Gordonsville, Virginia Weather
Gordonsville, Virginia — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast for Gordonsville, Orange County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Gordonsville. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Gordonsville is published on the Gordonsville Municipal Airport (KGVE) page, 3 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 Gordonsville 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 Gordonsville: Orange County Airport (KOMH) 17 km · Charlottesville Albemarle Airport (KCHO) 23 km
Conditions reported at KGVE describe the airfield itself. Weather 3 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Gordonsville specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Gordonsville, Virginia
Gordonsville, a crossroads in the rolling heart of Orange County, presents a landscape of fertile fields and woodlands, where the subtle incline of the land suggests the distant, hazy Blue Ridge Mountains. It lies 17.4 miles east-north-east of Charlottesville, VA (from Charlottesville, VA: bearing 64°T), and is situated 8.6 miles south-south-west of Orange. The air here, particularly in the late afternoon when the sun begins its descent, carries a softness, a quiet hum of cicadas and the scent of freshly cut hay. Old oaks, their branches gnarled like ancient hands, stand sentinel along the edges of pastures, and the occasional red-brick farmhouse, weathered by decades of Virginia sun and rain, hints at lives lived with a steady, grounded purpose. The character of Gordonsville is one of resilience, a place where the land dictates a certain patience, a willingness to wait for the seasons to turn and the crops to mature. The history of Gordonsville is deeply intertwined with its strategic position, a vital hub that facilitated the movement of goods and people long before the advent of asphalt. Its economy, historically rooted in agriculture, still draws strength from the surrounding farmlands, where cattle graze and grain ripens under the generous sky. The legacy of the railroad, once a roaring artery of commerce, can still be felt in the very layout of the town, and the distinctive architecture of its older buildings speaks to a time when Gordonsville was a more bustling depot. Today, a quiet charm pervades its streets, a palpable sense of continuity with the past, where local businesses, often family-run, offer a welcoming, unhurried experience.
Live animated radar for Gordonsville 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 | Gordonsville, Orange County, Virginia |
| Coordinates | 38.137358°N, 78.187781°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 22942 |
| Area Code | 540 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Gordonsville, Virginia Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Gordonsville, 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 Gordonsville includes coordinates 38.137358°N, 78.187781°W, situated in Orange County. ZIP code 22942. 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.
