Cheriton, Virginia Weather
Cheriton, 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 Cheriton, Northampton County.
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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.
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| 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 | July 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, 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 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. 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.
