Follansbee, West Virginia Weather
Follansbee, West Virginia — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for Follansbee, Brooke County.
Full aviation weather for Follansbee is published on the Jefferson County Airpark (K2G2) 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 Follansbee 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 Follansbee: Wheeling Ohio County Airport (KHLG) 18 km · Washington County Airport (KAFJ) 34 km · Pittsburgh International Airport (KPIT) 36 km · Columbiana County Airport (K02G) 39 km · Beaver County Airport (KBVI) 52 km
Conditions reported at K2G2 describe the airfield itself. Weather 10 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Follansbee specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Follansbee, West Virginia
Follansbee sprawls along the Ohio River, a long, low-slung presence against the rising green hills of Brooke County. It lies 19.4 miles north-north-east of Wheeling, WV (from Wheeling, WV: bearing 20°T), and is situated 6.3 miles south of Weirton. The river itself, wide and indifferent, dictates the town's orientation, its banks a mixture of weathered concrete and tenacious weeds. Houses, many of them modest brick or clapboard affairs, climb the slopes in an orderly, if somewhat weary, fashion, their backyards often giving way to the steep, wooded terrain that shelters Follansbee from the harsher winds. The air here carries the faint, metallic tang of industry, a ghost of former furnaces and foundries, softened now by the damp breath of the river and the persistent scent of damp earth after a spring rain. Even on a bright afternoon, a certain twilight quality can settle, as if the sun, weary of its journey, lingers a moment too long before dipping behind the western ridge. The history of Follansbee is inextricably linked to the iron and steel that once pulsed through its veins, a legacy visible in the sturdy, utilitarian architecture and the enduring spirit of its people. For generations, the mills along the riverfront were the lifeblood of the community, drawing workers and shaping the town's identity. While the roaring furnaces have long since fallen silent, the echoes of that industrial past remain, a quiet testament to the grit and labor that built Follansbee. Today, the local economy, while more diversified, still feels the pull of the river, with transportation and smaller manufacturing playing significant roles. The community retains a strong sense of its working-class roots, a straightforwardness that can be seen in the unvarnished friendliness of its residents and the steady, unhurried rhythm of daily life, where the river's slow current seems to set the pace.
Live animated radar for Follansbee 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 | Follansbee, Brooke County, West Virginia |
| Coordinates | 40.327569°N, 80.595906°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 26037 |
| Area Code | 304 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Follansbee, West Virginia Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Follansbee, 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 Follansbee includes coordinates 40.327569°N, 80.595906°W, situated in Brooke County. ZIP code 26037. 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.
