Plum Creek, Virginia Weather
Plum Creek, 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 Plum Creek, Montgomery County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Plum Creek. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Plum Creek 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. 4 airfields within reach of Plum Creek 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 Plum Creek: New River Valley Airport (KPSK) 16 km · Twin County Airport (KHLX) 50 km · Roanoke–Blacksburg Regional Airport (KROA) 51 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 Plum Creek specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Plum Creek.
About Plum Creek, Virginia
Plum Creek rolls and pitches with the gentle inclination of the Appalachian foothills, a landscape etched by the patient work of water and wind. It lies 8.4 miles south-west of Blacksburg, VA (from Blacksburg, VA: bearing 215°T), and is situated 5.0 miles west of Christiansburg. Here, the land is a patchwork quilt of verdant pastures and dense woodlands, crisscrossed by the meandering path of Plum Creek itself, a ribbon of cool, clear water that has shaped the contours of this place for uncounted years. The air, especially in the early morning, carries a crispness that hints at the coming autumn, a scent of damp earth and pine needles that settles deep into the lungs. Farmhouses, their paint weathered by sun and rain, dot the hillsides like stoic sentinels, their fields stretching out in neat, orderly rows, a testament to generations of honest labor. The sky above Plum Creek often wears a painter's palette of soft grays and blues, with sunlight breaking through in luminous shafts that seem to illuminate the very soul of the countryside. The history of Plum Creek is deeply entwined with the rich, dark earth and the enduring spirit of its people. For centuries, this land has been a source of sustenance, first for indigenous peoples and later for the Scotch-Irish settlers who carved their lives from the wilderness. The local economy, though varied, still holds a strong connection to agriculture, with cattle grazing on the rolling pastures and crops thriving in the fertile soil. Whispers of old iron furnaces can still be found in the hushed woods, echoes of an industrial past that once pulsed with the heat of forges and the clang of hammers. While modern life has brought its own changes, the pace in Plum Creek remains measured, a steady heartbeat that resonates with the natural rhythms of the land. The small, independent businesses lining the quiet main street offer a glimpse into a community that values connection and tradition, a place where the past is not forgotten but lives on in the present.
Live animated radar for Plum Creek 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 | Plum Creek, Montgomery County, Virginia |
| Coordinates | 37.12984°N, 80.5006°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 24340, 24073 |
| Area Code | 276, 540 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Plum Creek, Virginia Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Plum Creek, 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 Plum Creek includes coordinates 37.129840°N, 80.500600°W, situated in Montgomery County. ZIP code 24340, 24073. 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.
