Glenville, West Virginia Weather
Glenville, West Virginia — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Glenville, Gilmer County.
Full aviation weather for Glenville is published on the Braxton County Airport (K48I) page, 32 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 Glenville 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 Glenville: Boggs Field (KUSW) 46 km · Upshur County Regional Airport (KW22) 49 km
Conditions reported at K48I describe the airfield itself. Weather 32 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Glenville specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Glenville.
About Glenville, West Virginia
Glenville rests in a fold of Gilmer County, where the land rises and falls with the persistent, ancient force of Appalachian geology. It lies 45.1 miles east-south-east of Parkersburg, WV (from Parkersburg, WV: bearing 120°T), and is situated 19.9 miles north-north-west of Sutton. The earth here is a deep, rich brown, often mired after a rain, and the slopes are cloaked in a dense, mingled forest of oak, maple, and pine, their branches reaching skyward like the supplicating arms of a forgotten congregation. A fine mist, born of the frequent mountain rains, often hangs in the air, softening the edges of the world and lending a perpetual, hushed greenness to the landscape. The Kanawha River, a broad, slow-moving artery, snakes through the surrounding valleys, its waters reflecting the bruised purples and oranges of the twilight sky with a quiet solemnity. The air itself carries the scent of damp earth and pine needles, a fragrance that feels as old as the hills themselves, and the distant murmur of the river is a constant, lulling presence. The history of Glenville is etched not in grand monuments, but in the enduring spirit of its people and the echoes of industries long past. Once a hub for timber and oil, the land yielded its bounty, shaping the fortunes of this isolated corner of West Virginia. Today, Glenville carries the quiet dignity of a place that knows its own worth, its economy now a blend of small businesses and the steady pulse of agriculture, with farms dotting the more accessible clearings. The presence of Glenville State University adds a youthful, intellectual current to the town's otherwise measured pace, its students a transient yet vital part of the local fabric. There is a certain resilience here, a quiet stoicism that seems to have been drawn from the very soil, a recognition of the cyclical nature of prosperity and hardship that has characterized life in these hills for generations.
Live animated radar for Glenville 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 | Glenville, Gilmer County, West Virginia |
| Coordinates | 38.934257°N, 80.837603°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 26351 |
| Area Code | 304 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Glenville, West Virginia Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Glenville, 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 Glenville includes coordinates 38.934257°N, 80.837603°W, situated in Gilmer County. ZIP code 26351. 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.
