Arcola, Virginia Weather
Arcola, Virginia — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast, soil and crop conditions for Arcola, Loudoun County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Arcola. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Arcola is published on the Washington Dulles International Airport (KIAD) page, 7 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 Arcola 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 Arcola: Washington Manassas Harry P. Davis Field (KHEF) 26 km · Davison Army Air Field (KDAA) 40 km · Warrenton Fauquier Airport (KHWY) 43 km · Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (KDCA) 44 km · Quantico Marine Corps Airfield / Turner Field (KNYG) 54 km
Conditions reported at KIAD describe the airfield itself. Weather 7 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Arcola specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Arcola.
About Arcola, Virginia
Arcola rests in a gentle depression of Loudoun County, where rolling farmland yields to the subtle rise and fall of Virginia’s Piedmont. It lies 2.7 miles north-west of South Riding, VA (from South Riding, VA: bearing 323°T), and is situated 9.6 miles north-west of Centreville. The air here, especially in the late afternoon, carries the scent of sun-baked earth and distant hayfields, a fragrance that clings to the weathered barns and the sturdy oak trees that dot the landscape. The sky above Arcola often presents a vast canvas, stretching from horizon to horizon, its blues deepening to a bruised indigo as twilight approaches, silhouetting the scattered farmsteads. The roads, often bordered by stone walls that seem to hum with the quiet stories of generations, lead through a mosaic of cultivated fields, their textures shifting from the emerald of young corn to the tawny gold of ripening wheat, a visual testament to the land’s enduring bounty. Though not a place of grand pronouncements, Arcola’s history is quietly etched into its very being, a narrative of agricultural enterprise and the steady, unassuming labor that has shaped this corner of Loudoun County. Once a hub for the county's agricultural output, its economy still draws strength from the land, with farms producing a variety of crops and livestock that feed the surrounding region. The distinctive character of Arcola is not found in towering monuments but in the enduring spirit of its people and the quiet dignity of its working landscape, a place where the past informs the present with a subtle, persistent grace, and where the rhythm of the seasons dictates the pace of life.
Live animated radar for Arcola 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 | Arcola, Loudoun County, Virginia |
| Coordinates | 38.951777°N, 77.534158°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 20166 |
| Area Code | 571, 703 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Arcola, Virginia Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Arcola, Virginia, 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 Arcola includes coordinates 38.951777°N, 77.534158°W, situated in Loudoun County. ZIP code 20166. Telephone area code: 571, 703. 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.
