Hazard, KY Weather Forecast
Perry County, Kentucky
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Hazard, 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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Hazard, KY at a glance
Hazard is home to about 4,964 people in Perry County, across 7.5 square miles. It ranks 80th by population of 123 places in Kentucky with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Big Stone Gap, 36 miles away.
- County
- Perry County
- Population
- 4,964 2023 est.
- Land area
- 7.5 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 666
- Forecast point
- 37.2605°N, 83.1982°W
How well can the network see Hazard?
The nearest Doppler radar is KJKL (Jackson, KY), to the NNW. Its lowest scan passes about 1,400 ft above Hazard. That is about as close as US radar coverage gets: low-level rotation and gust fronts over Hazard show up clearly. Hazard is closer to its radar than 80% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KCPF (Hazard/Ford Arpt). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Hazard
- Big Stone Gap, VA36 mi
- Prestonsburg, KY38 mi
- Norton, VA39 mi
- Wise, VA39 mi
- Pikeville, KY40 mi
- Paintsville, KY44 mi
- West Liberty, KY46 mi
- Barbourville, KY47 mi
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