Salem, Virginia Weather
Salem, Virginia — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast for Salem, Salem (city).
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Salem. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Salem is published on the Roanoke–Blacksburg Regional Airport (KROA) page, 8 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 Salem 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 Salem: Virginia Tech Montgomery Executive Airport (KBCB) 33 km · Smith Mountain Lake Airport (KW91) 46 km · New River Valley Airport (KPSK) 58 km
Conditions reported at KROA describe the airfield itself. Weather 8 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Salem specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Salem, Virginia
Salem lies in a fold of the Appalachian foothills, where the land begins its slow, deliberate ascent towards the higher peaks. It lies 5.1 miles north-north-west of Cave Spring, VA (from Cave Spring, VA: bearing 333°T), and is situated 6.4 miles west-north-west of Roanoke. The terrain here is a rumpled quilt of green fields and dense woodlands, bisected by creeks that whisper through the ravines. The air, especially in the humid embrace of summer, carries the scent of damp earth and pine needles, a constant reminder of the surrounding wildness. Even within the town's boundaries, the wildness presses close, with deer occasionally venturing onto lawns and the insistent chirping of unseen insects a perpetual soundtrack. The houses, many of them modest and weathered, seem to settle into the landscape, their paint peeling like old bark, their foundations anchored deep in the red clay. This corner of the county, where Salem holds its own, has always been about the land and the labor it demands. For generations, farming was the bedrock, with tobacco and corn stretching across the rolling hills, their cultivation leaving a subtle, sun-baked character on the faces of those who worked them. While agriculture still plays a role, the economy has diversified, with small manufacturing concerns and service industries now providing livelihoods. The old railroad line, now a rail-trail, hints at a past when trains were the lifeblood, carrying goods and people through this quiet valley. There's a palpable sense of continuity here, a feeling that the present generation walks the same paths, breathes the same air, as those who came before them, their lives shaped by the predictable cycle of seasons and the enduring presence of the mountains.
Live animated radar for Salem 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 | Salem, Salem (city), Virginia |
| Coordinates | 37.293468°N, 80.054763°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 22835, 22713, 23456, 24153 |
| Area Code | 757, 276, 540 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Salem, Virginia Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Salem, 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 Salem includes coordinates 37.293468°N, 80.054763°W, situated in Salem (city). ZIP code 22835, 22713, 23456, 24153. Telephone area code: 757, 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.
