Killington, Vermont Weather
Killington, Vermont — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Killington, Rutland County.
Full aviation weather for Killington is published on the Rutland - Southern Vermont Regional Airport (KRUT) page, 21 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 Killington 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 Killington: Lebanon Municipal Airport (KLEB) 39 km · Middlebury State Airport (K6B0) 43 km · Hartness State Airport (KVSF) 43 km · Claremont Municipal Airport (KCNH) 48 km · Warren-Sugarbush Airport (K0B7) 49 km
Conditions reported at KRUT describe the airfield itself. Weather 21 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Killington specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Killington.
About Killington, Vermont
Killington rises from the Green Mountains, a landscape of sharp, verdant peaks that soften into rolling slopes under the vast Vermont sky. It lies 46.6 miles east-north-east of Queensbury, NY (from Queensbury, NY: bearing 63°T), and is situated 10.7 miles east-north-east of Rutland. The air here, especially in the late afternoon, carries a crispness, a clean scent of pine and damp earth that seems to scrub the lungs with each breath. Summer paints the mountains in a thousand shades of green, from the dark, almost black needles of spruce to the luminous chartreuse of new birch leaves, while winter descends with a hushed, white blanket, transforming the terrain into a sculptor's dream of drifts and sculpted snow. Even in the warmer months, a persistent coolness lingers, a reminder of the altitude and the mountain’s inherent power to hold onto its frost. The very contours of the land suggest an ancient, slow force, a patient shaping by ice and water that predates human memory. The story of Killington is deeply entwined with the land’s capacity for both sustenance and recreation. For generations, the surrounding valleys and slopes were cleared for dairy farming, the rich soil yielding hay and pasture for contented herds, a quiet economy that left its mark in the scattered stone walls and the enduring scent of woodsmoke. More recently, the mountain itself has become the engine of Killington’s prosperity, its formidable slopes drawing crowds eager for the thrill of the descent, both on skis and snowboards in winter and on mountain bikes when the snow recedes. This dramatic shift has infused Killington with a dual character: a place that still holds the quiet dignity of its agricultural past, yet buzzes with a modern, international energy during its peak seasons, a testament to the enduring allure of its wild, untamed beauty.
Live animated radar for Killington 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 | Killington, Rutland County, Vermont |
| Coordinates | 43.677568°N, 72.779825°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time |
| ZIP Code(s) | 05751 |
| Area Code | 802 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Killington, Vermont Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Killington, Vermont, 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 Killington includes coordinates 43.677568°N, 72.779825°W, situated in Rutland County. ZIP code 05751. Telephone area code: 802. Timezone: Eastern Time.
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.
