Blue Ridge, Virginia Weather
Blue Ridge, Virginia — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast, soil and crop conditions for Blue Ridge, Botetourt County.
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Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Blue Ridge.
About Blue Ridge, Virginia
Blue Ridge unfurls across a landscape defined by the generous embrace of the Appalachian Mountains, a place where verdant slopes rise in a symphony of greens, punctuated by the darker, more stoic hues of evergreen pines. It lies 10.5 miles north-east of Roanoke, VA (from Roanoke, VA: bearing 45°T), and is situated 7.9 miles east-north-east of Hollins. The air here, especially after a soft rain, carries a clean, earthy scent, a whisper of damp soil and pine needles that seems to cleanse the lungs and settle the mind. Rolling hills, cloaked in a dense tapestry of deciduous trees, stretch towards horizons softened by a perpetual haze, a gentle reminder of the vastness that lies beyond the immediate, intimate folds of the terrain. Sunlight, when it breaks through the intermittent cloud cover, spills in broad, golden swathes, illuminating patches of pastureland and the occasional weathered barn, lending a timeless, painterly quality to the scene. The history of this stretch of Botetourt County is as layered as the geological strata beneath its soil, a narrative shaped by both the hardy pioneers who first sought to tame its wild beauty and the industries that have ebbed and flowed with the changing tides of commerce. For generations, the land has yielded its bounty, from the timber felled to build the homes and hearths that dot the hillsides, to the crops cultivated in the fertile valleys. While the echoes of a more industrial past may linger in the quietude of certain hollows, the present-day economy of Blue Ridge finds its strength in the enduring allure of its natural surroundings. Visitors and residents alike are drawn to the region's parks and trails, where the simple act of breathing the mountain air and witnessing the slow, majestic passage of clouds across the sky becomes a profound experience, a connection to something ancient and enduring.
Live animated radar for Blue Ridge and surroundings — RainViewer.
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| Location | Blue Ridge, Botetourt County, Virginia |
| Coordinates | 37.378469°N, 79.806983°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 24064 |
| Area Code | 540 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Blue Ridge, Virginia Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Blue Ridge, Virginia, 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 Blue Ridge includes coordinates 37.378469°N, 79.806983°W, situated in Botetourt County. ZIP code 24064. Telephone area code: 540. 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.
