Franktown, Virginia Weather
Franktown, 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 Franktown, Northampton County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Franktown. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Franktown is published on the Accomack County Airport (KMFV) page, 21 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 Franktown 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 Franktown: Tangier Island Airport (KTGI) 40 km · Hummel Field (KW75) 52 km
Conditions reported at KMFV describe the airfield itself. Weather 21 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Franktown specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Franktown.
About Franktown, Virginia
Franktown breathes the salty tang of the Chesapeake, a quiet hamlet where the land gently slopes towards the wide waters. It lies 40.2 miles north-east of Hampton, VA (from Hampton, VA: bearing 39°T), and is situated 4.8 miles south-west of Exmore. Here, the sky often stretches in vast, unbroken swathes of pale blue, occasionally brushed with the fleeting blush of dawn or the deep indigo of approaching twilight. Ancient, gnarled live oaks, their branches draped with Spanish moss like spectral beards, stand sentinel over fields that transition from the rich, dark earth of farmland to the softer, sandy edges that hint at the nearby coastline. The air itself carries a subtle humidity, a constant whisper of the bay's proximity, and the rustle of marsh grasses along the unseen creeks becomes a familiar, lulling soundtrack to the slow unfolding of days. The history of Franktown is deeply entwined with the maritime pulse of Virginia's Eastern Shore, its economy once buoyed by the bounty of the bay and the sturdy vessels that plied its depths. Generations have tended the fertile soil, coaxing forth crops that have sustained families and fed distant markets, a tradition that still murmurs in the quiet hum of tractors on sun-drenched afternoons. While the grander shipping days may have faded, a subtle resilience persists, a quiet pride in the enduring connection to the land and the water that shapes life in Franktown. The weathered clapboard of older homes, some bearing the marks of centuries, tells silent stories of lives lived close to the rhythm of the tides, a palpable sense of continuity in this unchanging, watery landscape.
Live animated radar for Franktown 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 | Franktown, Northampton County, Virginia |
| Coordinates | 37.478746°N, 75.87882°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 23354 |
| Area Code | 757 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Franktown, Virginia Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Franktown, 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 Franktown includes coordinates 37.478746°N, 75.878820°W, situated in Northampton County. ZIP code 23354. Telephone area code: 757. 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.
