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Paducah, KY weather

It is 52°F and clear at Paducah, Barkley Regional Airport as of Oct 28, 1:15 AM CDT. Overnight: Patchy Fog, low near 48°F, 1% chance of precipitation. Forecast from the National Weather Service, issued Oct 28, 1:06 AM CDT.

Updated Oct 28, 1:29 AM CDT (snapshot)

Current conditions

Temperature

52°F

Clear

Wind

Calm

Humidity 100% · dew point 52°F

Pressure · visibility

30.22 inHg

Visibility 9 mi

Observed at Paducah, Barkley Regional Airport (KPAH), Oct 28, 1:15 AM CDT. Station readings can lag or be missing.

Alerts for this area

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Around the NWS PAH forecast area

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From the alert snapshot of Oct 28, 2026, 2:15 AM EDT. No alerts are active anywhere in Kentucky.

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Next 24 hours

Hourly forecast for Paducah (local time)
TimeTempForecastPrecip. chanceWind
Wed 1 AM52°FPatchy Fog1% 0 mph
Wed 2 AM52°FPatchy Fog1% 0 mph
Wed 3 AM51°FPatchy Fog1% 0 mph
Wed 4 AM50°FPatchy Fog1% 0 mph
Wed 5 AM49°FPatchy Fog1% 0 mph
Wed 6 AM48°FPatchy Fog1% 0 mph
Wed 7 AM48°FPatchy Fog1% 0 mph
Wed 8 AM50°FSunny1% 0 mph
Wed 9 AM56°FSunny1%SSE 1 mph
Wed 10 AM65°FSunny1%SSE 1 mph
Wed 11 AM70°FSunny1%S 2 mph
Wed 12 PM74°FSunny1%S 3 mph
Wed 1 PM76°FSunny1%S 3 mph
Wed 2 PM78°FSunny1%S 3 mph
Wed 3 PM78°FSunny1%S 3 mph
Wed 4 PM79°FSunny1%S 3 mph
Wed 5 PM77°FSunny1%S 2 mph
Wed 6 PM73°FClear1%SSE 1 mph
Wed 7 PM67°FClear1%SE 1 mph
Wed 8 PM61°FClear1%SSE 1 mph
Wed 9 PM59°FClear1%SSE 1 mph
Wed 10 PM57°FClear1%SSE 1 mph
Wed 11 PM56°FClear1%S 2 mph
Thu 12 AM54°FClear1%S 2 mph

Hourly values come from the NWS gridded forecast for the 2.5 km grid square that covers the city's center point. Conditions elsewhere in Paducah can differ.

7-day forecast

Overnight

Low 48°F

Patchy fog. Mostly clear, with a low around 48. Wind around 0 mph.

Wednesday

High 79°F·Low 48°F

Patchy fog before 8am. Sunny. High near 79, with temperatures falling to around 77 in the afternoon. South southeast wind 0 to 3 mph.

Wednesday Night: Clear. Low around 48, with temperatures rising to around 50 overnight. South southeast wind around 2 mph.

Thursday

High 81°F·Low 50°F

Sunny, with a high near 81. South southwest wind 1 to 6 mph.

Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 50. West wind around 1 mph.

Friday

High 80°F·Low 56°F

Mostly sunny, with a high near 80. East wind 0 to 3 mph.

Friday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 56. East northeast wind around 1 mph.

Saturday

High 75°F·Low 56°F

A chance of rain showers after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 75. East southeast wind 1 to 5 mph.

Saturday Night: A chance of rain showers. Cloudy, with a low around 56. Southeast wind around 3 mph.

Sunday

High 71°F·Low 55°F

Rain showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 71. Southeast wind 3 to 7 mph.

Sunday Night: A slight chance of rain showers after midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 55. Southeast wind 0 to 3 mph.

Monday

High 72°F·Low 57°F

A chance of rain showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 72. South southeast wind 1 to 7 mph.

Monday Night: A chance of rain showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 57. South southeast wind 3 to 8 mph.

Tuesday

High 74°F

A chance of rain showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 74. South wind 8 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.

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About this forecast

Forecast office
Paducah is served by the National Weather Service PAH forecast office, forecast zone KYZ005, county zone KYC145.
Location used
The Census Bureau's internal point for Paducah (37.0709, -88.6445), in McCracken County. Population: 26,712 (2024 estimate), number 16 of the 19 Kentucky cities on this site.
Radar
Nearest NWS radar: KPAH. View it on radar.weather.gov.

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Sources

  • Forecast, hourly forecast, observations and alerts: National Weather Service API, api.weather.gov/points/37.0709,-88.6445 (forecast issued Oct 28, 1:06 AM CDT).
  • Official forecast page: forecast.weather.gov.
  • City location and population: U.S. Census Bureau, Vintage 2024 population estimates and 2024 Gazetteer files.
  • Snapshot taken Oct 28, 2026. The NWS and Census Bureau do not endorse OpenForecast.

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