Merrifield, Virginia Weather
Merrifield, 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 Merrifield, Portsmouth (city).
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About Merrifield, Virginia
Merrifield, a place where the air carries the faint tang of salt and the sky often wears a bruised, twilight purple, unfolds across a low-lying terrain. It lies 5.6 miles west-north-west of Portsmouth, VA (from Portsmouth, VA: bearing 303°T), and is situated 7.3 miles north-west of Chesapeake. Here, the land settles into broad, unassuming plains, punctuated by the occasional cluster of loblolly pines that stand like patient sentinels against the prevailing winds. The streets, often lined with modest homes whose paint might be peeling a little from the persistent humidity, hum with a quiet, everyday energy; the distant rumble of traffic on larger arteries is a constant, low-frequency bass note to the chirping of unseen birds. Even on bright days, a certain softness pervades, a way the light seems to diffuse through the humid atmosphere, lending a muted glow to the weathered clapboard and the patches of manicured, yet often damp, lawns. The history of Merrifield is intrinsically tied to the waterways that thread through this part of the county, a legacy of its early days as a place where shipping and trade found a steady, if not boisterous, foothold. While the grander industrial booms of larger port cities might have bypassed its immediate shores, Merrifield has long sustained itself through a more grounded economy, one that has seen its share of fishing operations and small-scale agricultural ventures bloom and fade with the seasons. Today, the echoes of that past are subtle, found in the names of older streets or the occasional weathered dock that still juts into the brackish water, a quiet reminder of a time when the rhythm of life here pulsed in time with the tides and the steady passage of boats.
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| Location | Merrifield, Portsmouth (city), Virginia |
| Coordinates | 36.879315°N, 76.382445°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 22042, 23703, 22031 |
| Area Code | 757, 571, 703 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Merrifield, Virginia Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Merrifield, 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 Merrifield includes coordinates 36.879315°N, 76.382445°W, situated in Portsmouth (city). ZIP code 22042, 23703, 22031. Telephone area code: 757, 571, 703. 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.
