Rustburg, Virginia Weather
Rustburg, 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 Rustburg, Campbell County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Rustburg. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Rustburg is published on the Lynchburg Regional Airport - Preston Glenn Field (KLYH) page, 10 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 Rustburg 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 Rustburg: New London Airport (KW90) 21 km · Smith Mountain Lake Airport (KW91) 47 km · Farmville Regional Airport (KFVX) 59 km
Conditions reported at KLYH describe the airfield itself. Weather 10 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Rustburg specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Rustburg.
About Rustburg, Virginia
Rustburg unfolds across a landscape shaped by the gentle, rolling foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. It lies 9.7 miles south-south-east of Lynchburg, VA (from Lynchburg, VA: bearing 166°T), and is situated 9.1 miles east-south-east of Timberlake. The land here breathes with the quiet persistence of agriculture, fields of green stretching towards the hazy blue horizon, punctuated by the darker, more solemn lines of wooded slopes. Creeks, like the meandering Blackwater, thread their way through the terrain, their banks often lined with the stoic, enduring presence of mature oak and pine. The air, especially in the early morning, carries a crisp, clean scent, a subtle perfume of damp earth and distant woodsmoke, and as dusk settles, the western sky often ignites in hues of bruised plum and molten gold, casting long, softened shadows across the open spaces. The roots of Rustburg run deep into Virginia's agricultural past, a legacy evident in the enduring presence of farms and the sturdy, unpretentious architecture that speaks of generations of hard work. The local economy, once heavily reliant on the bounty of the land, now finds its rhythm in a blend of agricultural pursuits and a growing diversification, with small businesses and services catering to the surrounding county. The courthouse, a prominent landmark, stands as a quiet sentinel to the area's history, a place where the threads of community life are often gathered and woven. The feel of Rustburg is one of deliberate calm, a place where the passage of time seems measured not by the frantic tick of a clock, but by the slow arc of the sun and the predictable turning of the seasons.
Live animated radar for Rustburg 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.
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| Location | Rustburg, Campbell County, Virginia |
| Coordinates | 37.276811°N, 79.100854°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 24588 |
| Area Code | 276 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Rustburg, Virginia Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Rustburg, 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 Rustburg includes coordinates 37.276811°N, 79.100854°W, situated in Campbell County. ZIP code 24588. 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.
