Painter, Virginia Weather
Painter, 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 Painter, Accomack County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Painter. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Painter is published on the Accomack County Airport (KMFV) page, 7 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 Painter 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 Painter: Tangier Island Airport (KTGI) 33 km · Crisfield-Somerset County Airport (KW41) 48 km · Wallops Flight Facility Airport (KWAL) 49 km · Hummel Field (KW75) 58 km
Conditions reported at KMFV describe the airfield itself. Weather 7 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Painter specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Painter.
About Painter, Virginia
Painter rests on the flat, fertile land of Virginia's Eastern Shore, a place where the sky seems to stretch forever, meeting the low-lying fields in a soft, hazy embrace. It lies 44.0 miles south-south-west of Worcester, MD (from Worcester, MD: bearing 206°T), and is situated 4.3 miles north-north-east of Exmore. The air here carries the briny tang of the nearby Atlantic, a constant, gentle reminder of the water’s pervasive influence, and the roads often wind between broad expanses of corn and soybeans, their green stalks whispering secrets in the breeze. Sunlight, when it breaks through the coastal clouds, falls with a peculiar, diffused quality, softening the edges of the modest homes and the occasional weathered barn, imbuing the landscape with a quiet luminescence. The very character of Painter is one of patient observation, of life unfolding at a pace dictated by seasons and the ebb and flow of the tides that shape this peninsula. The history of Painter is intrinsically tied to the agricultural bounty and the maritime traditions that have sustained this corner of Accomack County for generations. Early settlers, drawn by the rich soil and access to both the Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic Ocean, established a way of life deeply rooted in farming and fishing. Today, while the landscape is still dominated by agriculture, the echoes of its past resonate in the quiet docks and the enduring spirit of self-reliance. The local economy, though modest, continues to draw strength from the land, with crops like soybeans and corn forming a familiar pattern across the fields, and the bounty of the sea still a vital, though perhaps less dominant, thread in the community's fabric. This enduring connection to the earth and water lends Painter a distinct sense of place, a quiet dignity that persists against the backdrop of a changing world.
Live animated radar for Painter 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 | Painter, Accomack County, Virginia |
| Coordinates | 37.585411°N, 75.78493°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 23420 |
| Area Code | 757 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Painter, Virginia Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Painter, 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 Painter includes coordinates 37.585411°N, 75.784930°W, situated in Accomack County. ZIP code 23420. 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. 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.
