Benwood, West Virginia Weather
Benwood, West Virginia — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Benwood, Marshall County.
Full aviation weather for Benwood is published on the Wheeling Ohio County Airport (KHLG) page, 19 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. 3 airfields within reach of Benwood 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 Benwood: Jefferson County Airpark (K2G2) 38 km · Washington County Airport (KAFJ) 40 km
Conditions reported at KHLG describe the airfield itself. Weather 19 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Benwood specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Benwood.
About Benwood, West Virginia
Benwood lies cradled by the rolling hills of Marshall County, a place where the Ohio River’s broad, unhurried sweep shapes the very air. It lies 3.2 miles south-south-west of Wheeling, WV (from Wheeling, WV: bearing 193°T), and is situated 6.8 miles north of Moundsville. The landscape here is one of gentle slopes giving way to steeper inclines, a terrain etched by centuries of water and wind, where the dense green of summer foliage often spills down towards the riverbanks, catching the late afternoon sun in a thousand shimmering facets. The sky above Benwood can be a vast canvas, shifting from the pale, washed-out blue of a humid afternoon to the bruised purples and oranges of an approaching storm, its drama reflected in the placid surface of the river. This land’s story is deeply intertwined with the iron and coal that once pulsed through its veins, a history that whispers in the rust-colored remnants of industry and the sturdy, no-nonsense architecture of its homes. For generations, the clang of hammer on steel and the rumble of coal cars were the town's heartbeat, fueling a local economy that drew its strength from the earth and the relentless flow of the Ohio. Though the grand furnaces have long cooled, a quiet resilience persists in Benwood, a character forged in labor and community, where the river remains a constant, a silent witness to the passage of time and the enduring spirit of its people.
Live animated radar for Benwood 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.
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| Location | Benwood, Marshall County, West Virginia |
| Coordinates | 40.018129°N, 80.734249°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 26031 |
| Area Code | 304 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Benwood, West Virginia Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Benwood, 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 Benwood includes coordinates 40.018129°N, 80.734249°W, situated in Marshall County. ZIP code 26031. 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.
