Powderly, Kentucky Weather
Powderly, Kentucky — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Powderly, Muhlenberg County.
Full aviation weather for Powderly is published on the Muhlenberg County Airport (KM21) page, 1 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 Powderly 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 Powderly: Ohio County Airport (KJQD) 37 km · Tradewater Airport (K8M7) 46 km · Hopkinsville Christian County Airport (KHVC) 50 km · Providence Webster County Airport (K8M9) 55 km · Owensboro Daviess County Airport (KOWB) 56 km
Conditions reported at KM21 describe the airfield itself. Weather 1 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Powderly specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Powderly.
About Powderly, Kentucky
Powderly rests in a gentle hollow, where the land begins its slow tilt toward the Green River. It lies 31.4 miles north-east of Hopkinsville, KY (from Hopkinsville, KY: bearing 35°T), and is situated 4.4 miles south-south-west of Central City. Rolling hills, cloaked in a mix of deciduous trees and open fields of corn and soybeans, define the horizon. The air here, especially in the late afternoon, carries the scent of damp earth and ripening grain, a quiet perfume that settles over the landscape. Small farmsteads dot the terrain, their weathered barns and silos standing like stoic sentinels against the wide Kentucky sky, a sky that can, in the summer months, hold the stillness of a held breath before a storm. The story of Powderly is deeply entwined with the coal beneath its soil. For generations, the rhythm of life here was dictated by the mines, a boom-and-bust cycle that shaped the character of its people and the very contours of the land. While the deep seams have largely been worked out, the legacy remains in the weathered storefronts of its main street and the quiet pride of those who remember the days of the company towns. Today, agriculture forms the backbone of Powderly’s economy, with farmers tending the rich bottomlands and the surrounding slopes, their lives tied to the turning of the seasons and the market prices for their crops. A distinctive quiet has settled over Powderly, a slower pace that allows for the observation of small things: the way the light catches the dust motes in a sunbeam slanting through a church window, or the murmur of conversation drifting from a porch on a warm evening.
Live animated radar for Powderly 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 | Powderly, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky |
| Coordinates | 37.236987°N, 87.159163°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 42367 |
| Area Code | 270 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Powderly, Kentucky Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Powderly, 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 Powderly includes coordinates 37.236987°N, 87.159163°W, situated in Muhlenberg County. ZIP code 42367. 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.
