South Williamson, Kentucky Weather
South Williamson, Kentucky — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for South Williamson, Pike County.
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About South Williamson, Kentucky
South Williamson lies sprawled along the Cumberland River, a ribbon of brown water cutting through a landscape of steep, forested hills that rise like shoulders against the sky. It lies 52.4 miles south of Huntington, WV (from Huntington, WV: bearing 170°T), and is situated 0.4 miles west-south-west of Williamson. The air here carries the damp, earthy scent of decaying leaves and pine needles, a fragrance deepened by the frequent mist that clings to the hollows, softening the sharp edges of the terrain. The buildings of South Williamson seem to huddle together in the narrow floodplain, dwarfed by the immense, green walls that press in from all sides, their slopes etched with the skeletal remains of old logging roads. Sunlight, when it breaks through, arrives in broad, golden shafts, illuminating the dust motes dancing above the asphalt and glinting off the corrugated metal roofs of workshops and garages. The story of South Williamson is inextricably linked to the anthracite coal seams that lie buried beneath these ancient mountains, a history that shaped its boom-and-bust cycles and lent a certain stoic resilience to its people. For generations, the rhythm of life here was dictated by the clang of pickaxes and the rumble of coal trains, a legacy still visible in the weathered storefronts and the quiet pride of those who remember the prosperity of the mining era. Though the mines have largely fallen silent, the spirit of industry persists, manifest in the small businesses that line Main Street, catering to a population that understands the value of hard work and community. Occasionally, the distant drone of a truck carrying timber or the low hum of a generator breaks the pervasive quiet, reminders that the land continues to provide, albeit in different ways.
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| Location | South Williamson, Pike County, Kentucky |
| Coordinates | 37.672046°N, 82.28403°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 41503 |
| Area Code | 859 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This South Williamson, Kentucky Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for South Williamson, Kentucky, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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 South Williamson includes coordinates 37.672046°N, 82.284030°W, situated in Pike County. ZIP code 41503. Telephone area code: 859. Timezone: Eastern Time (America/New_York).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.
