Glen Jean, West Virginia Weather
Glen Jean, West Virginia — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Glen Jean, Fayette County.
Full aviation weather for Glen Jean is published on the Raleigh County Memorial Airport (KBKW) page, 16 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. 3 airfields within reach of Glen Jean 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 Glen Jean: Summersville Airport (KSXL) 42 km · Richwood Municipal Airport (K3I4) 57 km
Conditions reported at KBKW describe the airfield itself. Weather 16 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Glen Jean specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Glen Jean.
About Glen Jean, West Virginia
Glen Jean rises from a landscape sculpted by the ancient push and pull of Appalachia's folded earth. It lies 39.3 miles south-east of Charleston, WV (from Charleston, WV: bearing 138°T), and is situated 3.2 miles south of Oak Hill. The terrain here is a study in verticality, with steep hillsides cloaked in a dense mosaic of hardwoods – oak, maple, and pine – that turn the air a perpetual, cool green. Streams, often no more than a whisper over moss-slicked stones, snake through the hollows, their water carrying the rich scent of damp soil and decaying leaves. The sky, when it breaches the canopy, often hangs a pale, washed-out blue, or at dusk, bleeds into hues of bruised plum and fading rose, casting long, dramatic shadows across the valleys. The very air feels heavy with the murmur of unseen life and the quiet persistence of growth. This corner of Fayette County carries the indelible mark of coal. For generations, the deep seams beneath these hills fueled industries and shaped the lives of those who called Glen Jean home, their history etched into the very bones of the place. The local economy, once tied inextricably to the mines, has since diversified, though the echoes of that past linger in the weathered storefronts and the resilient spirit of its people. Glen Jean now serves as a gateway to the New River Gorge National Park and Preserve, its proximity drawing visitors to the breathtaking vistas and the rugged beauty of the gorge, a stark contrast to the subterranean world that once defined its existence. The river itself, the mighty New, flows with a timeless power, a constant presence reminding all who pass through of the enduring forces of nature that shaped and continue to shape Glen Jean.
Live animated radar for Glen Jean 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 | Glen Jean, Fayette County, West Virginia |
| Coordinates | 37.926501°N, 81.150102°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 25846 |
| Area Code | 304 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Glen Jean, West Virginia Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Glen Jean, 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 Glen Jean includes coordinates 37.926501°N, 81.150102°W, situated in Fayette County. ZIP code 25846. 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.
