Paducah, KY Weather Forecast
McCracken County, Kentucky
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Paducah, 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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Paducah, KY at a glance
Paducah is home to about 26,749 people in McCracken County, across 20 square miles. It ranks 16th by population of 123 places in Kentucky with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Metropolis, 6 miles away.
- County
- McCracken County
- Population
- 26,749 2023 est.
- Land area
- 20 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 1,315
- Forecast point
- 37.0709°N, 88.6445°W
How well can the network see Paducah?
The nearest Doppler radar is KPAH (Paducah, KY), to the W. Its lowest scan passes about 350 ft above Paducah. That is about as close as US radar coverage gets: low-level rotation and gust fronts over Paducah show up clearly. Paducah is closer to its radar than 98% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KPAH (Paducah/Barkley Rgnl). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Paducah
- Metropolis, IL6 mi
- Calvert City, KY14 mi
- Benton, KY22 mi
- Mayfield, KY23 mi
- Marion, KY36 mi
- Murray, KY36 mi
- Charleston, MO40 mi
- Princeton, KY42 mi
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