Bridgeport, Ohio Weather
Bridgeport, Ohio — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Bridgeport, Belmont County.
Full aviation weather for Bridgeport is published on the Wheeling Ohio County Airport (KHLG) page, 14 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. 3 airfields within reach of Bridgeport 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 Bridgeport: Jefferson County Airpark (K2G2) 32 km · Washington County Airport (KAFJ) 39 km
Conditions reported at KHLG describe the airfield itself. Weather 14 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Bridgeport specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Bridgeport.
About Bridgeport, Ohio
Bridgeport spills down the eastern Ohio hillside, a cascade of weathered brick and clapboard houses descending toward the murky, broad sweep of the Ohio River. It lies 1.1 miles west-north-west of Wheeling, WV (from Wheeling, WV: bearing 292°T), and is situated 2.0 miles south-south-west of Martins Ferry. The land here is a study in abruptness, the rolling Appalachian foothills giving way to steep ravines that gouge the earth, their slopes cloaked in a dense, almost defiant green of mixed hardwoods. Sunlight, when it breaks through the frequent cloud cover, has a peculiar, diffused quality, softening the sharp angles of the architecture and lending a muted glow to the river’s surface, a liquid, shifting pewter under the vast, indifferent sky. The air, especially after a rain, carries the damp, earthy scent of decaying leaves and the subtle, metallic tang of industry, a reminder of the forces that shaped this place. The history of Bridgeport is inextricably tied to the very artery that flows past its doorstep, the Ohio River, which served as a crucial conduit for coal and iron ore mined from the surrounding hills. This mercantile past is evident in the sturdy, utilitarian buildings that line its main thoroughfares, many bearing the marks of generations of labor, their facades hinting at the robust, though now mostly faded, industrial pulse that once beat here. While the grander epochs of mining and manufacturing have receded, a quiet resilience persists in Bridgeport. The local economy, like the river itself, continues its flow, adapting to new currents, and the town still draws a certain character from the deep-seated practicality and neighborly grit of those who have made their lives along this particular bend of the water.
Live animated radar for Bridgeport 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 | Bridgeport, Belmont County, Ohio |
| Coordinates | 40.069795°N, 80.740083°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 45342, 45836, 43040, 43912 |
| Area Code | 614, 740 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Bridgeport, Ohio Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Bridgeport, Ohio, 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 Bridgeport includes coordinates 40.069795°N, 80.740083°W, situated in Belmont County. ZIP code 45342, 45836, 43040, 43912. Telephone area code: 614, 740. Timezone: Eastern Time (America/New_York).
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.
