Wheatcroft, Kentucky Weather
Wheatcroft, Kentucky — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Wheatcroft, Webster County.
Full aviation weather for Wheatcroft is published on the Sturgis Municipal Airport (KTWT) page, 10 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 Wheatcroft 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 Wheatcroft: Providence Webster County Airport (K8M9) 13 km · Marion-Crittenden County James C Johnson Regional Airport (KGDA) 28 km · Tradewater Airport (K8M7) 38 km · Henderson City County Airport (KEHR) 39 km · Princeton-Caldwell County Airport (K2M0) 42 km
Conditions reported at KTWT describe the airfield itself. Weather 10 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Wheatcroft specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Wheatcroft.
About Wheatcroft, Kentucky
Wheatcroft rests in a place where the land breathes a soft, rolling exhale, a gentle topography sculpted by the patient hand of water and time. It lies 28.2 miles south-south-west of Henderson, KY (from Henderson, KY: bearing 212°T), and is situated 2.3 miles south of Williams. The fields here are a patchwork quilt of greens and golds, depending on the season, stretching out under a sky that often holds the bruised, beautiful hues of an approaching storm or the clear, boundless blue of a bright afternoon. The air itself carries a certain weight, a stillness broken only by the rustle of corn stalks or the distant hum of a tractor, a quiet testament to the agrarian heart of this Kentucky soil. Evenings in Wheatcroft are painted with a light that softens the edges of the world, turning the familiar landscape into something more profound, a hushed whisper of the earth. The story of Wheatcroft is inextricably linked to the rich seams of coal that lie beneath its surface, a history that shaped its very beginnings and fueled its early economy. For generations, the rhythm of life here was dictated by the mines, the camaraderie and the grit of the men who brought the black diamonds to the surface. Though the landscape bears the marks of this industrial past, the enduring spirit of Wheatcroft is also found in its resilient agricultural roots, the farms that continue to yield their bounty. Local gatherings, often held under the wide expanse of the evening sky, speak of a community that cherishes its shared memories and the simple, steady pulse of everyday life, a continuity that binds its past to its present.
Live animated radar for Wheatcroft 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.
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| Location | Wheatcroft, Webster County, Kentucky |
| Coordinates | 37.490046°N, 87.862796°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 42463 |
| Area Code | 270 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Wheatcroft, Kentucky Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Wheatcroft, 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 Wheatcroft includes coordinates 37.490046°N, 87.862796°W, situated in Webster County. ZIP code 42463. 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.
