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Official National Weather Service forecasts, severe weather, river flooding and Ohio Valley snow and ice — for all 120 Kentucky counties, from the Mississippi at Wickliffe east along I-64 through Louisville and Lexington to Black Mountain and the Big Sandy.

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120
Counties
4.53M
People
4,145 ft
Black Mountain
Mar–May
Severe Season

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Regions of Kentucky

Guide · 10 zones
Metro · I-64/65/71
Louisville & the Falls of the Ohio
Louisville · Jeffersontown · Shepherdsville
Metro · I-64/75
Lexington & the Bluegrass
Lexington · Richmond · Georgetown
Metro · I-71/75/275
Northern Kentucky & the Ohio
Covington · Florence · Newport
Zone · I-65
Elizabethtown & the Lincoln Trail
Elizabethtown · Radcliff · Bardstown
Zone · I-65
Bowling Green & the Barrens
Bowling Green · Glasgow · Franklin
Zone · I-69
Owensboro & the Green River
Owensboro · Henderson · Madisonville
Zone · I-24/69
Paducah & the Jackson Purchase
Paducah · Hopkinsville · Murray
Zone · I-75
Lake Cumberland & the Southern Plateau
Somerset · London · Corbin
Zone · US-23/119
The Eastern Coalfield
Pikeville · Hazard · Prestonsburg
Zone · I-64
Ashland & the Northeast
Ashland · Flatwoods · Catlettsburg

The Kentucky Weather Story

Alerts & Climate
Warning · Mar–May
Severe & Tornado Live
The December 10, 2021 quad-state track, the April 3, 1974 Super Outbreak, and every warning the NWS has out right now.
Warning
The Rivers & Flash Flooding Soon
The Ohio, the Mississippi, the Cumberland and the Big Sandy — 1937 at Louisville, July 2022 in the hollows, and the karst that floods from below.
Services · Dec–Mar
Snow & Ice
The rain–snow line that sits on the Ohio Valley all winter, the January 2009 ice storm, and upslope snow on Black Mountain.
Warning · Jun–Sep
Heat & Humidity
Gulf dewpoints in the river valleys, and the heat indices they push past 110 in Louisville and the Purchase.
Recreation
The Caves, the Gorge & the Lakes Soon
Mammoth Cave, the Red River Gorge, Cumberland Falls and Lake Cumberland — mountain temperatures, fog, and the water levels.
Guide
Climate & Records
Normals, records and long-term trends for all 120 counties.

Weather Along the Interstates

Guide · Drive smart
Interstate
I-64
Indiana → Louisville → Frankfort → Lexington → Morehead → Ashland → West Virginia
Interstate
I-65
Tennessee → Bowling Green → Elizabethtown → Louisville → Indiana
Interstate
I-75
Tennessee → Corbin → London → Richmond → Lexington → Covington → Ohio
Interstate
I-71
Louisville → Carrollton → Covington
Interstate
I-24
Illinois → Paducah → Hopkinsville → Tennessee
Interstate
I-69
Indiana → Henderson → Madisonville → Eddyville
Interstate
I-264
the Watterson Expressway, Louisville
Interstate
I-265
the Gene Snyder Freeway, Louisville
Interstate
I-275
the Cincinnati beltway — the only Interstate loop that runs through three states
Interstate
I-471
Newport → Ohio