Belington, West Virginia Weather
Belington, West Virginia — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Belington, Barbour County.
Full aviation weather for Belington is published on the Elkins-Randolph County Regional Airport (KEKN) page, 16 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 Belington 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 Belington: Upshur County Regional Airport (KW22) 29 km · North Central West Virginia Airport (KCKB) 39 km · Fairmont Municipal Airport Frankman Field (K4G7) 51 km
Conditions reported at KEKN describe the airfield itself. Weather 16 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Belington specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Belington.
About Belington, West Virginia
Belington lies cradled by the rolling Appalachian foothills, a landscape where the green velvet of summer gives way to the russet and gold of autumn, painting the hillsides with a painter's reckless abandon. It lies 41.8 miles south of Morgantown, WV (from Morgantown, WV: bearing 179°T), and is situated 8.4 miles north-west of Elkins. The Tygart Valley River, a ribbon of cool, clear water, snakes its way through the terrain, its banks often fringed with the stoic presence of sycamore trees, their mottled bark catching the afternoon light like scattered parchment. The air itself carries a crispness, especially in the early mornings, a clean scent of damp earth and pine that invigorates the senses, a subtle perfume of untamed nature mingling with the fainter, more distant aroma of woodsmoke from hearths within the valley. The pulse of Belington beats with a history tied to the rich veins of coal that once defined this corner of West Virginia, a legacy that still whispers in the sturdy, pragmatic architecture of its older buildings, their brickwork bearing the marks of diligent hands. Though the era of deep mining has largely receded, the spirit of industry persists, now finding expression in more varied forms, a testament to the resilience of its people. Local businesses, many family-owned for generations, form the heart of the town's economy, their storefronts lining streets where the pace of life moves with a deliberate, unhurried grace, allowing for conversations that linger and the quiet observation of the sky as it deepens to twilight hues, a breathtaking canvas of purples and oranges.
Live animated radar for Belington 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 | Belington, Barbour County, West Virginia |
| Coordinates | 39.025103°N, 79.93563°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 26250 |
| Area Code | 304 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Belington, West Virginia Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Belington, West 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 Belington includes coordinates 39.025103°N, 79.935630°W, situated in Barbour County. ZIP code 26250. 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. 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.
