Rochester, Kentucky Weather
Rochester, Kentucky — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Rochester, Butler County.
Full aviation weather for Rochester is published on the Muhlenberg County Airport (KM21) page, 23 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. 5 airfields within reach of Rochester 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 Rochester: Ohio County Airport (KJQD) 28 km · Russellville Logan County Airport (K4M7) 46 km · Bowling Green Warren County Regional Airport (KBWG) 50 km · Grayson County Airport (KM20) 60 km
Conditions reported at KM21 describe the airfield itself. Weather 23 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Rochester specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Rochester.
About Rochester, Kentucky
Rochester rests in a quiet pocket of Butler County, Kentucky, where the land breathes a gentle, rolling sigh. It lies 29.1 miles west-north-west of Bowling Green, KY (from Bowling Green, KY: bearing 302°T), and is situated 8.1 miles east-north-east of Beechmont. Here, the Green River, a broad, amber ribbon, curves and meanders, its banks often fringed with willows that weep their verdant tendrils towards the water’s surface. The terrain is a soft quilt of cultivated fields, stitched with patches of mature woodland where the light filters through in dappled patterns, painting the forest floor with fleeting gold. Beyond the cultivated areas, the land rises and falls in a series of low ridges, their contours softened by the passage of seasons and the patient work of generations. The air itself seems to carry a certain stillness, a hushed expectancy that settles over the landscape as dusk deepens, the sky bleeding from cerulean to a bruised lavender. The history of Rochester is as intertwined with the Green River as the river’s own course is with the very fabric of the land it nourishes. For decades, the river served as the lifeblood of the community, a highway for trade and a source of livelihood, its waters once bustling with the commerce of steamboats and barges. Though the roar of industry has long since faded, a quiet resilience persists, a testament to the enduring spirit of its inhabitants. Today, the economy of Rochester is a mosaic, drawing sustenance from the fertile soil that yields its crops and the quiet hum of local businesses that cater to the everyday needs of its residents. The town retains a distinct, unhurried character, a place where the rhythm of life is dictated less by the ticking of clocks and more by the slow turning of the earth and the predictable flow of the river.
Live animated radar for Rochester 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 | Rochester, Butler County, Kentucky |
| Coordinates | 37.212544°N, 86.893049°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 42273 |
| Area Code | 270 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Rochester, Kentucky Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Rochester, 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 Rochester includes coordinates 37.212544°N, 86.893049°W, situated in Butler County. ZIP code 42273. 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.
