Lightfoot, Virginia Weather
Lightfoot, 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 Lightfoot, James City County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Lightfoot. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Lightfoot is published on the Williamsburg Jamestown Airport (KJGG) page, 12 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. 6 airfields within reach of Lightfoot 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 Lightfoot: Middle Peninsula Regional Airport (KFYJ) 20 km · Felker Army Air Field (KFAF) 26 km · Newport News Williamsburg International Airport (KPHF) 33 km · Hummel Field (KW75) 40 km · Wakefield Municipal Airport (KAKQ) 45 km
Conditions reported at KJGG describe the airfield itself. Weather 12 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Lightfoot specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Lightfoot.
About Lightfoot, Virginia
Lightfoot rests in a landscape shaped by slow rivers and patient soil. It lies 5.5 miles north-north-west of Williamsburg, VA (from Williamsburg, VA: bearing 332°T), and is situated 3.9 miles north-east of James City. The land here is gently rolling, a soft topography of pine and oak forests that give way to fields of cultivated crops, the straight lines of agriculture a deliberate counterpoint to the wilder growth. Waterways, often unseen but always present, thread through the terrain, their quiet murmur a constant hum beneath the rustle of leaves. The air itself carries a certain weight, thick with the scent of pine needles warmed by the sun, and in the late afternoon, a golden light spills across the fields, softening the edges of the world. This stretch of James City County has known generations of cultivation and quiet habitation, its history deeply entwined with the agricultural cycles of the Tidewater region. For a long time, the land was the primary engine of Lightfoot's economy, yielding tobacco, corn, and soybeans, and the rhythm of planting and harvest still dictates a certain pace of life. While much of the surrounding area has seen development, Lightfoot retains a character of enduring rural simplicity, a place where the memory of working the land is still palpable, and the occasional weathered barn or fence line stands as a silent witness to its enduring agrarian spirit.
Live animated radar for Lightfoot 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 | Lightfoot, James City County, Virginia |
| Coordinates | 37.340702°N, 76.754404°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 23188, 23090 |
| Area Code | 804 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Lightfoot, Virginia Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Lightfoot, 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 Lightfoot includes coordinates 37.340702°N, 76.754404°W, situated in James City County. ZIP code 23188, 23090. Telephone area code: 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.
