Madison Heights, Virginia Weather
Madison Heights, 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 Madison Heights, Amherst County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Madison Heights. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Madison Heights is published on the Lynchburg Regional Airport - Preston Glenn Field (KLYH) page, 14 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. 3 airfields within reach of Madison Heights 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 Madison Heights: New London Airport (KW90) 26 km · Smith Mountain Lake Airport (KW91) 55 km
Conditions reported at KLYH describe the airfield itself. Weather 14 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Madison Heights specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Madison Heights.
About Madison Heights, Virginia
Madison Heights sprawls where the gentle blue ridges of the Appalachian foothills begin to soften, a landscape of rolling terrain and broad, sunlit fields. It lies 1.6 miles north-east of Lynchburg, VA (from Lynchburg, VA: bearing 41°T), and is situated 4.9 miles south of Monroe. Here, the James River, a glinting artery, carves its way through the land, its banks lined with the stoic grace of mature oaks and the whispering reeds that sway in the humid Virginia air. The sky overhead, vast and often a pale, washed-out blue, can gather itself into dramatic, bruised clouds before a summer shower, the scent of ozone and damp earth rising to meet the verdant slopes. Homes, many with porches that invite lingering, dot the hillsides, their white clapboard and weathered brick seeming to drink in the afternoon light. The history of Madison Heights is deeply entwined with the agricultural bounty of Amherst County, a place where tobacco once reigned supreme and the fertile soil yielded its riches. Later, the advent of manufacturing brought a different kind of lifeblood, with industries that shaped the economic pulse of the area, leaving behind a legacy of industrious spirit. Today, the presence of nearby educational institutions lends a youthful energy, a scholarly hum that mingles with the enduring quiet of rural Virginia. The James River continues its timeless journey, a constant presence that has witnessed generations come and go, its currents carrying stories of a past that still breathes in the present-day rhythms of Madison Heights.
Live animated radar for Madison Heights 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 | Madison Heights, Amherst County, Virginia |
| Coordinates | 37.430976°N, 79.12308°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 24572 |
| Area Code | 276 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Madison Heights, Virginia Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Madison Heights, 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 Madison Heights includes coordinates 37.430976°N, 79.123080°W, situated in Amherst County. ZIP code 24572. Telephone area code: 276. 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.
