Mappsburg, Virginia Weather
Mappsburg, 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 Mappsburg, Accomack County.
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Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Mappsburg.
About Mappsburg, Virginia
Mappsburg lies on a sliver of land, a quiet exhale of the Eastern Shore where the salt-laced air whispers secrets between the marsh grasses and the weathered shingles of homes. It lies 44.0 miles south-south-west of Worcester, MD (from Worcester, MD: bearing 204°T), and is situated 4.5 miles north-east of Exmore. The landscape here is a study in muted greens and blues, the sky a vast, ever-shifting canvas that washes over the low-slung terrain. Ditches, more like veins, crisscross the fields, carrying the brackish kiss of the nearby tidal creeks, their surfaces mirroring the bruised purples and soft golds of a coming dusk. The wind, when it stirs, carries the faint, earthy scent of damp soil and the distant, rhythmic sigh of the ocean, a constant, unseen presence. The history of Mappsburg is as layered as the silty earth beneath its feet, an echo of generations who coaxed sustenance from this coastal fringe. Once a hub of maritime activity, its piers now stand as skeletal reminders of a busier past, their timbers groaning with the weight of memory and the persistent tide. Today, agriculture remains a steadfast anchor, the rows of corn and soybeans stretching towards the horizon, their verdant uniformity broken only by the occasional shimmering heat haze rising from sun-baked fields. Local life unfolds at a pace dictated by the tides and the seasons, a gentle rhythm that allows for the quiet appreciation of a sky so wide it seems to hold the entire world, and for the profound silence that descends after the last bird call fades.
Live animated radar for Mappsburg and surroundings — RainViewer.
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| Location | Mappsburg, Accomack County, Virginia |
| Coordinates | 37.577634°N, 75.76354°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 23420 |
| Area Code | 757 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Mappsburg, Virginia Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Mappsburg, 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 Mappsburg includes coordinates 37.577634°N, 75.763540°W, situated in Accomack County. ZIP code 23420. Telephone area code: 757. 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.
