Bethlehem, West Virginia Weather
Bethlehem, West Virginia — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Bethlehem, Harrison County.
Full aviation weather for Bethlehem is published on the North Central West Virginia Airport (KCKB) page, 12 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. 5 airfields within reach of Bethlehem 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 Bethlehem: Fairmont Municipal Airport Frankman Field (K4G7) 12 km · Morgantown Municipal Airport Walter L. (Bill) Hart Field (KMGW) 42 km · Upshur County Regional Airport (KW22) 44 km · Greene County Airport (KWAY) 58 km
Conditions reported at KCKB describe the airfield itself. Weather 12 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Bethlehem specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Bethlehem.
About Bethlehem, West Virginia
Bethlehem unfolds as a quiet expression of Harrison County's rolling terrain, where the land itself seems to sigh with a gentle, persistent green. It lies 23.9 miles south-west of Morgantown, WV (from Morgantown, WV: bearing 227°T), and is situated 9.8 miles south-west of Fairmont. The landscape here is a study in subtle curves and slopes, a tapestry of fields interspersed with dark, watchful woods that climb the low ridges. Even the air carries a certain softness, a damp, earthy scent that clings after a rain, and in the late afternoon, the sunlight slants through the trees with a liquid gold quality, bathing the scattered houses and their tidy gardens in a fleeting warmth. It is a place where the sky feels vast, not in a dramatic, open-air way, but in a deep, all-encompassing presence that presses down and out. The history of Bethlehem is not marked by grand pronouncements but by the steady accretion of lives lived and work done. It's a place that grew organically, its character shaped by the earth and the industries that drew people to this corner of West Virginia. While the echoes of coal mining and oil exploration might still whisper in the collective memory, the present economy is more diffused, a mix of agricultural endeavors and the quiet hum of local businesses serving the surrounding farms and scattered residences. There are no towering monuments or bustling tourist hubs, but rather a collection of familiar, lived-in spaces that lend Bethlehem its distinctive, unvarnished charm.
Live animated radar for Bethlehem 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 | Bethlehem, Harrison County, West Virginia |
| Coordinates | 39.392031°N, 80.280642°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 26431, 26003 |
| Area Code | 304 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Bethlehem, West Virginia Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Bethlehem, 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 Bethlehem includes coordinates 39.392031°N, 80.280642°W, situated in Harrison County. ZIP code 26431, 26003. 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.
