Frankfort, KY Weather Forecast
Franklin County, Kentucky
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Frankfort, 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.
Seven-day outlook
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Frankfort, KY at a glance
Frankfort is home to about 28,285 people in Franklin County, across 15 square miles. It ranks 14th by population of 123 places in Kentucky with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Lawrenceburg, 11 miles away.
- County
- Franklin County
- Population
- 28,285 2023 est.
- Land area
- 15 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 1,915
- Forecast point
- 38.1950°N, 84.8659°W
How well can the network see Frankfort?
The nearest Doppler radar is KLVX (Louisville, KY), to the WSW. Its lowest scan passes about 4,600 ft above Frankfort. The beam is above the lowest few thousand feet here, so a warning for Frankfort can come before anything looks dramatic on radar.
The closest weather station is KFFT (Frankfort/Capital City Arpt). Close enough that its readings are the conditions in town.
Forecasts near Frankfort
- Lawrenceburg, KY11 mi
- Versailles, KY13 mi
- Georgetown, KY19 mi
- Shelbyville, KY20 mi
- Eminence, KY21 mi
- Wilmore, KY25 mi
- Lexington-Fayette, KY25 mi
- Simpsonville, KY26 mi
Elsewhere in Kentucky
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