Stonega, Virginia Weather
Stonega, 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 Stonega, Wise County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Stonega. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Stonega is published on the Lonesome Pine Airport (KLNP) page, 24 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 Stonega 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 Stonega: Lee County Airport (K0VG) 50 km · Tucker Guthrie Memorial Airport (KI35) 52 km · Hawkins County Airport (KRVN) 56 km
Conditions reported at KLNP describe the airfield itself. Weather 24 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Stonega specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Stonega.
About Stonega, Virginia
Stonega slumbers in a valley cupped by the shoulders of ancient mountains, where the air, even on a summer afternoon, carries a cool, damp breath hinting at the deep green of the surrounding forests. It lies 27.2 miles north-north-west of Marshall, TN (from Marshall, TN: bearing 345°T), and is situated 5.5 miles north-north-west of Big Stone Gap. The landscape here is a study in verticality; hillsides rise steeply, their flanks cloaked in a dense, almost unbroken emerald carpet of mixed hardwoods and pines. Narrow, winding roads, the color of dried clay, snake their way between these imposing natural walls, often following the sinuous path of a creek that whispers over smoothed stones. The sky overhead, when it breaks free of the hazy mountain peaks, is a vast, often dramatic expanse, its blues deepening to indigo as dusk begins its slow descent, painting the western ridges with hues of bruised plum and burnished copper. The very bones of Stonega are steeped in the dark, rich earth that once fueled its prosperity. For generations, the rhythm of life here was dictated by the clang of picks and the rumble of coal cars, a legacy etched not just in the scarred hillsides but in the quiet resilience of its people. This was a place built on grit and sweat, a testament to the arduous labor that extracted wealth from the deep seams. Though the mines have long since fallen silent, the echoes of that industrious past linger, a quiet hum beneath the surface of everyday life. The local economy now tentatively seeks new veins, perhaps in the burgeoning tourism drawn by the raw, untamed beauty of the region, or in the small, independent businesses that have begun to sprout like hardy wildflowers in the fertile ground of community spirit.
Live animated radar for Stonega 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 | Stonega, Wise County, Virginia |
| Coordinates | 36.953152°N, 82.791272°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 24216 |
| Area Code | 276 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Stonega, Virginia Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Stonega, 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 Stonega includes coordinates 36.953152°N, 82.791272°W, situated in Wise County. ZIP code 24216. 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.
