Salvisa, Kentucky Weather
Salvisa, Kentucky — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Salvisa, Mercer County.
Full aviation weather for Salvisa is published on the Blue Grass Airport (KLEX) page, 26 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 Salvisa 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 Salvisa: Capital City Airport (KFFT) 30 km · Stuart Powell Field (KDVK) 38 km · Lebanon Springfield Airport - George Hoerter Field (K6I2) 46 km · Georgetown-Scott County Regional Airport (K27K) 51 km · Central Kentucky Regional Airport (KRGA) 56 km
Conditions reported at KLEX describe the airfield itself. Weather 26 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Salvisa specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Salvisa.
About Salvisa, Kentucky
Salvisa rests in a landscape of rolling hills, where fields of corn and soybeans stretch to the horizon, their verdant hues deepening in the late afternoon sun. It lies 15.7 miles west of Nicholasville, KY (from Nicholasville, KY: bearing 279°T), and is situated 8.6 miles south-south-east of Lawrenceburg. The air here carries the scent of damp earth and distant woodsmoke, a quiet perfume that speaks of enduring agriculture. Farmhouses, their paint weathered to soft blues and greys, stand sentinel against the sky, their porch lights beginning to bloom like shy stars as dusk approaches. The land itself breathes with a gentle, persistent rhythm, a slow exhale of fertile soil that has sustained generations. The history of Salvisa is etched into the very grain of its being, a narrative of hardworking settlers who found their fortune in the rich bottomlands along the nearby Kentucky River. For decades, tobacco and hemp were the lifeblood of this community, their cultivation shaping the contours of the land and the character of its people. While the days of vast plantations have long passed, the legacy of that agricultural past remains visible in the sturdy barns and the quiet pride of those who continue to farm the land. Today, the local economy still leans heavily on the bounty of the earth, with small businesses catering to the needs of a farming populace, and the occasional antique shop hinting at the stories held within the old houses.
Live animated radar for Salvisa 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 | Salvisa, Mercer County, Kentucky |
| Coordinates | 37.916742°N, 84.857728°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 40372 |
| Area Code | 502 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Salvisa, Kentucky Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Salvisa, 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 Salvisa includes coordinates 37.916742°N, 84.857728°W, situated in Mercer County. ZIP code 40372. Telephone area code: 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. 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.
