Virgie, Kentucky Weather
Virgie, Kentucky — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Virgie, Pike County.
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About Virgie, Kentucky
Virgie rests in a fold of the Appalachian Mountains, where emerald slopes rise steeply from the valley floor, their flanks often shrouded in a fine, mist-like rain that clings to the dense rhododendron and oak. It lies 52.9 miles north of Marshall, TN (from Marshall, TN: bearing 5°T), and is situated 7.8 miles east of Wheelwright. The air here carries the damp, earthy perfume of the forest, a scent deepened by the rich soil and the constant murmur of unseen creeks feeding into the Tug Fork River. Houses, painted in practical shades of white, gray, and muted blues, cling to the hillsides or cluster along the winding road, each with its own small patch of garden or weathered porch. The sun, when it breaks through the persistent cloud cover, casts a diffused, almost buttery light on the landscape, softening the sharp edges of the terrain and lending a quiet grace to the weathered barns and fences. The history of Virgie is deeply entwined with the extraction of coal, a legacy that has shaped its economy and its people with a stoic resilience. Though the boom times have long since faded, the echoes of the mining era still resonate in the quiet hum of the few remaining businesses that serve the local population, primarily focused on agriculture and small retail. The steep, wooded hillsides, once scarred by strip mines, are slowly being reclaimed by nature, the raw earth softening under a green blanket, a testament to the land's enduring capacity for renewal. The rhythm of life in Virgie is measured and steady, dictated less by the hurried pulse of the outside world and more by the changing seasons and the enduring bonds of community forged over generations.
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| Location | Virgie, Pike County, Kentucky |
| Coordinates | 37.335104°N, 82.579599°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 41572 |
| Area Code | 859 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Virgie, Kentucky Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Virgie, Kentucky, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. Additional sections may include tide predictions, wave height, wave direction and sea-surface temperature, a barometric pressure trend, and a solunar-based fishing forecast with a fishing-conditions rating for coastal localities, and soil temperature, crop weather and live USGS river gauge data for agricultural areas near a monitored waterway. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Virgie includes coordinates 37.335104°N, 82.579599°W, situated in Pike County. ZIP code 41572. Telephone area code: 859. Timezone: Eastern Time (America/New_York).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. River and stream data is sourced from the USGS National Water Information System. Tide predictions are sourced from NOAA CO-OPS; marine and solunar data are modeled from Open-Meteo and public sunrise/moon calculations and should be treated as a general guide alongside on-the-water conditions. Radar is provided by RainViewer. Satellite imagery is sourced from NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East and is public domain.
