Southside Chesconessex, Virginia Weather
Southside Chesconessex, 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 Southside Chesconessex, Accomack County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Southside Chesconessex. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Southside Chesconessex is published on the Accomack County Airport (KMFV) page, 11 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 Southside Chesconessex 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 Southside Chesconessex: Tangier Island Airport (KTGI) 21 km · Crisfield-Somerset County Airport (KW41) 31 km · Wallops Flight Facility Airport (KWAL) 35 km
Conditions reported at KMFV describe the airfield itself. Weather 11 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Southside Chesconessex specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Southside Chesconessex.
About Southside Chesconessex, Virginia
Southside Chesconessex exhales a gentle, salt-tinged air that whispers of the nearby Chesapeake Bay. It lies 34.2 miles south-south-west of Worcester, MD (from Worcester, MD: bearing 213°T), and is situated 2.7 miles north-west of Onancock. The land here is a low, fertile expanse, a mosaic of cultivated fields and marshy edges where the Tidewater's distinctive flatness meets the slow, deliberate flow of brackish creeks. Ancient, gnarled oaks, their branches draped with Spanish moss, stand sentinel over pastures where cattle graze, their dark forms stark against the wide, pale sky. The sunlight, particularly in the late afternoon, possesses a luminous quality, casting long, softened shadows that stretch across the terrain like a quiet benediction. The history of Southside Chesconessex is etched not in grand monuments, but in the enduring rhythms of agriculture and the quiet tenacity of its people. For generations, this area has been shaped by the bounty of the land and the water, its economy rooted in farming, particularly the cultivation of corn and soybeans, and the time-honored practice of fishing and oystering. The character of Southside Chesconessex is one of unpretentious resilience, a place where the legacy of its colonial past is felt in the weathered barns and the enduring spirit of community. Life moves with a measured grace, dictated by the seasons and the tides, a constant, subtle dialogue between humanity and the natural world.
Live animated radar for Southside Chesconessex 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 | Southside Chesconessex, Accomack County, Virginia |
| Coordinates | 37.7439°N, 75.7786°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 23417 |
| Area Code | 757 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Southside Chesconessex, Virginia Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Southside Chesconessex, 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 Southside Chesconessex includes coordinates 37.743900°N, 75.778600°W, situated in Accomack County. ZIP code 23417. 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.
