Baxter, West Virginia Weather
Baxter, West Virginia — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Baxter, Berkeley County.
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About Baxter, West Virginia
Baxter lies where the land begins its slow, deliberate rise toward the Allegheny Mountains, a place defined by rolling hills cloaked in the deep greens of deciduous forests and the pale gold of cultivated fields. It lies 19.9 miles west-south-west of Hagerstown, MD (from Hagerstown, MD: bearing 253°T), and is situated 9.3 miles north-west of Martinsburg. The air here, especially as the sun begins its descent, carries a crispness that hints at the coming evening, a gentle exhalation from the surrounding woodlands. Small streams, their waters often mirroring the dappled sunlight filtering through the canopy, carve their patient paths through the terrain, feeding into larger waterways that lend a sense of enduring flow to the landscape. The character of Baxter is that of quiet resilience, a settlement that draws its strength from the enduring cycles of nature and the steadfastness of its people. Historically, this region of Berkeley County was shaped by its agricultural bounty and a history interwoven with the broader currents of Appalachian development. Early settlers, drawn by the fertile soil and the promise of self-sufficiency, established farms that continue to define the rural character of Baxter. The local economy, while diversified, still carries the echoes of its agrarian roots, with a focus on agricultural products and the small businesses that support them. While no single grand monument dominates the skyline, the very fabric of Baxter is composed of these enduring connections to the land and the generations who have worked it, a subtle testament to a life lived in closer communion with the earth.
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| Location | Baxter, Berkeley County, West Virginia |
| Coordinates | 39.557596°N, 78.077502°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 25427, 26560 |
| Area Code | 304 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Baxter, West Virginia Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Baxter, West 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 Baxter includes coordinates 39.557596°N, 78.077502°W, situated in Berkeley County. ZIP code 25427, 26560. Telephone area code: 304. 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.
