Elliston, Virginia Weather
Elliston, 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 Elliston, Montgomery County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Elliston. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Elliston is published on the Virginia Tech Montgomery Executive Airport (KBCB) page, 16 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 Elliston 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 Elliston: Roanoke–Blacksburg Regional Airport (KROA) 26 km · New River Valley Airport (KPSK) 40 km · Smith Mountain Lake Airport (KW91) 58 km
Conditions reported at KBCB describe the airfield itself. Weather 16 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Elliston specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Elliston.
About Elliston, Virginia
Elliston lies in a broad, quiet valley where the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains begin to soften their rugged edges. It lies 10.0 miles east of Blacksburg, VA (from Blacksburg, VA: bearing 95°T), and is situated 8.1 miles north-west of Bent Mountain. The land here is a patchwork of verdant pastures, stitched with the darker green of hardwood forests that climb the slopes, their canopies catching the afternoon sun in a thousand shifting shades. Creek beds, often dry in the summer heat, snake through the terrain, their rocky beds hinting at the water's presence after a good rain, and the air carries the clean scent of damp earth and pine needles, especially after a storm. Roads, more like arteries than highways, wind through the landscape, connecting scattered farmsteads and the modest cluster of buildings that mark the heart of Elliston. The history of Elliston is etched not in grand monuments but in the enduring rhythm of its agrarian past. For generations, the fertile soil has sustained families, their livelihoods tied to the cycles of planting and harvest, and the quiet hum of tractors is a familiar sound. While some farms have consolidated, the spirit of self-reliance and connection to the land persists, a distinct character woven into the fabric of daily life. The local economy, though diversified, still finds its roots in agriculture, with small businesses catering to the needs of the surrounding countryside, and the gentle slope of the land itself, shaped by ancient geological forces, seems to whisper tales of enduring resilience.
Live animated radar for Elliston 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 | Elliston, Montgomery County, Virginia |
| Coordinates | 37.216522°N, 80.232543°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 24087 |
| Area Code | 540 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Elliston, Virginia Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Elliston, 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 Elliston includes coordinates 37.216522°N, 80.232543°W, situated in Montgomery County. ZIP code 24087. 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.
