow, persistent hand of time and weather, lending a quiet dignity to the scattered farmsteads and the open, sun-drenched spaces between them. The history of Pleasant Ridge is deeply entwined with the fertile soil and the enduring spirit of its inhabitants, a lineage tracing back to those who first cleared these lands for agriculture. The local economy has long been rooted in the bounty of the earth, with farming remaining a cornerstone, though the subtle hum of industry can be heard in the distance, hinting at a diversification that sustains this corner of Kentucky. This is a place where traditions are not so much announced as they are lived, a quiet continuation of ways that have proven themselves resilient, like the sturdy barns that dot the landscape, weathering seasons and standing as silent witnesses to the generations that have called Pleasant Ridge home. The rhythm here is one of seasons turning, of crops planted and harvested, a steady beat that underpins the lives of those who find their peace and purpose on this particular ridge.
Live animated radar for Pleasant Ridge 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.
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| Location | Pleasant Ridge, Ohio County, Kentucky |
| Coordinates | 37.598382°N, 86.987216°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 42376 |
| Area Code | 270 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Pleasant Ridge, Kentucky Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Pleasant Ridge, 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 Pleasant Ridge includes coordinates 37.598382°N, 86.987216°W, situated in Ohio County. ZIP code 42376. 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.
