Paintsville, KY Weather Forecast
Johnson County, Kentucky
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Paintsville, 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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Paintsville, KY at a glance
Paintsville is home to about 4,160 people in Johnson County, across 6.6 square miles. It ranks 89th by population of 123 places in Kentucky with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Prestonsburg, 10 miles away.
- County
- Johnson County
- Population
- 4,160 2023 est.
- Land area
- 6.6 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 628
- Forecast point
- 37.8203°N, 82.8060°W
How well can the network see Paintsville?
The nearest Doppler radar is KJKL (Jackson, KY), to the WSW. Its lowest scan passes about 2,000 ft above Paintsville. That is about as close as US radar coverage gets: low-level rotation and gust fronts over Paintsville show up clearly. Paintsville is closer to its radar than 68% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KSJS (Prestonburg/Big Sandy Rgnl). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Paintsville
- Prestonsburg, KY10 mi
- Louisa, KY23 mi
- West Liberty, KY26 mi
- Pikeville, KY28 mi
- Williamson, WV31 mi
- Grayson, KY36 mi
- Kenova, WV42 mi
- Morehead, KY43 mi
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