Gloucester Courthouse, 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 Gloucester Courthouse, Gloucester County.
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Gloucester Courthouse rests in the embrace of the Virginia Peninsula, a place where the air often carries the faint, briny tang of the Chesapeake Bay, though it lies inland from its immediate shores. It lies 13.8 miles north-east of Williamsburg, VA (from Williamsburg, VA: bearing 46°T), and is situated 9.2 miles north of Hayes. The landscape here is a gentle terrain of well-tended fields and stands of mature trees, hinting at fertile soil and a long history of cultivation. The sky overhead, particularly as dusk begins to settle, can spread itself in vast, luminous washes of apricot and lavender, a quiet spectacle that softens the edges of the modest structures that comprise the courthouse village. The very ground seems to hold a certain stillness, a patient endurance of seasons. This heart of Gloucester County has been a center of governance and commerce since its establishment in the late 17th century, its economy historically rooted in the bounty of the land and the nearby waters. For generations, farming, particularly tobacco and later diversified crops, shaped the fortunes of the region, a legacy still visible in the surrounding agricultural vistas. The economic pulse of Gloucester Courthouse today is a blend of its agrarian past and the needs of a modern county seat, with local businesses serving the residents and visitors drawn to its historic courthouse building, a quiet monument to enduring civic life. The pace here is one that allows for conversation on the sidewalk, a gentle unfolding of the day that feels as old as the venerable oaks that line some of its streets.
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| Location | Gloucester Courthouse, Gloucester County, Virginia |
| Coordinates | 37.409863°N, 76.526617°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 23061 |
| Area Code | 804 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Gloucester Courthouse, 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 Gloucester Courthouse includes coordinates 37.409863°N, 76.526617°W, situated in Gloucester County. ZIP code 23061. Telephone area code: 804. 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.