Dooms, Virginia Weather
Dooms, 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 Dooms, Augusta County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Dooms. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Dooms is published on the Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport (KSHD) page, 18 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 Dooms 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 Dooms: Bridgewater Air Park (KVBW) 30 km · Charlottesville Albemarle Airport (KCHO) 36 km
Conditions reported at KSHD describe the airfield itself. Weather 18 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Dooms specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Dooms.
About Dooms, Virginia
Dooms lies in a hollow where the Shenandoah Valley begins its gentle descent, cradled by the Blue Ridge Mountains that rise like slumbering giants to the east. It lies 12.0 miles east-south-east of Staunton, VA (from Staunton, VA: bearing 103°T), and is situated 3.3 miles north-north-east of Waynesboro. The land here is a rich tapestry of emerald pastures and darker, brooding forests, interspersed with the occasional glint of a distant farmhouse roof. A quiet air hangs over Dooms, a stillness broken only by the rustle of wind through the pines and the lowing of cattle in the fields, a sound that seems to carry the very essence of the surrounding countryside. The light, especially in the late afternoon, possesses a certain golden quality, as if the sun itself lingers a moment longer to imbue the rolling hills with its warmth before yielding to the deepening twilight. The history of Dooms is as deeply rooted as the ancient oaks that dot its landscape, a story woven into the agricultural rhythms of Augusta County. For generations, the fertile soil has sustained a hardy populace, their livelihoods tied to the bounty of the earth, from the tobacco of earlier times to the present-day focus on cattle and corn. The very name, Dooms, carries a certain weight, a whisper of past struggles and enduring resilience, a testament to the enduring spirit of those who have called this place home. While large industries have largely bypassed this tranquil corner, a quiet self-sufficiency prevails, with local businesses serving the needs of the farming families and the occasional traveler passing through, drawn by the promise of unspoiled natural beauty and the palpable sense of history that permeates the very air.
Live animated radar for Dooms 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 | Dooms, Augusta County, Virginia |
| Coordinates | 38.109024°N, 78.857524°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 22980 |
| Area Code | 540 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Dooms, Virginia Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Dooms, 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 Dooms includes coordinates 38.109024°N, 78.857524°W, situated in Augusta County. ZIP code 22980. 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.
