Junior, West Virginia Weather
Junior, West Virginia — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Junior, Barbour County.
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About Junior, West Virginia
Junior rests in a place where the mountains begin to soften, their steep, wooded slopes yielding to rolling hills and the broad, fertile bottoms of the Tygart Valley River. It lies 45.0 miles south of Morgantown, WV (from Morgantown, WV: bearing 180°T), and is situated 6.6 miles west-north-west of Elkins. The air here, especially after a rain, carries the damp, earthy scent of decaying leaves and the promise of pine. Small farms, their pastures a patchwork of emerald green and sun-bleached gold, cling to the inclines, punctuated by the occasional weathered barn and the glint of a tin roof. The sky, when it's not a vast, unbroken blue, often gathers itself into dramatic, scudding clouds that cast fleeting shadows across the land, lending a transient, almost ephemeral beauty to the afternoon. The story of Junior is written in the land itself, shaped by the relentless industry of coal mining that once pulsed through these hills. Though the deep mines are largely silent now, their legacy remains in the character of the place and the resilience of its people, many of whom still find work in related fields or have turned to the land for sustenance and a slower way of life. The Tygart Valley River, a ribbon of glinting silver, has always been a lifeline, providing water and a route for transport, its banks lined with the remnants of past endeavors and the quiet hum of present-day fishing boats. This corner of Barbour County holds a quiet dignity, a sense of enduring spirit forged in the crucible of hard work and the enduring presence of the mountains.
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| Location | Junior, Barbour County, West Virginia |
| Coordinates | 38.978715°N, 79.949519°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 26275 |
| Area Code | 304 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Junior, West Virginia Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Junior, West Virginia, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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 Junior includes coordinates 38.978715°N, 79.949519°W, situated in Barbour County. ZIP code 26275. 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. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.
