Mallow, Virginia Weather
Mallow, Virginia — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast, soil and crop conditions for Mallow, Alleghany County.
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About Mallow, Virginia
Mallow lies cradled in a broad, sun-drenched valley, where the Alleghany Mountains rise with a patient, green grandeur. It lies 33.3 miles north of Salem, VA (from Salem, VA: bearing 8°T), and is situated 1.9 miles south-east of Covington. The land here is a patchwork of fields, some still holding the promise of harvest, others resting under a quilt of winter stubble, all bisected by the serpentine curve of the Jackson River. The air, especially in the late afternoon when the sun begins its descent, carries a clean, crisp scent of pine and damp earth, a fragrance that seems to cling to the very stones of the old farmhouses. These structures, weathered and stoic, punctuate the landscape like punctuation marks in a long, unfolding sentence of rural life. The history of Mallow is tied to the persistent flow of the Jackson River, a vital artery for early commerce and later, for the timber industry that shaped much of its early economy. Old logging roads, now softened by moss and fallen leaves, still wind up into the surrounding hills, whispering of a time when the clang of axes and the rumble of wagons were the dominant sounds. While agriculture remains a quiet anchor, with cattle grazing on the verdant pastures and hay bales dotting the fields, the echoes of a more industrial past are never entirely absent. The distinctive character of Mallow is found not in grand monuments, but in the enduring spirit of its people, whose lives are as closely connected to the land and its seasons as the roots of the ancient oaks that stand sentinel over the valley.
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| Location | Mallow, Alleghany County, Virginia |
| Coordinates | 37.770959°N, 79.972556°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 24426 |
| Area Code | 540 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Mallow, Virginia Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Mallow, Virginia, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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 Mallow includes coordinates 37.770959°N, 79.972556°W, situated in Alleghany County. ZIP code 24426. 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. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.
