Hopewell, Ohio Weather
Hopewell, Ohio — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Hopewell, Jefferson County.
Full aviation weather for Hopewell is published on the Wheeling Ohio County Airport (KHLG) page, 8 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. 5 airfields within reach of Hopewell 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 Hopewell: Jefferson County Airpark (K2G2) 15 km · Washington County Airport (KAFJ) 37 km · Pittsburgh International Airport (KPIT) 50 km · Columbiana County Airport (K02G) 50 km
Conditions reported at KHLG describe the airfield itself. Weather 8 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Hopewell specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Hopewell.
About Hopewell, Ohio
Hopewell sprawls across the gently rolling terrain of Jefferson County, a place where the land itself seems to exhale the quiet scent of damp earth and distant woodsmoke. It lies 11.0 miles north of Wheeling, WV (from Wheeling, WV: bearing 3°T), and is situated 8.8 miles north of Martins Ferry. The fields, a patchwork quilt of greens and golds depending on the season, rise and fall with a subtle dignity, hinting at the underlying bedrock that has shaped this corner of Ohio. Here, the sky feels vast, a canvas for clouds that drift with a languid pace, and the air, especially in the hushed hours before dawn, carries a crispness that awakens the senses. The houses, many of them sturdy, old-fashioned dwellings, stand with a quiet resilience against the elements, their porches offering a welcome invitation to linger and watch the slow procession of days. The history of Hopewell is etched not in grand monuments, but in the very grain of its existence, a story woven from the industrious spirit of its early settlers and the resources they found beneath their feet. Coal mining once breathed life into this region, its veins of black gold fueling a boom that left its mark on the landscape and the people who worked the earth. While those days have largely passed, the legacy of hard work and self-reliance persists, now finding expression in the fertile farms that continue to yield their bounty and the small businesses that serve the enduring needs of Hopewell. The occasional gleam of sunlight on the slow-moving waters of a nearby creek offers a quiet reflection, a reminder of the constant, gentle flow of time that underpins the enduring character of this place.
Live animated radar for Hopewell 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.
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| Location | Hopewell, Jefferson County, Ohio |
| Coordinates | 40.222571°N, 80.709802°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 43746, 43943, 43749 |
| Area Code | 740 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Hopewell, Ohio Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Hopewell, 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 Hopewell includes coordinates 40.222571°N, 80.709802°W, situated in Jefferson County. ZIP code 43746, 43943, 43749. Telephone area code: 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.
