Cheriton, Virginia Weather
Cheriton, 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 Cheriton, Northampton County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Cheriton. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Cheriton is published on the Langley Air Force Base (KLFI) page, 41 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 Cheriton 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 Cheriton: Accomack County Airport (KMFV) 44 km · Norfolk Naval Station (Chambers Field) (KNGU) 48 km · Norfolk International Airport (KORF) 48 km · Newport News Williamsburg International Airport (KPHF) 49 km · Oceana Naval Air Station (KNTU) 52 km
Conditions reported at KLFI describe the airfield itself. Weather 41 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Cheriton specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Cheriton.
About Cheriton, Virginia
Cheriton lies as a quiet sentinel on the Eastern Shore of Virginia, a place where the earth itself seems to sigh with the weight of the sun and the encroaching salt air. It lies 27.3 miles north-east of Hampton, VA (from Hampton, VA: bearing 49°T), and is situated 2.9 miles east-north-east of Cape Charles. The landscape here is a gentle unfolding of flat fields, their cultivated greens and golds stretching towards the horizon under a sky that can shift from the palest robin's egg blue to a bruised, dramatic grey with startling speed. Oak trees, gnarled and ancient, stand sentinel along the edges of these fields, their branches draped with Spanish moss that whispers secrets in the breeze. The air itself carries a unique scent, a blend of rich loam, the briny tang of distant waters, and the faint, sweet perfume of ripening crops, particularly the tomatoes that are a hallmark of this agricultural heartland. The story of Cheriton is deeply entwined with the bounty of the land and the nearby Chesapeake Bay, a relationship that has shaped its economy and its very character for generations. This is a place where farming, particularly truck farming, has long been the lifeblood, with vast fields yielding produce that once traveled the rails to feed cities far and wide. The remnants of this past are still visible in the old cannery buildings, their brick facades weathered by time and the elements, hinting at a bustling era of industry. Today, while agriculture remains vital, Cheriton also finds its pulse in the fishing and crabbing industries, the rhythmic hum of boat engines a familiar sound along the waterways. The community holds a quiet pride in its heritage, a resilience forged by the ebb and flow of seasons and markets, a spirit that seems to infuse the very soil of Cheriton.
Live animated radar for Cheriton 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 | Cheriton, Northampton County, Virginia |
| Coordinates | 37.289582°N, 75.971321°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 23310, 23316 |
| Area Code | 757 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Cheriton, Virginia Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Cheriton, 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 Cheriton includes coordinates 37.289582°N, 75.971321°W, situated in Northampton County. ZIP code 23310, 23316. Telephone area code: 757. 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.
