Farmington, West Virginia Weather
Farmington, West Virginia — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Farmington, Marion County.
Full aviation weather for Farmington is published on the Fairmont Municipal Airport Frankman Field (K4G7) page, 10 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. 6 airfields within reach of Farmington 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 Farmington: North Central West Virginia Airport (KCKB) 24 km · Morgantown Municipal Airport Walter L. (Bill) Hart Field (KMGW) 32 km · Greene County Airport (KWAY) 44 km · Upshur County Regional Airport (KW22) 57 km · Marshall County Airport (KMPG) 58 km
Conditions reported at K4G7 describe the airfield itself. Weather 10 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Farmington specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Farmington.
About Farmington, West Virginia
Farmington lies in a landscape of rolling hills, where the earth dips and rises like a sleeping giant’s breath. It lies 17.6 miles west-south-west of Morgantown, WV (from Morgantown, WV: bearing 243°T), and is situated 6.0 miles west-north-west of Fairmont. The hills are cloaked in a verdant quilt of deciduous forest, their slopes etched with the fainter lines of old logging roads and the deeper shadows of ravines. Small streams, mere whispers of water in drier months, gather themselves into more substantial creeks that wind through the valleys, their banks often lined with sycamores and the occasional stand of river birch. The air here carries the scent of damp earth and pine needles, a clean, cool exhalation that shifts subtly with the passing seasons. Farmington itself is a collection of homes and businesses clustered along the valley floor, a quiet collection of structures that seem to settle comfortably into the contours of the land. This corner of Marion County holds the quiet echo of a past shaped by coal. Though the deep mines that once defined Farmington’s economy are largely gone, the legacy of that industry remains, a subtle undercurrent in the town’s character. The local economy now leans more towards agriculture and smaller enterprises, with farms still dotting the surrounding hillsides, their fields a patchwork of greens and browns against the darker woodlands. The Monongahela River, a broader artery of water, flows not far from Farmington, a reminder of the waterways that have always been central to life and industry in this part of West Virginia. The rhythm of Farmington is one of patient persistence, a steady pulse that beats in time with the gentle flow of the creeks and the slow turning of the seasons.
Live animated radar for Farmington 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 | Farmington, Marion County, West Virginia |
| Coordinates | 39.512861°N, 80.248972°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 26571 |
| Area Code | 304 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Farmington, West Virginia Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Farmington, 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 Farmington includes coordinates 39.512861°N, 80.248972°W, situated in Marion County. ZIP code 26571. 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.
