Whitesburg, Kentucky Weather
Whitesburg, Kentucky — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Whitesburg, Letcher County.
Full aviation weather for Whitesburg is published on the Lonesome Pine Airport (KLNP) page, 30 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. 4 airfields within reach of Whitesburg 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 Whitesburg: Wendell H Ford Airport (KCPF) 48 km · Pike County Airport Hatcher Field (KPBX) 54 km · Tucker Guthrie Memorial Airport (KI35) 55 km
Conditions reported at KLNP describe the airfield itself. Weather 30 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Whitesburg specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Whitesburg.
About Whitesburg, Kentucky
Whitesburg clings to the embrace of the Cumberland Mountains, a place where the sky feels like a distant rumor, often softened by the brooding presence of the peaks. It lies 38.8 miles north-north-west of Marshall, TN (from Marshall, TN: bearing 346°T), and is situated 8.4 miles south-west of Fleming-Neon. The North Fork of the Kentucky River, a ribbon of jade and pewter, snakes through the valley floor, its banks lined with a tenacious green that fights for purchase on the steep slopes. Houses, painted in hues of faded defiance, cling to the hillsides like moss, their porches offering quiet observation posts over the slow churn of life below. The air itself carries a scent of damp earth and pine, a constant reminder of the wilderness that presses in, shaping the very contours of the land and the lives lived within its confines. For generations, the deep veins of coal beneath these mountains fueled distant cities, and though the mines have largely fallen silent, their legacy still hums in the quiet corners of Whitesburg. The economy, once driven by the clang of pickaxes and the rumble of coal trains, now finds its pulse in smaller enterprises, local crafts, and the enduring spirit of its people. The historic courthouse, a solid brick sentinel, stands as a testament to a history of resilience and adaptation, a place where the county's past is still charted in its weathered facade. The town’s character is etched not in grand monuments, but in the thoughtful gestures of neighbors, the shared stories exchanged on a front porch, and the unhurried way the days unfold, mirroring the patient, enduring rhythm of the mountains themselves.
Live animated radar for Whitesburg 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 | Whitesburg, Letcher County, Kentucky |
| Coordinates | 37.118432°N, 82.826826°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 41858 |
| Area Code | 606 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Whitesburg, Kentucky Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Whitesburg, 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 Whitesburg includes coordinates 37.118432°N, 82.826826°W, situated in Letcher County. ZIP code 41858. Telephone area code: 606. Timezone: Eastern Time (America/New_York).
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.
