Franktown, Virginia — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast, soil and crop conditions for Franktown, Northampton County.
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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.
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| 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 | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
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, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.