Dickenson, Virginia Weather
Dickenson, 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 Dickenson, Dickenson County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Dickenson. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Dickenson is published on the Lonesome Pine Airport (KLNP) page, 20 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. 4 airfields within reach of Dickenson 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 Dickenson: Tazewell County Airport (KJFZ) 49 km · Virginia Highlands Airport (KVJI) 53 km · Pike County Airport Hatcher Field (KPBX) 56 km
Conditions reported at KLNP describe the airfield itself. Weather 20 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Dickenson specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Dickenson.
About Dickenson, Virginia
Dickenson exhales a quiet, rugged beauty, a place where the mountains hold the sky close and the air carries the scent of pine and damp earth. It lies 35.5 miles north-north-west of Bristol, TN (from Bristol, TN: bearing 346°T), and is situated 7.3 miles east-south-east of Clintwood. The terrain here is a dramatic sweep of ridges and hollows, a rumpled blanket of green that stretches as far as the eye can see, broken only by the silver threads of creeks and rivers that carve their way through the ancient stone. Sunlight, when it breaks through the dense canopy, falls in luminous shafts, illuminating the moss-covered rocks and the stoic, weathered faces of the hills. Even the wind seems to whisper stories of the land, a constant, low hum that resonates with the deep, slow pulse of the Appalachians. The story of Dickenson is inextricably linked to the earth itself, particularly to the coal seams that lie hidden beneath its verdant surface. For generations, the economy of Dickenson County has been shaped by the labor of miners, a rugged lineage that has left its indelible mark on the landscape and the spirit of its people. The echoes of pickaxes and the rumble of mine carts are now largely silent, replaced by a more diversified, though still developing, economic base, yet the legacy of that industrial past remains, a palpable presence in the weathered barns and the stoic resolve of the residents. The Clinch River, a vital artery, flows through this region, its waters reflecting the sky and carrying the memories of a history etched not just in stone, but in the very flow of the water.
Live animated radar for Dickenson 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 | Dickenson, Dickenson County, Virginia |
| Coordinates | 37.092946°N, 82.345189°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 24226, 24219 |
| Area Code | 276 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Dickenson, Virginia Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Dickenson, 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 Dickenson includes coordinates 37.092946°N, 82.345189°W, situated in Dickenson County. ZIP code 24226, 24219. 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.
