Hollins, 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 Hollins, Roanoke County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Hollins. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Hollins is published on the Roanoke–Blacksburg Regional Airport (KROA) 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. 4 airfields within reach of Hollins 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 Hollins: Smith Mountain Lake Airport (KW91) 40 km · Virginia Tech Montgomery Executive Airport (KBCB) 44 km · New London Airport (KW90) 54 km
Conditions reported at KROA describe the airfield itself. Weather 3 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Hollins specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Hollins breathes with the quiet hum of a place where rolling hills meet the sky. It lies 4.9 miles north of Roanoke, VA (from Roanoke, VA: bearing 359°T), and is situated 8.7 miles north-north-east of Cave Spring. The land here is a gentle rise and fall, a green velvet draped over the bones of the earth, leading the eye towards the distant, hazy blue of the Blue Ridge Mountains that stand as silent sentinels to the west. Sunlight, when it breaks through the often-present cloud cover, filters through a canopy of mature trees, casting shifting patterns of light and shadow on the well-kept lawns and the quiet streets. The air itself carries a freshness, a subtle scent of damp earth and pine needles that speaks of the surrounding woodlands and the shallow, meandering creeks that thread through the landscape. This locale carries the imprint of its past, a history intertwined with the development of the Roanoke Valley. Once a quieter, more agrarian expanse, Hollins has grown, yet it retains a sense of its origins, a connection to the fertile land that first drew settlers. The presence of Hollins University, a venerable institution for women, has long shaped its character, imbuing the area with an intellectual and cultural current that flows beneath the surface of everyday life. The local economy, while diversified, still feels the resonance of the industries that once powered the region, and the quiet streets now host a blend of established families and newer residents drawn by the area's enduring charm and proximity to the larger city.
Live animated radar for Hollins 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 | Hollins, Roanoke County, Virginia |
| Coordinates | 37.341246°N, 79.943095°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 24019 |
| Area Code | 540 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Hollins, 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 Hollins includes coordinates 37.341246°N, 79.943095°W, situated in Roanoke County. ZIP code 24019. 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.