Winchester, Kentucky Weather
Winchester, Kentucky — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for Winchester, Clark County.
Full aviation weather for Winchester is published on the Mount Sterling Montgomery County Airport (KIOB) page, 19 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 Winchester 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 Winchester: Stanton Airport (KI50) 33 km · Georgetown-Scott County Regional Airport (K27K) 35 km · Blue Grass Airport (KLEX) 38 km · Central Kentucky Regional Airport (KRGA) 42 km · Cynthiana-Harrison County Airport (K0I8) 43 km
Conditions reported at KIOB describe the airfield itself. Weather 19 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Winchester specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Winchester, Kentucky
Winchester unfolds across rolling Kentucky terrain, a place where the land itself seems to breathe with a gentle, fertile exhalation. It lies 16.2 miles east of Lexington, KY (from Lexington, KY: bearing 90°T), and is situated 17.9 miles north-north-east of Richmond. The sky above often hangs a vast, pale blue, sometimes streaked with wisps of cloud that drift with a slow, deliberate grace, mirroring the unhurried pace of life below. Red-brick buildings, softened by the patina of years, line streets that curve with the natural contours of the earth, hinting at a history built not against, but in concert with, the landscape. The air, especially in the late afternoon, carries the faint, sweet scent of mown hay and the richer, darker perfume of damp soil, a constant reminder of the agricultural heart that beats at Winchester's core. This has been a crossroads for generations, its founding rooted in the rich soils of the Bluegrass region, a land that has sustained farming and fostered a resilient spirit. The economy, historically tied to agriculture and later to a burgeoning bourbon industry, still carries the echoes of those enterprises, with the clinking of glass bottles and the scent of aging spirits sometimes drifting on the breeze. Winchester's past is etched not in grand monuments, but in the enduring strength of its neighborhoods and the quiet pride of its people, a heritage that resonates in the friendly nods exchanged on the sidewalks and the enduring appeal of its historic downtown.
Live animated radar for Winchester 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 | Winchester, Clark County, Kentucky |
| Coordinates | 37.990079°N, 84.17965°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 40391, 40392 |
| Area Code | 502 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Winchester, Kentucky Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Winchester, 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 Winchester includes coordinates 37.990079°N, 84.179650°W, situated in Clark County. ZIP code 40391, 40392. 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. 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.
