New Canton, Virginia Weather
New Canton, 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 New Canton, Buckingham County.
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About New Canton, Virginia
New Canton spills across the undulating terrain, a scattering of homes and businesses that seem to have settled organically into the rolling hills of Buckingham County. It lies 24.4 miles south-south-east of Charlottesville, VA (from Charlottesville, VA: bearing 157°T), and is situated 15.2 miles south of Lake Monticello. The land here is a rich tapestry of cultivated fields and dense woodlands, where the air, especially in the humid embrace of summer, carries the scent of pine needles and damp earth. Sunlight, when it breaks through the canopy, casts shifting patterns on the quiet roads, illuminating the weathered wood of barns and the patient, weathered faces of those who call New Canton home. The horizon is a gentle curve, a promise of more land, more sky, and the quiet persistence of rural life. The history of New Canton is entwined with the agricultural rhythms of the Virginia Piedmont, a past measured in tobacco harvests and the steady labor that shaped the land. Early settlers, drawn by the fertile soil, established a way of life that has, in many respects, endured. While large-scale industry has largely bypassed this corner of the county, a quiet resilience defines its economy, often rooted in farming, timber, and small, independent businesses. The James River, though not directly bordering New Canton, exerts a subtle influence on the region, its watershed shaping the very contours of the landscape and offering glimpses of its enduring power in the distant waterways that thread through the surrounding countryside.
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| Location | New Canton, Buckingham County, Virginia |
| Coordinates | 37.705144°N, 78.299447°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 23123 |
| Area Code | 804 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This New Canton, Virginia Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for New Canton, 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 New Canton includes coordinates 37.705144°N, 78.299447°W, situated in Buckingham County. ZIP code 23123. Telephone area code: 804. 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.
