Kinsale, Virginia Weather
Kinsale, 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 Kinsale, Westmoreland County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Kinsale. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Kinsale is published on the Naval Outlying Landing Field Webster (KNUI) page, 18 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. 2 airfields within reach of Kinsale 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 Kinsale: Patuxent River Naval Air Station (Trapnell Field) (KNHK) 32 km
Conditions reported at KNUI describe the airfield itself. Weather 18 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Kinsale specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Kinsale.
About Kinsale, Virginia
Kinsale rests where the Potomac River’s broad, brackish embrace begins to thin, a place where the land exhales a damp, fertile scent. It lies 12.9 miles west-south-west of Saint Marys, MD (from Saint Marys, MD: bearing 246°T), and is situated 8.8 miles south-south-west of Piney Point. The terrain here is a soft, yielding country, a tapestry of marsh grasses bowing to the persistent breeze and dense woodlands that hold their secrets close. Creeks, like silver threads, stitch their way through the low-lying fields, often disappearing into the tangled undergrowth before re-emerging, their waters reflecting the pale, washed-out blue of the Virginia sky. The character of Kinsale is one of quiet persistence, a slow unfolding that mirrors the patient erosion of the riverbanks, where the air itself seems to carry the hushed stories of generations. The history of Kinsale is as deeply entwined with the water as the roots of the ancient cypress trees. This was a place of early settlement, its strategic position along the river making it a vital hub for trade and communication, a fact that echoes in the weathered clapboard of its older buildings. The economy has long been tied to the bounty of the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries, with fishing and oystering providing livelihoods for many, a tradition that continues to shape the rhythm of daily life. Beyond the working docks, the land itself speaks of agricultural endeavors, fields of corn and soybeans stretching towards the horizon, their verdant expanse punctuated by the occasional weathered barn. Kinsale's distinctive charm lies not in grand pronouncements but in the subtle details: the way the late afternoon sun catches the shimmering scales of a freshly caught fish, or the contented sigh of the wind as it rustles through the reeds along the water's edge.
Live animated radar for Kinsale 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 | Kinsale, Westmoreland County, Virginia |
| Coordinates | 38.029574°N, 76.580789°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 22488 |
| Area Code | 540 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Kinsale, Virginia Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Kinsale, 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 Kinsale includes coordinates 38.029574°N, 76.580789°W, situated in Westmoreland County. ZIP code 22488. 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.
