Richmond, KY Weather Forecast
Madison County, Kentucky
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Richmond, 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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Richmond, KY at a glance
Richmond is home to about 37,206 people in Madison County, across 22 square miles. It ranks 7th by population of 123 places in Kentucky with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Berea, 10 miles away.
- County
- Madison County
- Population
- 37,206 2023 est.
- Land area
- 22 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 1,708
- Forecast point
- 37.7291°N, 84.2994°W
How well can the network see Richmond?
The nearest Doppler radar is KJKL (Jackson, KY), to the E. Its lowest scan passes about 4,000 ft above Richmond. The beam is above the lowest few thousand feet here, so a warning for Richmond can come before anything looks dramatic on radar.
The closest weather station is KRGA (Richmond/Central Kentucky Rgnl). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Richmond
- Berea, KY10 mi
- Lancaster, KY17 mi
- Nicholasville, KY18 mi
- Winchester, KY20 mi
- Wilmore, KY22 mi
- Lexington-Fayette, KY23 mi
- Stanford, KY24 mi
- Stanton, KY26 mi
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