Highland, Virginia Weather
Highland, 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 Highland, Highland County.
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Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Highland.
About Highland, Virginia
Highland rests in a fold of the Allegheny Mountains, where the land rises and falls with a quiet persistence that shapes everything it encounters. It lies 15.2 miles west-south-west of Blacksburg, VA (from Blacksburg, VA: bearing 253°T), and is situated 6.1 miles west-north-west of Radford. The character of Highland is one of weathered stone and enduring green, a place where the sky feels vast and the air carries the scent of pine and damp earth, especially after a summer rain. Roads here curve with the contours of the hills, not against them, leading past fields of pasture dotted with patient cattle and patches of forest so dense they seem to hold their own shade even at midday. The light, particularly as it slants through the trees in the late afternoon, possesses a luminous, almost liquid quality, making the very air seem to shimmer. This corner of Highland County has long drawn its sustenance from the land, a tradition that speaks of generations who understood the rhythms of planting and harvest. The local economy, though small, is deeply rooted in agriculture, with cattle farming and timber providing the backbone for many families. History here is not a grand, monumental affair, but rather a quiet accumulation of lives lived and stories whispered, often tied to the enduring presence of family farms and the sturdy, unpretentious architecture of the scattered homes and businesses. The general store, still a hub of local commerce and conversation, feels like a natural extension of the landscape, a place where the day’s news is exchanged alongside goods, and the pace of life remains a gentle, consistent hum.
Live animated radar for Highland 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.
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| Location | Highland, Highland County, Virginia |
| Coordinates | 37.164845°N, 80.678676°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 24084, 24465 |
| Area Code | 540 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Highland, Virginia Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Highland, 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 Highland includes coordinates 37.164845°N, 80.678676°W, situated in Highland County. ZIP code 24084, 24465. 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. 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.
