Flatwoods, West Virginia Weather
Flatwoods, West Virginia — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Flatwoods, Jackson County.
Full aviation weather for Flatwoods is published on the Jackson County Airport (KI18) page, 6 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 Flatwoods 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 Flatwoods: Mason County Airport (K3I2) 28 km · Gallia Meigs Regional Airport (KGAS) 34 km · Boggs Field (KUSW) 38 km · Ohio University Airport (KUNI) 54 km · Yeager Airport (KCRW) 59 km
Conditions reported at KI18 describe the airfield itself. Weather 6 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Flatwoods specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Flatwoods.
About Flatwoods, West Virginia
Flatwoods breathes with the deep, resonant hum of Jackson County’s rolling hills, a place where the land itself seems to exhale a quiet, verdant peace. It lies 29.2 miles south-south-west of Parkersburg, WV (from Parkersburg, WV: bearing 204°T), and is situated 4.8 miles south-south-west of Ravenswood. The terrain here is a tapestry of dense woodlands, predominantly oak and maple, their crowns forming a rich, unbroken canopy that softens the sharp angles of the earth. Creeks, born from the higher elevations, murmur and meander through the hollows, their cool waters carving shallow beds that glint like slivers of mica in the dappled sunlight. The air, especially in the late afternoon, carries the damp, earthy scent of decaying leaves and the faint, sweet perfume of unseen wildflowers, a fragrance that clings to the skin like a memory. The roads wind and curve, following the natural contours of the land, often disappearing around bends into shadowed ravines or emerging onto sun-drenched clearings where the sky feels vast and impossibly blue. The history of Flatwoods is as deeply rooted as the ancient trees that give it its name, a narrative shaped by the logging and coal industries that once pulsed through its veins. Remnants of old mining operations, weathered structures slowly succumbing to the embrace of nature, whisper tales of a more boisterous past, of livelihoods forged in the earth. Today, the rhythm of life in Flatwoods is gentler, more attuned to the agrarian pulse of the surrounding countryside and the steady flow of commerce through its small, independent businesses. The local economy, while less reliant on heavy industry, still carries the imprint of those earlier days, a resilience forged in hardship and a quiet pride in self-sufficiency. The community, though small, possesses a distinct character, a blend of down-to-earth practicality and a deep, unspoken connection to the land that has sustained generations.
Live animated radar for Flatwoods 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 | Flatwoods, Jackson County, West Virginia |
| Coordinates | 38.879805°N, 81.779576°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 26164, 26621 |
| Area Code | 304 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Flatwoods, West Virginia Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Flatwoods, 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 Flatwoods includes coordinates 38.879805°N, 81.779576°W, situated in Jackson County. ZIP code 26164, 26621. 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.
