Mount Clifton, Virginia Weather
Mount Clifton, 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 Mount Clifton, Shenandoah County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Mount Clifton. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Mount Clifton is published on the New Market Airport (K8W2) page, 12 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. 5 airfields within reach of Mount Clifton 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 Mount Clifton: Luray Caverns Airport (KLUA) 21 km · Front Royal Warren County Airport (KFRR) 43 km · Bridgewater Air Park (KVBW) 49 km · Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport (KSHD) 58 km
Conditions reported at K8W2 describe the airfield itself. Weather 12 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Mount Clifton specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Mount Clifton.
About Mount Clifton, Virginia
Mount Clifton unfolds as a landscape etched with the quiet resilience of the Appalachian foothills. It lies 23.2 miles north-north-east of Harrisonburg, VA (from Harrisonburg, VA: bearing 21°T), and is situated 9.1 miles north-north-east of Timberville. Rolling hills, cloaked in a verdant tapestry of oak and pine, rise and fall with a gentle, persistent grace, their slopes often softened by a persistent, almost whispered mist that clings to the hollows long after the sun has begun its climb. The air itself carries a crisp, clean scent, a mixture of damp earth, pine needles, and the faint, sweet perfume of distant wildflowers, particularly potent in the hushed moments of early morning before the day truly awakens. The terrain here is characterized by a series of undulating ridges and narrow valleys, where small creeks, their waters clear and cool, thread their way through the undergrowth, their quiet murmur a constant, soothing soundtrack to the land. The history of Mount Clifton is deeply intertwined with the agricultural pulse of Shenandoah County, a place where the land has long dictated the rhythm of life. Generations have worked these fertile soils, coaxing sustenance from the earth, and the echoes of this agrarian heritage are still palpable. While modern life brings its own demands, the legacy of farming persists, evident in the scattered fields of corn and hay that punctuate the forested expanses, and the occasional weathered barn, its timbers bearing the marks of countless seasons. The economy, like the land itself, is a blend of the enduring and the adapting, with local businesses catering to both the needs of residents and the occasional visitor drawn to the region's natural beauty and peaceful character. There's a sense of quiet continuity here, a feeling that the past is not so much buried as it is woven into the very fabric of the present.
Live animated radar for Mount Clifton 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 | Mount Clifton, Shenandoah County, Virginia |
| Coordinates | 38.761503°N, 78.711407°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 22842, 22847 |
| Area Code | 540 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Mount Clifton, Virginia Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Mount Clifton, 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 Mount Clifton includes coordinates 38.761503°N, 78.711407°W, situated in Shenandoah County. ZIP code 22842, 22847. 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.
