Fenwick, West Virginia Weather
Fenwick, West Virginia — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Fenwick, Nicholas County.
Full aviation weather for Fenwick is published on the Richwood Municipal Airport (K3I4) page, 7 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 Fenwick 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 Fenwick: Summersville Airport (KSXL) 25 km · Greenbrier Valley Airport (KLWB) 44 km · Braxton County Airport (K48I) 51 km
Conditions reported at K3I4 describe the airfield itself. Weather 7 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Fenwick specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Fenwick.
About Fenwick, West Virginia
Fenwick rests in a hollow, a quiet collection of houses and barns cupped by the rolling shoulders of the Appalachian foothills. It lies 57.6 miles east of Charleston, WV (from Charleston, WV: bearing 98°T), and is situated 2.7 miles west of Richwood. The land here is a study in muted greens and browns, broken by the deeper, shadowed emerald of pine stands and the occasional flash of a sorghum field catching the sun. A creek, shallow and clear for much of the year, winds its way through the valley floor, its banks lined with a tangle of wild blackberries and the sturdy, persistent growth of mountain laurel. The air, especially in the early morning, carries the damp, earthy scent of decaying leaves and the faint, sweet perfume of honeysuckle that clings tenaciously to weathered fences. Even the light seems to gather differently in Fenwick, a softer, more diffused quality that softens the hard edges of the day and lends a gentle glow to the late afternoon sky. The history of Fenwick is etched not in grand monuments, but in the very way the land has been worked and the lives that have unfolded within its embrace. Generations have coaxed a living from these slopes, their efforts evident in the patchwork of fields and the enduring presence of family farms that still form the backbone of the local economy. Coal mining, a powerful current in the broader regional story, has touched Fenwick, leaving its mark on the landscape and the collective memory, though the focus has largely shifted to agriculture and the quiet, steady labor of those who call this place home. The distinctive character of Fenwick is one of resilience and a deep connection to the land, a place where the passage of time feels measured by the changing seasons rather than the ticking of a clock, and where the most notable attractions are the simple, enduring beauty of the natural world and the quiet strength of its people.
Live animated radar for Fenwick 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 | Fenwick, Nicholas County, West Virginia |
| Coordinates | 38.228725°N, 80.58231°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 26202, 26261 |
| Area Code | 304 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Fenwick, West Virginia Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Fenwick, 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 Fenwick includes coordinates 38.228725°N, 80.582310°W, situated in Nicholas County. ZIP code 26202, 26261. 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.
