Wakefield, Virginia Weather
Wakefield, 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 Wakefield, Charlottesville (city).
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Wakefield. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Wakefield is published on the Charlottesville Albemarle Airport (KCHO) 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. 5 airfields within reach of Wakefield 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 Wakefield: Gordonsville Municipal Airport (KGVE) 29 km · Orange County Airport (KOMH) 42 km · Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport (KSHD) 43 km · Bridgewater Air Park (KVBW) 54 km
Conditions reported at KCHO describe the airfield itself. Weather 8 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Wakefield specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Wakefield.
About Wakefield, Virginia
Wakefield sleeps in the rolling embrace of Albemarle County, where verdant fields surrender to wooded hollows and the air carries the scent of pine and damp earth. It lies 2.8 miles north of Charlottesville, VA (from Charlottesville, VA: bearing 4°T), and is situated 3.1 miles north-east of University of Virginia. The land here, a gentle swell and dip, suggests the quiet work of water over millennia, carving subtle valleys that cradle scattered homes and the occasional weathered barn. Sunlight, when it breaks through the canopy, falls in shifting mosaics upon the leaf-strewn ground, a fleeting beauty that mirrors the transient nature of cloud-shadows drifting across the broad, blue sky. It's a place where the horizon seems to pull back, allowing a generous expanse of sky to preside over the landscape, a vast, silent witness to the slow turning of seasons. This stretch of Albemarle, once part of a wider agricultural tapestry, still whispers of its agrarian past, though its economic heart now beats with a more diversified rhythm. The legacy of tobacco farms and ancestral estates is woven into the very character of Wakefield, a quiet pride in its lineage. While not a bustling hub, Wakefield possesses a distinctive charm, an unhurried pace that allows for the appreciation of small things – the deep, resonant call of a dove at dawn, the satisfying crunch of gravel underfoot on a country lane. The proximity to Charlottesville, a beacon of culture and academia, casts a subtle influence, bringing a touch of intellectual curiosity and artistic appreciation to this more pastoral corner of Virginia.
Live animated radar for Wakefield 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 | Wakefield, Charlottesville (city), Virginia |
| Coordinates | 38.069304°N, 78.473067°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 22304, 23888, 22003 |
| Area Code | 804, 571, 703 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Wakefield, Virginia Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Wakefield, 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 Wakefield includes coordinates 38.069304°N, 78.473067°W, situated in Charlottesville (city). ZIP code 22304, 23888, 22003. Telephone area code: 804, 571, 703. 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.
