Kanawha, West Virginia Weather
Kanawha, West Virginia — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Kanawha, Wood County.
Full aviation weather for Kanawha is published on the Mid Ohio Valley Regional Airport (KPKB) 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 Kanawha 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 Kanawha: Boggs Field (KUSW) 43 km · Jackson County Airport (KI18) 43 km
Conditions reported at KPKB describe the airfield itself. Weather 16 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Kanawha specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Kanawha.
About Kanawha, West Virginia
Kanawha lies where the land begins to stir, a place of rolling hills that cradle the sky, their slopes a patchwork of greens and browns under the vast West Virginian expanse. It lies 7.2 miles south-east of Parkersburg, WV (from Parkersburg, WV: bearing 131°T), and is situated 8.0 miles south-east of Belpre. The air here, especially in the early morning, carries a damp, earthy scent, a promise of the fertile soil that defines this corner of Wood County. Ancient trees, their branches reaching like gnarled hands, stand sentinel over fields that slope down towards unseen hollows, their presence a quiet testament to seasons past. Sunlight, when it breaks through the frequent cloud cover, often falls in broad, luminous shafts, illuminating the persistent mist that can cling to the valleys long after dawn. The history of Kanawha is etched not in grand monuments, but in the enduring spirit of its people and the quiet industry that has shaped its character. This is a land that once echoed with the clang of industry, a legacy still felt in the resilient spirit of its residents, who have found new paths forward as the old ones have faded. The local economy, once tied to the bounty of the earth and the sinews of labor, now finds its strength in a more diversified approach, with small businesses and a deep connection to the surrounding natural beauty forming its backbone. The nearby Ohio River, a constant murmur in the distance, has always been a vital artery, shaping trade and offering a timeless rhythm to life in Kanawha.
Live animated radar for Kanawha 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 | Kanawha, Wood County, West Virginia |
| Coordinates | 39.198965°N, 81.460121°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 26142 |
| Area Code | 304 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Kanawha, West Virginia Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Kanawha, 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 Kanawha includes coordinates 39.198965°N, 81.460121°W, situated in Wood County. ZIP code 26142. 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.
