Yorktown, Virginia Weather
Yorktown, Virginia — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast, soil and crop conditions for Yorktown, York County.
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About Yorktown, Virginia
Yorktown rests along the broad sweep of the York River, a place where the saltwater tang of the Chesapeake Bay begins to soften, mingling with the damp earth of the Virginia tidewater. It lies 11.1 miles east-south-east of Williamsburg, VA (from Williamsburg, VA: bearing 101°T), and is situated 8.5 miles north-north-west of Tabb. The land here is a gentle rise from the water's edge, a landscape of rolling fields that have long surrendered to the quiet persistence of trees, their branches often draped with Spanish moss that catches the afternoon light like spun silver. Along the riverfront, the air hangs thick and humid, carrying the distant cry of gulls and the low thrum of boat engines, a sound that has been the soundtrack to this place for centuries. The houses are often painted in muted colors, their porches wide enough to catch the evening breeze, and the streets, though quiet now, seem to hold the echo of hurried footsteps from a time when this was a bustling port. The very ground of Yorktown remembers the clamor of revolution, the decisive victory that secured a nation’s birth. Before that, it was a colonial port of some consequence, its economy once tied to the tobacco trade, ships crowding its docks, their holds filled with the fragrant leaf destined for distant shores. Today, that economic pulse beats more softly, its primary rhythm set by the steady flow of visitors drawn to its historical significance, to walk the hallowed grounds of the battlefield and the preserved colonial structures. The York River remains a vital artery, though its cargo now is largely pleasure craft and the occasional working vessel, its waters reflecting the changing skies, from the steely grey of an approaching storm to the soft, bruised purples of a summer dusk, a perpetual reminder of the layers of time that converge in this quiet corner of Virginia.
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| Location | Yorktown, York County, Virginia |
| Coordinates | 37.238756°N, 76.509673°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 23690, 23691, 23692, 23693 |
| Area Code | 757 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Yorktown, Virginia Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Yorktown, Virginia, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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 Yorktown includes coordinates 37.238756°N, 76.509673°W, situated in York County. ZIP code 23690, 23691, 23692, 23693. 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. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.
