Chesterfield, Virginia Weather
Chesterfield, 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 Chesterfield, Chesterfield County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Chesterfield. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Chesterfield is published on the Richmond Executive-Chesterfield County Airport (KFCI) page, 4 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. 5 airfields within reach of Chesterfield 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 Chesterfield: Dinwiddie County Airport (KPTB) 22 km · Richmond International Airport (KRIC) 22 km · Hanover County Municipal Airport (KOFP) 37 km · Allen C Perkinson Blackstone Army Air Field (KBKT) 52 km
Conditions reported at KFCI describe the airfield itself. Weather 4 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Chesterfield specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Chesterfield.
About Chesterfield, Virginia
Chesterfield, Virginia, unfolds across a landscape of rolling hills and broad, fertile bottoms, where stands of oak and pine whisper secrets on the breeze. It lies 11.8 miles north-north-west of Petersburg, VA (from Petersburg, VA: bearing 331°T), and is situated 3.8 miles west-north-west of Chester. The terrain, a gentle cradle of the Piedmont, slopes gradually towards the James River, its tributaries like veins feeding the larger artery of water. Sunlight, particularly in the late afternoon, casts a warm, honeyed glow across the fields and the occasional weathered barn, imbuing the very air with a sense of quiet permanence. This is a place where the land itself seems to breathe, a steady, unhurried respiration that underpins the character of Chesterfield. The roots of Chesterfield run deep into colonial history, a testament to its enduring presence in the Commonwealth. It was from these very lands that some of the earliest agricultural endeavors took shape, with tobacco once reigning as king, its cultivation shaping the very contours of the earth. Today, while echoes of that agrarian past linger in the open spaces, the economic pulse of Chesterfield has diversified, embracing industry and commerce that hum with a modern energy. The proximity to larger urban centers has fostered growth, yet Chesterfield retains a distinct identity, a place where the echoes of the past are not forgotten, but rather live alongside the forward march of progress, a subtle melody in the ongoing song of this Virginia locality.
Live animated radar for Chesterfield 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 | Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, Virginia |
| Coordinates | 37.377094°N, 77.50582°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 23832, 23838 |
| Area Code | 804 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Chesterfield, Virginia Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Chesterfield, 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 Chesterfield includes coordinates 37.377094°N, 77.505820°W, situated in Chesterfield County. ZIP code 23832, 23838. Telephone area code: 804. 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.
