Williams, Kentucky Weather
Williams, Kentucky — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Williams, Webster County.
Full aviation weather for Williams is published on the Sturgis Municipal Airport (KTWT) page, 8 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 Williams 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 Williams: Providence Webster County Airport (K8M9) 16 km · Marion-Crittenden County James C Johnson Regional Airport (KGDA) 30 km · Henderson City County Airport (KEHR) 35 km · Tradewater Airport (K8M7) 41 km · Princeton-Caldwell County Airport (K2M0) 45 km
Conditions reported at KTWT describe the airfield itself. Weather 8 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Williams specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Williams.
About Williams, Kentucky
Williams unfolds across a gentle, rolling terrain where fields of corn and soybeans stretch towards horizons softened by the humid air. It lies 26.1 miles south-west of Henderson, KY (from Henderson, KY: bearing 214°T), and is situated 7.0 miles east-south-east of Sturgis. The land here is the color of rich, dark loam, a fertile canvas that has been tended for generations, and in the late afternoon, the sun bleeds a honeyed light across the landscape, illuminating the dust motes dancing above the country roads. The houses, scattered widely, often stand with wide porches, inviting the slow drift of summer evenings, and the breeze carries the faint, sweet scent of cut hay and the distant drone of cicadas. This corner of Webster County whispers of a history rooted in the earth and the labor it demands. Williams itself, a small settlement, once pulsed with the quiet hum of agricultural life, its economy tied intrinsically to the bounty of the surrounding farms. While the larger industries of coal mining once shaped the broader region, here the focus remained on the cultivation of the land. The old general store, though its doors may now be closed, still stands as a silent sentinel to the days when it was the hub of local commerce and a gathering place for neighbors, a place where stories were exchanged as readily as goods, and the rhythm of the seasons dictated the pace of life in Williams.
Live animated radar for Williams 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 | Williams, Webster County, Kentucky |
| Coordinates | 37.523656°N, 87.859741°W |
| Timezone | America/Kentucky/Louisville |
| ZIP Code(s) | 42404, 42463 |
| Area Code | 270 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Williams, Kentucky Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Williams, 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 Williams includes coordinates 37.523656°N, 87.859741°W, situated in Webster County. ZIP code 42404, 42463. Telephone area code: 270. Timezone: America/Kentucky/Louisville.
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.
