Russell, KY Weather Forecast
Greenup County, Kentucky
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Russell, 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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Russell, KY at a glance
Russell is home to about 3,644 people in Greenup County, across 3.8 square miles. It ranks 98th by population of 123 places in Kentucky with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Flatwoods, 1 miles away.
- County
- Greenup County
- Population
- 3,644 2023 est.
- Land area
- 3.8 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 957
- Forecast point
- 38.5130°N, 82.6960°W
How well can the network see Russell?
The nearest Doppler radar is KRLX (Charleston, WV), to the ESE. Its lowest scan passes about 4,000 ft above Russell. Close enough to see rotation in the low part of a storm, where tornadoes form.
The closest weather station is KDWU (Ashland Rgnl). Close enough that its readings are the conditions in town.
Forecasts near Russell
- Flatwoods, KY1 mi
- Ironton, OH2 mi
- Ashland, KY5 mi
- South Point, OH9 mi
- Kenova, WV10 mi
- Huntington, WV16 mi
- Grayson, KY18 mi
- Portsmouth, OH22 mi
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