Damascus, Virginia Weather
Damascus, 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 Damascus, Washington County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Damascus. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Damascus is published on the Virginia Highlands Airport (KVJI) page, 23 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 Damascus 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 Damascus: Johnson County Airport (K6A4) 24 km · Ashe County Airport (KGEV) 40 km · Elizabethton Municipal Airport (K0A9) 45 km · Tazewell County Airport (KJFZ) 48 km · Mountain Empire Airport (KMKJ) 48 km
Conditions reported at KVJI describe the airfield itself. Weather 23 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Damascus specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Damascus.
About Damascus, Virginia
Damascus unfurls like a quiet breath against the mountainous backdrop of Southwest Virginia, a place where the Appalachian foothills begin their serious climb. It lies 22.5 miles north-east of Carter, TN (from Carter, TN: bearing 47°T), and is situated 9.8 miles south-south-east of Meadowview. The air here often carries the scent of pine and damp earth, a testament to the dense woodlands that press in from all sides, their shadows lengthening with an almost palpable weight as the sun dips. The landscape is a study in greens and browns, a rugged terrain crisscrossed by narrow, winding roads that follow the contours of the land as if they, too, were streams of slow-moving water. The gentle murmur of the Whitetop Laurel Creek, its waters clear and cool, provides a constant, soothing underscore to the quiet hum of life in Damascus, a sound that seems to rise from the very stones of the valley. This is a community woven into the very history of the Great Appalachian Valley, where the echoes of old trails and hardy pioneers still resonate. Damascus found its footing as a hub for timber and agriculture, the surrounding hills once yielding their bounty to sawmills and farms. Today, that spirit of resourcefulness has pivoted, transforming Damascus into a renowned gateway for outdoor adventure. The Virginia Creeper Trail, a celebrated rail-to-trail, draws cyclists and hikers from far and wide, their passage a modern pilgrimage through the very landscapes that once sustained earlier generations. The economy here is increasingly shaped by the allure of the natural world, a quiet industry built on the shared appreciation for the wild beauty that defines Damascus.
Live animated radar for Damascus 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 | Damascus, Washington County, Virginia |
| Coordinates | 36.633727°N, 81.78373°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 24236 |
| Area Code | 276 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Damascus, Virginia Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Damascus, 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 Damascus includes coordinates 36.633727°N, 81.783730°W, situated in Washington County. ZIP code 24236. 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.
