Beards Fork, West Virginia Weather
Beards Fork, West Virginia — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Beards Fork, Fayette County.
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About Beards Fork, West Virginia
Beards Fork unfolds in a deep crease of the Appalachian Mountains, where the earth has been heaved and folded into dramatic, wooded ridges. It lies 29.6 miles south-east of Charleston, WV (from Charleston, WV: bearing 132°T), and is situated 7.6 miles north-west of Oak Hill. The air here, especially in the late afternoon as the sun dips behind the western slopes, carries the damp, cool scent of pine needles and decaying leaves, a perfume of the wild. The land itself is a study in verticality, with narrow hollows that funnel the sky into slivers of blue and roads that cling precariously to steep hillsides, their asphalt shimmering with the day’s accumulated heat. Creeks, like the namesake Beards Fork, rush through the valley floor, their waters a constant, murmuring presence, tumbling over moss-slicked stones, a sound that underscores the quiet persistence of this place. The character of Beards Fork is inextricably linked to the veins of coal that once pulsed beneath its surface, a history that shaped its founding and its people. The legacy of mining is etched not just in the land, though abandoned tipples and overgrown tracks still whisper of that past, but in the stoic resilience of the families who have called this hollow home for generations. The local economy, once driven by the black gold, has since shifted, with many residents now commuting to work in surrounding areas, yet a deep sense of local pride and a quiet understanding of hardship and endurance remain palpable. The rhythm of Beards Fork is one of slow mornings giving way to the day's tasks, punctuated by the occasional rumble of a distant truck or the bark of a dog echoing through the trees, a life lived in concert with the powerful, ancient landscape that surrounds it.
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| Location | Beards Fork, Fayette County, West Virginia |
| Coordinates | 38.06372°N, 81.227329°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 25173 |
| Area Code | 304 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Beards Fork, West Virginia Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Beards Fork, 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 Beards Fork includes coordinates 38.063720°N, 81.227329°W, situated in Fayette County. ZIP code 25173. 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.
