Lexington-Fayette, KY Weather Forecast
Fayette County, Kentucky
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Lexington-Fayette, 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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Lexington-Fayette, KY at a glance
Lexington-Fayette is home to about 320,154 people in Fayette County, across 284 square miles. It ranks 2nd by population of 123 places in Kentucky with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Nicholasville, 12 miles away.
- County
- Fayette County
- Population
- 320,154 2023 est.
- Land area
- 284 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 1,128
- Forecast point
- 38.0407°N, 84.4583°W
How well can the network see Lexington-Fayette?
The nearest Doppler radar is KJKL (Jackson, KY), to the ESE. Its lowest scan passes about 5,700 ft above Lexington-Fayette. The beam is above the lowest few thousand feet here, so a warning for Lexington-Fayette can come before anything looks dramatic on radar.
The closest weather station is KLEX (Lexington/Blue Grass Arpt). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Lexington-Fayette
- Nicholasville, KY12 mi
- Versailles, KY15 mi
- Winchester, KY15 mi
- Paris, KY15 mi
- Georgetown, KY16 mi
- Wilmore, KY16 mi
- Richmond, KY23 mi
- Lawrenceburg, KY24 mi
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