Keystone, West Virginia Weather
Keystone, West Virginia — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Keystone, McDowell County.
Full aviation weather for Keystone is published on the Mercer County Airport (KBLF) page, 25 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. 4 airfields within reach of Keystone 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 Keystone: Tazewell County Airport (KJFZ) 50 km · Raleigh County Memorial Airport (KBKW) 50 km · Mountain Empire Airport (KMKJ) 58 km
Conditions reported at KBLF describe the airfield itself. Weather 25 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Keystone specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Keystone.
About Keystone, West Virginia
Keystone clings to the steep slopes of McDowell County, a place where the land rises in dramatic, wooded inclines, cradling the small community in its embrace. It lies 58.4 miles west-north-west of Blacksburg, VA (from Blacksburg, VA: bearing 283°T), and is situated 7.4 miles east of Welch. The air here carries the damp, earthy scent of Appalachian forests, a constant reminder of the surrounding wilderness that presses in on all sides. Deep ravines cut through the terrain, their shadowed depths often filled with a soft, diffused light that lends an air of quiet mystery to the landscape. The houses, many of them modest and weathered, seem to follow the contours of the hills, their porches offering a perch from which to observe the slow unfolding of days. The sky, when visible between the towering trees and the mountain ridges, is a vast, ever-changing canvas, sometimes a brilliant, piercing blue, other times a bruised and brooding grey. The story of Keystone is inextricably bound to the coal that lies beneath these mountains, a history etched into the very character of the place. For generations, the rhythm of life here was dictated by the mines, and though the industry's dominance has waned, its legacy remains palpable in the stoic resilience of its people and the quiet perseverance that defines everyday life in Keystone. The economy, once fueled by the relentless extraction of black gold, now navigates a different path, with a renewed focus on the natural beauty and burgeoning opportunities that the surrounding landscape offers. The echoes of a bygone era can still be felt, a quiet hum beneath the surface, a reminder of the hard work and sacrifice that shaped this unique corner of West Virginia.
Live animated radar for Keystone 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.
Source: NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East · Public domain · Auto-updates on page reload
| Location | Keystone, McDowell County, West Virginia |
| Coordinates | 37.414837°N, 81.450937°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 26588, 24868 |
| Area Code | 304 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Keystone, West Virginia Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Keystone, 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 Keystone includes coordinates 37.414837°N, 81.450937°W, situated in McDowell County. ZIP code 26588, 24868. 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.
