Laurel, Virginia Weather
Laurel, 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 Laurel, Wise County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Laurel. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Laurel is published on the Lonesome Pine Airport (KLNP) page, 28 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 Laurel 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 Laurel: Lee County Airport (K0VG) 45 km · Tucker Guthrie Memorial Airport (KI35) 47 km · Hawkins County Airport (KRVN) 51 km
Conditions reported at KLNP describe the airfield itself. Weather 28 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Laurel specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Laurel.
About Laurel, Virginia
Laurel exists in a fold of the Appalachian landscape, where the land rises in a series of steep, forested ridges and narrow valleys. It lies 25.6 miles north-north-west of Marshall, TN (from Marshall, TN: bearing 338°T), and is situated 5.2 miles west-north-west of Big Stone Gap. The very air here seems to carry the damp, earthy scent of pine needles and decaying leaves, a perfume that intensifies after a rain shower. The terrain is unforgivingly sculpted, with roads clinging precariously to hillsides, offering fleeting glimpses of distant, mist-shrouded peaks. The sky, when visible, feels vast and immensely blue, framed by the dark green silhouettes of oaks and maples. The creek that gives the area its name, a ribbon of clear, cool water, tumbles over smooth stones, its murmur a constant, quiet companion to the rustling leaves. This particular corner of Wise County carries the indelible mark of its coal mining past, a history evident in the weathered facades of older buildings and the quiet stoicism of its residents. The economy, once dominated by the deep shafts and tipples, has diversified, though a strong connection to its industrial roots remains. You can still feel the echoes of the miners' boots on the worn sidewalks, a palpable sense of a community forged in hard labor and shared resilience. Laurel’s rhythm is one of steady endurance, a quiet grace that unfolds not in grand gestures but in the subtle beauty of everyday life, like the way the late afternoon sun casts long, golden shadows across the valley floor, illuminating the enduring spirit of the place.
Live animated radar for Laurel 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 | Laurel, Wise County, Virginia |
| Coordinates | 36.916762°N, 82.831272°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 23228, 24216, 23294 |
| Area Code | 276, 804 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Laurel, Virginia Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Laurel, 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 Laurel includes coordinates 36.916762°N, 82.831272°W, situated in Wise County. ZIP code 23228, 24216, 23294. Telephone area code: 276, 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. 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.
