West Point, Kentucky Weather
West Point, Kentucky — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for West Point, Hardin County.
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About West Point, Kentucky
West Point, Kentucky, unfolds like a hushed story in the rolling foothills where the Salt River meets the Ohio. It lies 20.1 miles south of Floyd, IN (from Floyd, IN: bearing 188°T), and is situated 7.5 miles north of Fort Knox. Here, the land remembers the patient work of water, its gentle curves and deep breaths shaping the terrain into a quiet dignity. The air, especially in the lingering light of late afternoon, carries a soft, almost palpable weight, a blend of damp earth and the distant sweetness of ripening corn. Ancient trees, their branches reaching like gnarled fingers, stand sentinel over fields that ripple with the subtle shifts of wind, their leaves whispering secrets of seasons past. The horizon is a soft watercolor wash, where the sky bleeds into the greening land, a constant, calming presence. This confluence of waterways has long been the lifeblood of West Point, its history etched not in grand monuments but in the steady pulse of commerce and community. For generations, the rivers have dictated the rhythm of life, drawing boats laden with goods and people, fostering a spirit of resilience and self-reliance. The echoes of steamboats and barges still seem to linger on the water, a reminder of an era when this river junction was a vital artery of trade. Though agriculture remains a cornerstone, the quiet hum of small industries now supplements the land's bounty, a testament to West Point's enduring capacity to adapt, always tethered to the enduring strength of its watery boundaries.
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| Location | West Point, Hardin County, Kentucky |
| Coordinates | 37.999516°N, 85.943575°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 40177 |
| Area Code | 502 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This West Point, Kentucky Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for West Point, 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 West Point includes coordinates 37.999516°N, 85.943575°W, situated in Hardin County. ZIP code 40177. 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.
