Prince Edward, Virginia Weather
Prince Edward, 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 Prince Edward, Prince Edward County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Prince Edward. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Prince Edward is published on the Farmville Regional Airport (KFVX) page, 18 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 Prince Edward 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 Prince Edward: Lunenburg County Airport (KW31) 34 km · Allen C Perkinson Blackstone Army Air Field (KBKT) 44 km · Chase City Municipal Airport (KCXE) 46 km
Conditions reported at KFVX describe the airfield itself. Weather 18 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Prince Edward specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Prince Edward.
About Prince Edward, Virginia
Prince Edward breathes with the quiet dignity of rolling Piedmont farmland, where the afternoon sun, thick and golden, spills across fields of corn and soybeans, softening the edges of the distant tree line. It lies 41.9 miles east-south-east of Lynchburg, VA (from Lynchburg, VA: bearing 111°T), and is situated 7.5 miles south-south-west of Farmville. The air here, especially as dusk approaches, carries the faint, sweet scent of honeysuckle and the earthy aroma of turned soil, a perfume woven from the very essence of the Virginia landscape. Gentle hills, cloaked in a mosaic of deciduous and pine forests, slope towards the shallow, meandering waterways that thread through the terrain, their waters reflecting the vast, often cloud-streaked canvas of the sky. The roads, some paved and smooth, others winding gravel paths, seem to lead to places where time moves at a more deliberate cadence, where the rustle of leaves and the distant lowing of cattle are the dominant sounds. The history of Prince Edward is etched not in grand monuments but in the enduring spirit of its agricultural roots, a legacy stretching back to colonial times when tobacco first shaped its economy. For generations, the land has yielded its bounty, and while the echoes of cotton fields and the shadows of a complex past linger, the present economy of Prince Edward is a testament to resilience and adaptation, with a continued reliance on farming augmented by small businesses and a growing appreciation for its heritage. The presence of Hampden-Sydney College, a distinguished institution of higher learning, imbues Prince Edward with an intellectual current, a quiet hum of scholarship that mingles with the everyday rhythms of country life, creating a unique character that is both rooted and forward-looking.
Live animated radar for Prince Edward 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 | Prince Edward, Prince Edward County, Virginia |
| Coordinates | 37.198289°N, 78.429719°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 23901 |
| Area Code | 276 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Prince Edward, Virginia Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Prince Edward, 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 Prince Edward includes coordinates 37.198289°N, 78.429719°W, situated in Prince Edward County. ZIP code 23901. Telephone area code: 276. 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.
