Crumpler, West Virginia Weather
Crumpler, West Virginia — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Crumpler, McDowell County.
Full aviation weather for Crumpler is published on the Mercer County Airport (KBLF) 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. 4 airfields within reach of Crumpler 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 Crumpler: Raleigh County Memorial Airport (KBKW) 45 km · Tazewell County Airport (KJFZ) 57 km · Mountain Empire Airport (KMKJ) 59 km
Conditions reported at KBLF describe the airfield itself. Weather 19 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Crumpler specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Crumpler.
About Crumpler, West Virginia
Crumpler breathes a quiet, deep breath in its McDowell County hollow. It lies 52.7 miles west-north-west of Blacksburg, VA (from Blacksburg, VA: bearing 285°T), and is situated 9.0 miles north-north-west of Bluewell. The land here is a study in verticality, where the mountains rise like folded velvet, their slopes a rich tapestry of oak, maple, and pine, often shrouded in a soft, persistent mist that clings to the highest ridges. The air, especially after a rain, carries the damp, earthy scent of moss and decaying leaves, a perfume of the wild. Ravens, their calls like scattered pebbles, punctuate the stillness as they navigate the wind currents above the narrow valleys. A narrow ribbon of road, the county's lifeline, winds its way through the terrain, tracing the contours of the land as if drawn by a patient hand. This place, Crumpler, carries the indelible mark of coal. For generations, the rhythm of life here was dictated by the mines, their entrances like dark mouths yawning into the earth, the clang of pickaxes and the rumble of ore cars echoing through the hills. Though the seams have long since been depleted or deemed too dangerous to exploit, the legacy remains, etched into the very character of the people and the landscape. The economy, now more varied, still feels the ghost of that industrial past, with small businesses and scattered homes clinging to the slopes, their roofs often dusted with the fine, grey powder that once defined the region's wealth. The clear, cold waters of the Tug Fork, a tributary that snakes through the valley, offer a different kind of solace, its banks a place for quiet reflection, where the sunlight, when it breaks through the canopy, paints fleeting gold across the water's surface.
Live animated radar for Crumpler 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 | Crumpler, McDowell County, West Virginia |
| Coordinates | 37.424838°N, 81.341768°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 24868 |
| Area Code | 304 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Crumpler, West Virginia Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Crumpler, 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 Crumpler includes coordinates 37.424838°N, 81.341768°W, situated in McDowell County. ZIP code 24868. 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.
