Massaponax, Virginia Weather
Massaponax, 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 Massaponax, Spotsylvania County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Massaponax. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Massaponax is published on the Shannon Airport (KEZF) page, 3 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 Massaponax 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 Massaponax: Stafford Regional Airport (KRMN) 18 km · Mary Walker LZ Airport (KAPH) 22 km · Quantico Marine Corps Airfield / Turner Field (KNYG) 31 km · Dahlgren Naval Surface Warfare Center Airport (KNDY) 36 km · Warrenton Fauquier Airport (KHWY) 45 km
Conditions reported at KEZF describe the airfield itself. Weather 3 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Massaponax specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Massaponax.
About Massaponax, Virginia
Massaponax lies in a gentle fold of Spotsylvania County, where the land rises and falls with a quiet persistence, not dramatic, but yielding to the slow work of water and time. It lies 4.6 miles south-south-east of Fredericksburg, VA (from Fredericksburg, VA: bearing 163°T), and is situated 8.7 miles east-north-east of Spotsylvania Courthouse. Oak and pine trees, their branches heavy with the humid Virginia air, stand sentinel over fields that transition from the cultivated green of late spring to the sun-baked gold of summer. The air here carries the scent of damp earth and distant woodsmoke, a subtle perfume that clings to the skin long after the sun has dipped below the tree line, painting the western sky in bruised purples and soft oranges. The roads, some paved and smooth, others still bearing the gravelly grit of less hurried days, wind through the landscape like ancient veins, connecting scattered homes and small clusters of commerce. The history of Massaponax is deeply entwined with the fertile soil and the strategic importance of this region, a place that has witnessed the ebb and flow of generations. For many years, agriculture was the lifeblood, with tobacco and later grains shaping the very character of the land and its people. This agricultural legacy can still be felt in the enduring presence of family farms, some still working the same acreage their ancestors cleared. More recently, Massaponax has seen a shift, with its proximity to larger urban centers fostering a blend of residential growth and a burgeoning local economy driven by retail and service industries. The old roads now lead not just to fields, but to shopping centers and employment hubs, yet the quiet dignity of the landscape, the enduring presence of the trees and the slow crawl of the clouds overhead, remains the true, distinctive heart of Massaponax.
Live animated radar for Massaponax 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 | Massaponax, Spotsylvania County, Virginia |
| Coordinates | 38.239852°N, 77.436095°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 22408 |
| Area Code | 540 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Massaponax, Virginia Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Massaponax, 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 Massaponax includes coordinates 38.239852°N, 77.436095°W, situated in Spotsylvania County. ZIP code 22408. 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. 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.
