St. Charles, Kentucky Weather
St. Charles, Kentucky — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for St. Charles, Hopkins County.
Full aviation weather for St. Charles is published on the Tradewater Airport (K8M7) page, 11 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 St. Charles 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 St. Charles: Princeton-Caldwell County Airport (K2M0) 28 km · Providence Webster County Airport (K8M9) 31 km · Muhlenberg County Airport (KM21) 36 km · Hopkinsville Christian County Airport (KHVC) 38 km · Marion-Crittenden County James C Johnson Regional Airport (KGDA) 52 km
Conditions reported at K8M7 describe the airfield itself. Weather 11 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at St. Charles specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for St. Charles.
About St. Charles, Kentucky
St. Charles, Kentucky, unfolds across a landscape that speaks of quiet resilience, where the rolling hills of the Pennyroyal Plateau begin to gently yield to the flatter, more fertile plains of western Kentucky. It lies 22.5 miles north of Hopkinsville, KY (from Hopkinsville, KY: bearing 351°T), and is situated 7.6 miles east of Dawson Springs. The air here, especially in the late afternoon, carries the faint, sweet scent of drying hay and the earthy tang of damp soil, a perfume that drifts lazily over fields of corn and soybeans stretching towards the hazy horizon. Mature oak and maple trees, their branches reaching like gnarled fingers, punctuate the countryside, offering pockets of cool shade that the sun struggles to penetrate during the summer months. The roads, often winding and narrow, meander between farmsteads, their white fences a crisp contrast against the verdant green and gold of the cultivated land, a scene that feels both timeless and deeply rooted in the earth. The history of St. Charles is etched not in grand monuments, but in the persistent spirit of its people and the enduring legacy of its past industries. For generations, this region pulsed with the rhythm of coal mining, a demanding and often dangerous occupation that shaped the very character of the community, leaving behind a quiet understanding of hard work and shared struggle. While the deep seams of coal no longer define the local economy with the same intensity, the echoes of that era remain, a subtle undercurrent in the town's fabric. Today, agriculture forms the backbone of St. Charles, with farms that have been passed down through families, continuing the tradition of tending the land that has always been its primary source of sustenance and pride. The local general store, a hub of conversation and commerce, offers a glimpse into this enduring way of life, a place where neighbors gather, sharing news and the simple pleasures of a community that knows its own worth.
Live animated radar for St. Charles 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 | St. Charles, Hopkins County, Kentucky |
| Coordinates | 37.1866°N, 87.555476°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 42453, 42442 |
| Area Code | 270 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This St. Charles, Kentucky Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for St. Charles, 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 St. Charles includes coordinates 37.186600°N, 87.555476°W, situated in Hopkins County. ZIP code 42453, 42442. 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.
