Craigsville, Virginia Weather
Craigsville, 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 Craigsville, Augusta County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Craigsville. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Craigsville is published on the Ingalls Field (KHSP) page, 42 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. 3 airfields within reach of Craigsville 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 Craigsville: Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport (KSHD) 47 km · Bridgewater Air Park (KVBW) 49 km
Conditions reported at KHSP describe the airfield itself. Weather 42 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Craigsville specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Craigsville.
About Craigsville, Virginia
Craigsville rests in a valley, where the rolling foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains begin to rise, their forested flanks softened by the haze of distance. It lies 17.6 miles west-south-west of Staunton, VA (from Staunton, VA: bearing 254°T), and is situated 19.3 miles west of Stuarts Draft. The land here is a patchwork of fields, some emerald green with summer crops, others sun-bleached gold, interspersed with stands of oak and pine that scent the air with their resinous perfume. The Shenandoah River, a silvery ribbon in the distance, whispers its presence, feeding the fertile soil and shaping the gentle contour of the terrain. The sky above Craigsville often holds a certain clarity, a luminous quality that can make the distant peaks appear impossibly sharp and the everyday details of farmsteads and weathered barns stand out with quiet dignity. The history of Craigsville is deeply entwined with the agricultural bounty of Augusta County, a place where generations have coaxed sustenance from the earth. Early settlers, drawn by the fertile ground and abundant water, established farms that still form the backbone of the local economy, their livelihoods tied to the cycles of planting and harvest. Though the landscape itself is the most enduring monument, the echoes of those who shaped it can be felt in the stoic endurance of the land and the quiet pride of its inhabitants. The air, especially on a late afternoon, carries a subtle coolness, hinting at the coming evening and the unhurried rhythm of life in this corner of Virginia.
Live animated radar for Craigsville 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 | Craigsville, Augusta County, Virginia |
| Coordinates | 38.07874°N, 79.383094°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 24430 |
| Area Code | 540 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Craigsville, Virginia Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Craigsville, 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 Craigsville includes coordinates 38.078740°N, 79.383094°W, situated in Augusta County. ZIP code 24430. 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.
