Virginia City, Nevada Weather
Virginia City, Nevada — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Virginia City, Storey County.
Full aviation weather for Virginia City is published on the Dayton Valley Airpark (KA34) page, 11 km away. It carries the current METAR decoded into plain language — surface wind, visibility, cloud layers and ceiling, temperature and dewpoint, and altimeter setting — alongside the raw observation as transmitted. 6 airfields within reach of Virginia City have their own pages, listed below.
The Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) is shown across its full validity period, with each change group broken out so you can see when conditions are expected to shift. Flight category is derived automatically — VFR, MVFR, IFR or LIFR — from reported ceiling and visibility, with runway details and field elevation alongside. Observations update roughly hourly and forecasts several times a day.
Other airports near Virginia City: Carson Airport (KCXP) 15 km · Rose Quartz Ranch Airport (KN49) 16 km · Reno Tahoe International Airport (KRNO) 23 km · Minden-Tahoe Airport (KMEV) 36 km · Silver Springs Airport (KSPZ) 36 km
Conditions reported at KA34 describe the airfield itself. Weather 11 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Virginia City specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Virginia City.
About Virginia City, Nevada
Virginia City rises from the stark, high desert like a defiant outcropping of human will against the immense, indifferent canvas of the Nevada landscape. It lies 11.9 miles north-north-east of Carson City, NV (from Carson City, NV: bearing 32°T), and is situated 5.9 miles north-north-west of Dayton. The surrounding terrain, a study in muted ochres and sagebrush greens, rolls and dips toward the distant, hazy blue of the Sierra Nevada foothills, a constant, silent reminder of the raw, untamed power of this arid region. The air here, thin and crisp, carries the scent of sun-baked earth and resilient scrub, a perfume that whispers of endurance and a profound connection to the elemental forces that shaped this place. The buildings, many of them weathered wood and brick, huddle together along the steep, winding streets, their facades bearing the marks of countless wind-whipped days and nights, each structure a testament to lives lived in earnest pursuit of a singular, potent dream. The story of Virginia City is inextricably bound to the frenzied discovery of silver, a motherlode that transformed this rugged mountainside into a roaring metropolis of boom and bust. This was a place where fortunes were forged and lost with breathtaking speed, a crucible for a restless, ambitious spirit that drew prospectors and entrepreneurs from across the globe. The echoes of that fervent era still resonate through the narrow avenues, in the grand, decaying architecture that speaks of opulence and excess, and in the very bedrock beneath the town, which still holds the deep, dark secrets of the Comstock Lode. Today, Virginia City draws visitors not just for its tangible history, preserved in its saloons and historic churches, but for the palpable sense of its past that lingers, a vibrant, almost ghostly presence that makes the present moment feel all the more vivid.
Live animated radar for Virginia City and surroundings — RainViewer.
NOAA GOES-16 GEOCOLOR — live animated loop updated every 10 minutes. Shows cloud cover, storm systems and weather patterns across the continental US.
Source: NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East · Public domain · Auto-updates on page reload
| Location | Virginia City, Storey County, Nevada |
| Coordinates | 39.309634°N, 119.649624°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 89440 |
| Area Code | 775 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Virginia City, Nevada Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Virginia City, Nevada, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. Aviation weather — live METAR observations and TAF forecasts — is published separately on the pages for the nearest reporting airports, linked from the aviation section above. 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 Virginia City includes coordinates 39.309634°N, 119.649624°W, situated in Storey County. ZIP code 89440. Telephone area code: 775. Timezone: Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. 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.
