Colonial Heights, Virginia Weather
Colonial Heights, 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 Colonial Heights, Stafford County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Colonial Heights. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Colonial Heights is published on the Shannon Airport (KEZF) page, 5 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 Colonial Heights 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 Colonial Heights: Stafford Regional Airport (KRMN) 10 km · Quantico Marine Corps Airfield / Turner Field (KNYG) 25 km · Mary Walker LZ Airport (KAPH) 29 km · Dahlgren Naval Surface Warfare Center Airport (KNDY) 36 km · Warrenton Fauquier Airport (KHWY) 38 km
Conditions reported at KEZF describe the airfield itself. Weather 5 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Colonial Heights specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Colonial Heights.
About Colonial Heights, Virginia
Colonial Heights, a stretch of Stafford County land, unfurls with a quiet dignity, its terrain a gentle rise and fall of verdant slopes and low-lying flats. The air here, especially in the humid warmth of late spring, carries the damp, earthy scent of rich soil, a promise of the tenacious green that blankets the landscape. Mature oaks and maples, their branches reaching wide like gnarled fingers, stand sentinel over scattered residential pockets and commercial strips, their leaves whispering secrets to the breeze. The underlying geology, a bedrock of ancient sediment, lends a subtle resilience to the land, supporting the steady growth of both nature and human endeavor. Sunlight, when it breaks through the canopy, often falls in broad, diffused shafts, illuminating the dust motes dancing in the stillness and hinting at the enduring character of this place. The history of Colonial Heights is as layered as the soil beneath it, a narrative woven from agricultural roots and the steady march of progress. Once part of a broader agricultural expanse, its development accelerated with the post-war boom, transforming fields into neighborhoods and small farms into burgeoning commercial centers. The local economy, while diversified, still carries echoes of its agrarian past, with a strong service sector and a growing retail presence supporting the daily lives of its residents. It’s a place where the rhythm of life, though touched by the convenience of modern amenities, retains a grounding in the land, a sense of continuity from the generations who worked this earth before. The absence of dramatic geographical features lends Colonial Heights a subtle, understated charm, its beauty found not in grand pronouncements but in the quiet persistence of its character, the way the light settles on a suburban street at dusk, or the steady hum of commerce that underpins its daily existence.
Live animated radar for Colonial Heights 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 | Colonial Heights, Stafford County, Virginia |
| Coordinates | 38.3085°N, 77.4505°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 24015, 24202, 22405, 23834 |
| Area Code | 540, 804 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Colonial Heights, Virginia Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Colonial Heights, 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 Colonial Heights includes coordinates 38.308500°N, 77.450500°W, situated in Stafford County. ZIP code 24015, 24202, 22405, 23834. Telephone area code: 540, 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.
