Kimball, West Virginia Weather
Kimball, West Virginia — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Kimball, McDowell County.
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About Kimball, West Virginia
Kimball wears its McDowell County home with a rugged grace, a place where the earth folds in on itself to create hollows and ridges, a landscape of deep greens and shadowed hollows. It lies 61.6 miles west-north-west of Blacksburg, VA (from Blacksburg, VA: bearing 283°T), and is situated 4.3 miles east of Welch. The air, even on a clear day, carries a certain dampness, a breath from the surrounding mountains that seem to lean in close, their slopes a patchwork of dense forest and weathered rock. The sky above, when it deigns to show itself fully, is often a bruised blue, or a soft, diffused grey, lending a quiet, contemplative mood to the winding roads and the scattered dwellings that cling to the hillsides. The very terrain dictates a certain slowing, a mindful navigation through the curves and inclines, where each turn reveals a new vista of undulating, tree-clad peaks. This is a place shaped by the deep seams of the earth, where the legacy of coal mining is not merely a footnote but the very bedrock of its identity. For generations, the rhythm of Kimball was dictated by the clang of pickaxes and the rumble of coal cars, a demanding economy that carved livelihoods from the unforgiving mountainside. Though the boom times have receded, the echoes of that industry remain, a subtle weight in the character of the place, a testament to the resilience and hardiness of its people. The local economy, now more varied, still draws strength from the land, but the memory of the mines imbues Kimball with a particular, enduring spirit, a quiet understanding of toil and fortitude that hangs in the air like the lingering scent of woodsmoke.
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| Location | Kimball, McDowell County, West Virginia |
| Coordinates | 37.42567°N, 81.506771°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 24853 |
| Area Code | 304 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Kimball, West Virginia Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Kimball, 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 Kimball includes coordinates 37.425670°N, 81.506771°W, situated in McDowell County. ZIP code 24853. 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.
