Bowling Green, Virginia Weather
Bowling Green, 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 Bowling Green, Caroline County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Bowling Green. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Bowling Green is published on the Mary Walker LZ Airport (KAPH) page, 3 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 Bowling Green 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 Bowling Green: Shannon Airport (KEZF) 26 km · Stafford Regional Airport (KRMN) 40 km · Dahlgren Naval Surface Warfare Center Airport (KNDY) 42 km · Quantico Marine Corps Airfield / Turner Field (KNYG) 50 km · Louisa County Airport / Freeman Field (KLKU) 55 km
Conditions reported at KAPH describe the airfield itself. Weather 3 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Bowling Green specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Bowling Green.
About Bowling Green, Virginia
Bowling Green rests in a landscape of rolling Virginia Piedmont terrain, where the sky often unfurls in broad, soft expanses of blue. It lies 18.6 miles south-south-east of Fredericksburg, VA (from Fredericksburg, VA: bearing 161°T), and is situated 9.4 miles east-north-east of Ladysmith. The land itself, a mosaic of cultivated fields and mature woodlands, breathes with a quiet permanence, the air carrying the faint, earthy scent of damp soil after a summer rain. Gentle slopes give way to the meandering paths of small creeks, their waters reflecting the changing light, and the overall impression is one of a place settled into its own skin, unhurried and deeply rooted. The history of Bowling Green is interwoven with the agricultural heritage of Caroline County, an area that once thrived on the cultivation of tobacco and later, grains. This quiet center of commerce has long served as a hub for the surrounding farms, its local economy historically tied to the bounty of the land. Though the grand estates of earlier eras have largely faded, the spirit of self-reliance and connection to the soil remains, evident in the community's enduring character and the steady, understated pace of life that defines Bowling Green.
Live animated radar for Bowling Green 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 | Bowling Green, Caroline County, Virginia |
| Coordinates | 38.049579°N, 77.346647°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 24012, 22427 |
| Area Code | 540 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Bowling Green, Virginia Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Bowling Green, 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 Bowling Green includes coordinates 38.049579°N, 77.346647°W, situated in Caroline County. ZIP code 24012, 22427. 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. 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.
