Bowden, West Virginia Weather
Bowden, West Virginia — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Bowden, Randolph County.
Full aviation weather for Bowden is published on the Elkins-Randolph County Regional Airport (KEKN) page, 13 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. 2 airfields within reach of Bowden 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 Bowden: Upshur County Regional Airport (KW22) 50 km
Conditions reported at KEKN describe the airfield itself. Weather 13 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Bowden specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Bowden.
About Bowden, West Virginia
Bowden sleeps in a fold of West Virginia's Appalachian mountains, where the land rises and falls with a quiet, ancient insistence. It lies 50.8 miles south-south-west of Garrett, MD (from Garrett, MD: bearing 206°T), and is situated 7.5 miles east of Elkins. The air here carries the scent of damp earth and pine needles, a cool balm even on the warmest days, and the sky often stretches out in hues of bruised lavender and pale gold as evening descends. The landscape is a study in green – deep, shadowed forests climb the slopes, giving way to occasional clearings where the sun can spill its light onto mossy rocks and the murmur of unseen streams. It is a place where the trees feel like sentinels, their branches reaching like weathered hands towards the heavens, and the silence is not empty but full of the rustling of leaves and the distant call of a hawk. The history of Bowden is written in the echoes of its past industries, a legacy of logging and the extraction of the earth's hidden treasures that once pulsed through this valley. The land itself, a rich loam and stone, has always dictated the rhythm of life here, and the economy, while shifting, remains tied to the resources that the mountains generously provide. Though the grander enterprises have long since receded, a hardy spirit persists, a quiet determination to thrive amidst the enduring beauty of the Randolph County hills. The waterways that thread through the terrain, born from mountain springs, still offer their clear, cold sustenance, a constant reminder of the natural forces that shaped this enduring corner of West Virginia.
Live animated radar for Bowden 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 | Bowden, Randolph County, West Virginia |
| Coordinates | 38.90872°N, 79.709784°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 26241, 26254 |
| Area Code | 304 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Bowden, West Virginia Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Bowden, 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 Bowden includes coordinates 38.908720°N, 79.709784°W, situated in Randolph County. ZIP code 26241, 26254. 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.
