Uniontown, Kentucky Weather
Uniontown, Kentucky — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Uniontown, Union County.
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About Uniontown, Kentucky
Uniontown unfurls along the lowlands where the Ohio River, a broad, patient artery, dictates the horizon. It lies 15.8 miles south of Posey, IN (from Posey, IN: bearing 187°T), and is situated 6.4 miles north of Morganfield. The land here is a soft, fertile quilt, primarily flat with a gentle swell that hints at the ancient work of water and wind, rather than the sharp pronouncements of mountains. Fields of corn and soybeans stretch in neat, verdant swathes, their stalks rustling with a dry whisper in the summer breeze, punctuated by the occasional cluster of oaks and maples that mark property lines or stand as solitary sentinels. The air, particularly in the late afternoon, carries a humid sweetness, a blend of sun-baked earth and the distant, watery exhalations of the river, and the light itself seems to thicken, turning the green of the crops to a deeper, richer hue as the day draws to a close. The history of Uniontown is inextricably tied to that great river, its founding and growth shaped by trade and the ebb and flow of commerce. For generations, this was a place where barges laden with goods plied the waters, and the local economy was built on the bounty of the surrounding farmland and the logistical advantages of its riverfront. Though the grand steamboats of yesteryear are now mostly memories, the echoes of that industrious past still resonate, a quiet hum beneath the present-day pace of life. You can still feel it in the weathered brick of older buildings downtown, and in the way the townsfolk speak of the river, not just as a landmark, but as a living, breathing entity that has sustained Uniontown through boom and quiet.
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| Location | Uniontown, Union County, Kentucky |
| Coordinates | 37.775322°N, 87.930583°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 42461 |
| Area Code | 270 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Uniontown, Kentucky Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Uniontown, 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 Uniontown includes coordinates 37.775322°N, 87.930583°W, situated in Union County. ZIP code 42461. 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. 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.
