Berwind, West Virginia Weather
Berwind, West Virginia — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Berwind, McDowell County.
Full aviation weather for Berwind is published on the Tazewell County Airport (KJFZ) page, 26 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 Berwind 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 Berwind: Mercer County Airport (KBLF) 41 km · Mountain Empire Airport (KMKJ) 50 km
Conditions reported at KJFZ describe the airfield itself. Weather 26 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Berwind specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Berwind.
About Berwind, West Virginia
Berwind exhales a quiet breath of Appalachian air, a place where the land itself seems to hold its shape with a stubborn grace. It lies 54.7 miles north-north-east of Bristol, TN (from Bristol, TN: bearing 32°T), and is situated 9.2 miles south-west of Gary. The terrain here is a testament to the persistent sculpting of water and time, with hollows that cradle scattered homes and ridges that rise like the shoulders of giants draped in a verdant, almost velvety, forest. The air, especially in the late afternoon, carries a cool, damp scent of fallen leaves and the faintest hint of coal dust, a subtle echo of the earth's deep reserves. Sunlight, when it breaks through the thick canopy, falls in diffused shafts, illuminating patches of fern and the rough bark of ancient oaks, lending a hushed reverence to the surrounding slopes. The story of Berwind is inextricably bound to the veins of anthracite that lie beneath its rolling hills, a history etched into the very foundations of its existence. For generations, this land pulsed with the rhythm of pickaxes and the rumble of mine cars, the local economy a direct outflow of that subterranean labor, drawing families from far and wide in pursuit of a hard-won living. While the great mines have largely fallen silent, their imposing structures now softened by the encroaching green, the spirit of resilience remains, a quiet dignity in the faces of its people. The winding roads, more accustomed to the slow passage of trucks than the hurried pace of modern traffic, still trace the paths carved by industry, leading through valleys where the faint, persistent murmur of mountain streams offers a counterpoint to the lingering echoes of the past.
Live animated radar for Berwind 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 | Berwind, McDowell County, West Virginia |
| Coordinates | 37.268725°N, 81.666775°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 24815, 24894 |
| Area Code | 304 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Berwind, West Virginia Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Berwind, 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 Berwind includes coordinates 37.268725°N, 81.666775°W, situated in McDowell County. ZIP code 24815, 24894. 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.
