Gladys, Virginia Weather
Gladys, 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 Gladys, Campbell County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Gladys. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Gladys is published on the Lynchburg Regional Airport - Preston Glenn Field (KLYH) 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 Gladys 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 Gladys: New London Airport (KW90) 26 km · Smith Mountain Lake Airport (KW91) 46 km
Conditions reported at KLYH describe the airfield itself. Weather 21 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Gladys specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Gladys.
About Gladys, Virginia
Gladys lies in a landscape where rolling hills, softened by generations of farming, give way to the shadowed contours of distant mountains. It lies 17.7 miles south-south-east of Lynchburg, VA (from Lynchburg, VA: bearing 168°T), and is situated 8.0 miles south of Rustburg. The soil, a rich, forgiving red, yields to the persistent efforts of cultivation, and the air, especially in the late afternoon, carries the scent of sun-baked earth and the faint, sweet perfume of honeysuckle clinging to weathered fences. Here, the days unfold with a steady, deliberate pace, marked by the changing light that spills across the fields, painting the broad, open sky in hues of amber and rose as evening approaches. This corner of Campbell County carries the quiet imprint of its agricultural past, where tobacco and corn once dominated the fertile ground, shaping the livelihoods and the very character of Gladys. The economy, now more diversified, still draws strength from the land, with small farms and agribusinesses continuing to be a vital presence. Echoes of earlier times can be felt in the sturdy, unpretentious architecture that lines its main thoroughfares, remnants of a history built on hard work and a deep connection to the surrounding countryside, where the rhythm of planting and harvest still holds a certain sway.
Live animated radar for Gladys 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 | Gladys, Campbell County, Virginia |
| Coordinates | 37.163199°N, 79.07363°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 24554 |
| Area Code | 276 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Gladys, Virginia Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Gladys, 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 Gladys includes coordinates 37.163199°N, 79.073630°W, situated in Campbell County. ZIP code 24554. 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.
