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, Roanoke (city).
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Bowling Green. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Bowling Green is published on the Roanoke–Blacksburg Regional Airport (KROA) page, 2 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. 4 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: Smith Mountain Lake Airport (KW91) 40 km · Virginia Tech Montgomery Executive Airport (KBCB) 42 km · New London Airport (KW90) 55 km
Conditions reported at KROA describe the airfield itself. Weather 2 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 lies in a broad, fertile valley, a gentle dip in the Appalachian foothills where the land softens before the more pronounced rises of the Blue Ridge. It lies 3.7 miles north of Roanoke, VA (from Roanoke, VA: bearing 353°T), and is situated 7.5 miles north-north-east of Cave Spring. Here, the sky feels expansive, a vast canvas often brushed with the pale gold of morning or the bruised purples of an approaching storm, and the air carries the clean, earthy scent of turned soil and distant pine. Rolling fields, a patchwork of emerald and ochre depending on the season, stretch towards the horizon, punctuated by the darker, more rugged contours of wooded hillsides. The landscape is a quiet testament to its agricultural past, where the land itself seems to breathe, a slow, steady rhythm that has shaped the character of Bowling Green for generations. The history of Bowling Green is deeply entwined with the agricultural bounty of its surroundings, a legacy that continues to inform its local economy. For decades, the fertile soil here yielded abundant crops, supporting a community built on hard work and the cycles of the land. While the agricultural roots remain strong, Bowling Green has also cultivated a reputation for its skilled craftspeople, particularly those working with wood and metal, their workshops often humming with a quiet industry that echoes the diligence of earlier eras. Visitors often remark on the unhurried pace of life, a gentle flow that allows for thoughtful conversation and a deeper appreciation for the enduring charm of Bowling Green and its people.
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, Roanoke (city), Virginia |
| Coordinates | 37.323747°N, 79.949762°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 37.323747°N, 79.949762°W, situated in Roanoke (city). 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.
