Newport, Virginia Weather
Newport, 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 Newport, Giles County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Newport. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Newport is published on the Virginia Tech Montgomery Executive Airport (KBCB) 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. 3 airfields within reach of Newport 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 Newport: New River Valley Airport (KPSK) 24 km · Roanoke–Blacksburg Regional Airport (KROA) 46 km
Conditions reported at KBCB describe the airfield itself. Weather 12 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Newport specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Newport.
About Newport, Virginia
Newport rests in the embrace of rolling hills, a quiet settlement where the gentle curves of the land speak of ancient geological forces. It lies 6.3 miles north-west of Blacksburg, VA (from Blacksburg, VA: bearing 315°T), and is situated 8.2 miles north-north-west of Merrimac. The air here, especially in the late afternoon, carries a crispness that hints at the nearby mountains, their peaks often softened by a haze of blue. Roads, like veins, trace the contours of the terrain, leading past fields of varying green, punctuated by darker swathes of woodland that climb the slopes. The sky overhead, vast and often cloud-streaked, seems to hold a particular kind of stillness, a contemplative quietude that settles over the landscape. The economic life of Newport has long been tied to the bounty of the surrounding earth, with agriculture forming the backbone of its existence. Generations have worked this soil, their labor etched not in grand monuments, but in the enduring patterns of the fields and the quiet resilience of the community. The legacy of coal mining, though less dominant now, still whispers in the local lore and the occasional weathered structure, a reminder of the industry that once shaped the region. While no grand university or bustling port defines Newport, its character is found in the steady hum of everyday life, in the shared histories passed down, and the simple beauty of a place that has found its rhythm in its own time.
Live animated radar for Newport 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 | Newport, Giles County, Virginia |
| Coordinates | 37.294294°N, 80.495333°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 24128 |
| Area Code | 276, 540 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Newport, Virginia Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Newport, 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 Newport includes coordinates 37.294294°N, 80.495333°W, situated in Giles County. ZIP code 24128. Telephone area code: 276, 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.
