Benton, KY Weather Forecast
Marshall County, Kentucky
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Benton, with free alerts the moment it counts.
The next few hours
Taller, warmer bars mean heavier rain. Dotted means no reading for that hour.
Hour by hour
Sunrise and sunset
Next five days, scored 0 to 100The first day or two use the HRRR and NBM cloud layers. Later days only have total cloud, so treat them as a rough guide.
Know when sunset at this place will be worth a photo
We score every sunrise and sunset here from the cloud, haze and smoke forecast, and let you know when one is likely to light up. Sunrise the evening before, sunset a few hours ahead.
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Benton, KY at a glance
Benton is home to about 4,765 people in Marshall County, across 5.1 square miles. It ranks 82nd by population of 123 places in Kentucky with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Calvert City, 14 miles away.
- County
- Marshall County
- Population
- 4,765 2023 est.
- Land area
- 5.1 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 937
- Forecast point
- 36.8480°N, 88.3616°W
How well can the network see Benton?
The nearest Doppler radar is KPAH (Paducah, KY), to the NW. Its lowest scan passes about 1,600 ft above Benton. That is about as close as US radar coverage gets: low-level rotation and gust fronts over Benton show up clearly. Benton is closer to its radar than 74% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KCEY (Murray/Oakley Fld). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Benton
- Calvert City, KY14 mi
- Murray, KY16 mi
- Mayfield, KY17 mi
- Paducah, KY22 mi
- Metropolis, IL28 mi
- Cadiz, KY30 mi
- Princeton, KY32 mi
- Marion, KY37 mi
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