Crockett, Virginia Weather
Crockett, 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 Crockett, Wythe County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Crockett. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Crockett is published on the Mountain Empire Airport (KMKJ) page, 14 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 Crockett 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 Crockett: Twin County Airport (KHLX) 35 km · Mercer County Airport (KBLF) 46 km · New River Valley Airport (KPSK) 54 km · Ashe County Airport (KGEV) 54 km · Tazewell County Airport (KJFZ) 57 km
Conditions reported at KMKJ describe the airfield itself. Weather 14 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Crockett specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Crockett.
About Crockett, Virginia
Crockett unfurls itself in a quiet valley where the Appalachian foothills begin their gentle rise, a place where the air often carries the clean scent of pine and damp earth. It lies 49.0 miles west-south-west of Blacksburg, VA (from Blacksburg, VA: bearing 241°T), and is situated 7.3 miles south-west of Wytheville. The landscape here is a study in muted greens and browns, a rolling terrain stitched with hedgerows and the occasional sturdy barn, all under a sky that can shift from the softest pearl gray to a startling, crystalline blue. The road, a ribbon of asphalt, winds through fields where cattle graze and streams murmur their low songs, the very stones of the earth seeming to exhale a deep, ancient quietude. The surrounding hills, cloaked in a dense tapestry of hardwoods and evergreens, hold their secrets close, their contours softened by the persistent, patient work of weather. This stretch of land, where Crockett now rests, was once trod by pioneers seeking fertile ground, their hopes and hardships etched into the very grain of the soil. The local economy has long been tied to the land, with agriculture, particularly farming and the raising of livestock, forming the bedrock of its existence, a tradition that still lends a steady pulse to the community. While no single grand monument defines Crockett, its character is found in the enduring spirit of its people, a resilience born from generations of working with the earth and weathering the seasons. The nearby waterways, often placid and reflective, mirror the slow, unhurried rhythm of life that characterizes Crockett, a place where the past whispers on the breeze.
Live animated radar for Crockett 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 | Crockett, Wythe County, Virginia |
| Coordinates | 36.886231°N, 81.19204°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 24323 |
| Area Code | 276 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Crockett, Virginia Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Crockett, 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 Crockett includes coordinates 36.886231°N, 81.192040°W, situated in Wythe County. ZIP code 24323. Telephone area code: 276. 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.
