Metompkin, Virginia Weather
Metompkin, 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 Metompkin, Accomack County.
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About Metompkin, Virginia
Metompkin breathes the salt-laced air of Virginia’s Eastern Shore, a place where the land exhales a quiet peace. It lies 28.4 miles south-south-west of Worcester, MD (from Worcester, MD: bearing 199°T), and is situated 8.9 miles east-north-east of Onancock. Low-lying and intimate with the Atlantic, its landscape is a gentle unfolding of marshes and estuaries, where spartina grass whispers secrets to the tide. Live oaks, gnarled and ancient, stand sentinel against the prevailing winds, their branches draped with Spanish moss that catches the coastal sunlight like captured seafoam. The sky here is a vast canvas, often painted with the bruised purples and fiery oranges of a receding sunset, reflecting in the glassy stillness of the shallow creeks that thread through the terrain. The air, especially in the early morning, carries a damp, earthy scent, mingling with the briny tang of the sea, and the distant cry of gulls is a constant, melodic counterpoint to the quietude. This is a corner of Accomack County where the echoes of a maritime past still resonate, though the rhythm of life has largely settled into a gentle cadence dictated by the seasons and the sea. Historically, the area's prosperity was tied to the bountiful waters, with fishing and oystering forming the backbone of its economy for generations. While those industries still hold a place, the character of Metompkin today is one of quiet resilience, a community that values its connection to the natural world. The land itself, shaped by millennia of tidal flow, holds a subtle beauty, and the small, weathered homes scattered across the landscape seem to have grown organically from the soil, each a testament to a life lived in close communion with the elements. The light here, particularly as it filters through the salt-laden air, possesses a distinctive, soft luminescence, imbuing even the most ordinary scenes with a quiet, enduring charm.
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| Location | Metompkin, Accomack County, Virginia |
| Coordinates | 37.769295°N, 75.602706°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 23421 |
| Area Code | 757 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Metompkin, Virginia Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Metompkin, 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 Metompkin includes coordinates 37.769295°N, 75.602706°W, situated in Accomack County. ZIP code 23421. 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.
