Prestonsburg, KY Weather Forecast
Floyd County, Kentucky
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Prestonsburg, 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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Prestonsburg, KY at a glance
Prestonsburg is home to about 3,721 people in Floyd County, across 15 square miles. It ranks 96th by population of 123 places in Kentucky with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Paintsville, 10 miles away.
- County
- Floyd County
- Population
- 3,721 2023 est.
- Land area
- 15 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 253
- Forecast point
- 37.6816°N, 82.7659°W
How well can the network see Prestonsburg?
The nearest Doppler radar is KJKL (Jackson, KY), to the WSW. Its lowest scan passes about 1,900 ft above Prestonsburg. That is about as close as US radar coverage gets: low-level rotation and gust fronts over Prestonsburg show up clearly. Prestonsburg is closer to its radar than 70% 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 Prestonsburg
- Paintsville, KY10 mi
- Pikeville, KY19 mi
- Williamson, WV27 mi
- Louisa, KY31 mi
- West Liberty, KY32 mi
- Hazard, KY38 mi
- Grayson, KY46 mi
- Wise, VA50 mi
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