Woodlawn, Kentucky — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Woodlawn, Nelson County.
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Woodlawn unfolds across rolling Kentucky countryside, a landscape of gentle slopes and broad, open fields giving way to stands of mature oak and hickory. It lies 28.2 miles east-north-east of Elizabethtown, KY (from Elizabethtown, KY: bearing 73°T), and is situated 5.6 miles east of Bardstown. The air here carries the clean scent of damp earth and distant pine, especially after a summer shower, and the light often softens to a hazy gold as the afternoon wanes. Creeks, their beds lined with smooth, worn stones, meander through the pastures, their quiet murmur a constant, unobtrusive soundtrack to the land. The terrain, sculpted by eons of water and wind, offers a sense of enduring stability, a quiet resilience that seems to permeate the very soil of Woodlawn. This corner of Nelson County, Kentucky, has long been shaped by agriculture, its fertile ground supporting generations of farming families who have cultivated corn, soybeans, and the region's famed burley tobacco. The economic pulse of Woodlawn beats with the steady rhythm of the seasons, tied to the harvest and the land's bounty. While larger industries are distant, the local economy thrives on a bedrock of agricultural enterprise, small businesses, and the quiet industry of its residents. The history of this place is not one of grand pronouncements but of persistent, grounded living, a continuous narrative etched into the fields and the weathered barns that dot the landscape, each a silent witness to the enduring spirit of Woodlawn.
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| Location | Woodlawn, Nelson County, Kentucky |
| Coordinates | 37.813117°N, 85.365236°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 42003, 40004, 41071 |
| Area Code | 502, 859 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Woodlawn, 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 Woodlawn includes coordinates 37.813117°N, 85.365236°W, situated in Nelson County. ZIP code 42003, 40004, 41071. Telephone area code: 502, 859. 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.