Watterson Park, Kentucky Weather
Watterson Park, Kentucky — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Watterson Park, Jefferson County.
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About Watterson Park, Kentucky
Watterson Park unfolds as a verdant expanse, a gentle breathing space where the Ohio River Valley's undulating terrain meets a sky that often hangs heavy with the promise of a summer shower. It lies 5.9 miles south-east of Louisville, KY (from Louisville, KY: bearing 136°T), and is situated 6.6 miles south-south-east of Jeffersonville. Here, the land slopes with a quiet grace, not dramatic, but enough to feel the pull of gravity, to understand the slow, persistent work of water. Mature oaks, their limbs thick and gnarled as an old man’s knuckles, stand sentinel over open fields, their leaves a rustling chorus in the persistent breeze. In the hush of late afternoon, the light slants through these trees, painting elongated shadows that stretch and warp across the mown grass, a fleeting, golden geometry. The air itself carries a subtle, earthy perfume, a blend of damp soil, sun-baked leaves, and the distant, faint hum of traffic, a reminder of the world beyond this green sanctuary. This land, once part of a broader agricultural landscape that fed the burgeoning needs of Louisville, now serves as a vital green lung for Jefferson County, a place where the echoes of its past are felt in the enduring rhythm of the seasons rather than the clatter of industry. Though the fields no longer yield their crops in earnest, the legacy of cultivation lingers in the orderly arrangement of its parkland, the carefully tended flowerbeds, and the wide, inviting lawns that recall a more pastoral era. Watterson Park, in its present form, functions as a community gathering point, a stage for weekend leisure, and a quiet refuge where the everyday concerns of the surrounding neighborhoods momentarily recede. The nearby arteries of commerce, while essential to the region's vitality, seem to fade into a muted roar at the park's edges, allowing the chirping of birds and the murmur of conversation to take precedence.
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| Location | Watterson Park, Jefferson County, Kentucky |
| Coordinates | 38.192292°N, 85.683294°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 40218 |
| Area Code | 502 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Watterson Park, Kentucky Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Watterson Park, 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 Watterson Park includes coordinates 38.192292°N, 85.683294°W, situated in Jefferson County. ZIP code 40218. 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. 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.
