Mount Sidney, Virginia Weather
Mount Sidney, 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 Sidney, Augusta County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Mount Sidney. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Mount Sidney is published on the Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport (KSHD) page, 6 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. 4 airfields within reach of Mount Sidney 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 Sidney: Bridgewater Air Park (KVBW) 12 km · Charlottesville Albemarle Airport (KCHO) 46 km · New Market Airport (K8W2) 49 km
Conditions reported at KSHD describe the airfield itself. Weather 6 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Mount Sidney specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Mount Sidney.
About Mount Sidney, Virginia
Mount Sidney rests in a gentle cradle of Augusta County, where rolling hills, softened by time and cultivation, give way to the broader Shenandoah Valley. It lies 9.6 miles north-east of Staunton, VA (from Staunton, VA: bearing 39°T), and is situated 8.7 miles south of Bridgewater. The land here is a study in muted greens and browns, a patchwork quilt of cornfields and pastures stitched with hedgerows and the occasional stand of oak or maple. Sunlight, when it breaks through the often-overcast skies, casts a diffused glow, lending a certain quietude to the landscape. The air carries the scent of damp earth and distant woodsmoke, a constant reminder of the agricultural heart that beats beneath the surface of Mount Sidney. This locality, with its roots stretching back to the earliest settlements of the Shenandoah Valley, has always drawn its sustenance from the fertile soil. Once a vital artery for the movement of goods and people, the land around Mount Sidney has seen generations cultivate crops and raise livestock, the economy a steady hum of farming and related trades. While the grander narratives of the region might focus on nearby battlefields or burgeoning cities, Mount Sidney retains a distinct character, a quiet pride in its enduring agricultural heritage. The rhythm of life here is dictated by the seasons, a dependable cadence that has shaped the character of its people and the enduring, unassuming beauty of Mount Sidney itself.
Live animated radar for Mount Sidney 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 Sidney, Augusta County, Virginia |
| Coordinates | 38.257352°N, 78.959472°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 24467 |
| Area Code | 540 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Mount Sidney, Virginia Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Mount Sidney, 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 Sidney includes coordinates 38.257352°N, 78.959472°W, situated in Augusta County. ZIP code 24467. 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.
