Russellville, Kentucky Weather
Russellville, Kentucky — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Russellville, Logan County.
Full aviation weather for Russellville is published on the Russellville Logan County Airport (K4M7) page, 8 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. 4 airfields within reach of Russellville 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 Russellville: Springfield Robertson County Airport (KM91) 34 km · Bowling Green Warren County Regional Airport (KBWG) 44 km · Portland Municipal Airport (K1M5) 46 km
Conditions reported at K4M7 describe the airfield itself. Weather 8 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Russellville specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Russellville.
About Russellville, Kentucky
Russellville, Kentucky, unfolds across a landscape of gently rolling hills, a verdant tapestry woven from fertile farmland and scattered woodlands. It lies 26.5 miles west-south-west of Bowling Green, KY (from Bowling Green, KY: bearing 248°T), and is situated 9.9 miles west of Auburn. The air here, especially in the languid afternoons of late summer, carries a whisper of warm earth and ripening crops, a scent that settles into the very pores of the place. The terrain, neither aggressively mountainous nor flatly monotonous, offers a pleasing variety, with creeks and small rivers tracing their way through the shallow valleys, their banks often lined with willows that lean in, as if sharing secrets with the water. The sky above Russellville often stretches wide and pale blue, punctuated by the slow drift of cumulus clouds, casting fleeting shadows that move with a deliberate grace across the fields of corn and soybeans. The history of Russellville is deeply entwined with the rich soil that surrounds it, a legacy that began with agricultural pursuits and evolved to embrace a diverse local economy. Once a significant stop on the stagecoach routes, the town retains a sense of its past in the stately old homes that line some of its older streets, their porches offering a cool respite from the Kentucky sun. The Logan County courthouse, a solid brick edifice, stands as a quiet testament to decades of civic life, a focal point for the community’s enduring spirit. While agriculture remains a cornerstone, the economic pulse of Russellville now includes a mix of small manufacturing and service industries, supporting a population that values a measured pace of life, where conversations can still unfold unhurriedly on a storefront bench.
Live animated radar for Russellville 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 | Russellville, Logan County, Kentucky |
| Coordinates | 36.84532°N, 86.887219°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 42276 |
| Area Code | 270 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Russellville, Kentucky Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Russellville, 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 Russellville includes coordinates 36.845320°N, 86.887219°W, situated in Logan County. ZIP code 42276. 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.
