St. Matthews, KY Weather Forecast
Jefferson County, Kentucky
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The next few hours
Dry for the moment, with rain moving in this evening
It is 55° with a dew point of 52°, which is comfortable for this time of year. The sky is partly cloudy.
The first rain arrives between 6 PM and 7 PM. That leaves a usable window outdoors until about 6 PM, and it closes quickly after that.
Taller, warmer bars mean heavier rain. Dotted means no reading for that hour.
Hour by hour
One wet spell, dry either side of it
There is one wet stretch in the window, near 6 PM. Total accumulation over the window comes to about 0.05 in.
It tapers off after 7 PM. Pressure rises 0.06 inHg behind it, which is the drier air arriving. The overnight low settles near 44°. Tomorrow tops out near 54°.
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
29–63°F across the weekThe week runs between 29° and 54°, with today the warmest day of it. There is no real trend across it: one day looks much like the next. Tomorrow is the wettest day, peaking near 26%. 6 of the 7 days stay dry.
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St. Matthews, KY at a glance
St. Matthews is home to about 17,356 people in Jefferson County, across 4.4 square miles. It ranks 26th by population of 123 places in Kentucky with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Graymoor-Devondale, 2 miles away.
- County
- Jefferson County
- Population
- 17,356 2023 est.
- Land area
- 4.4 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 3,937
- Forecast point
- 38.2493°N, 85.6378°W
How well can the network see St. Matthews?
The nearest Doppler radar is KLVX (Louisville, KY), to the SW. Its lowest scan passes about 1,500 ft above St. Matthews. That is about as close as US radar coverage gets: low-level rotation and gust fronts over St. Matthews show up clearly. St. Matthews is closer to its radar than 77% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KLOU (Louisville/Bowman Fld). Close enough that its readings are the conditions in town.
Forecasts near St. Matthews
- Graymoor-Devondale, KY2 mi
- Hurstbourne, KY3 mi
- Lyndon, KY3 mi
- Indian Hills, KY3 mi
- Douglass Hills, KY5 mi
- Jeffersontown, KY5 mi
- Louisville, KY6 mi
- Middletown, KY6 mi
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