Kingwood, West Virginia Weather
Kingwood, West Virginia — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Kingwood, Preston County.
Full aviation weather for Kingwood is published on the Morgantown Municipal Airport Walter L. (Bill) Hart Field (KMGW) page, 28 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. 5 airfields within reach of Kingwood 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 Kingwood: Garrett County Airport (K2G4) 32 km · Fairmont Municipal Airport Frankman Field (K4G7) 42 km · North Central West Virginia Airport (KCKB) 51 km · Joseph A. Hardy Connellsville Airport (KVVS) 54 km
Conditions reported at KMGW describe the airfield itself. Weather 28 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Kingwood specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Kingwood.
About Kingwood, West Virginia
Kingwood lies spread across undulating hills, its houses clinging to slopes like hardy mosses to ancient stone. It lies 18.2 miles south-east of Morgantown, WV (from Morgantown, WV: bearing 127°T), and is situated 7.5 miles west-north-west of Terra Alta. The air here, especially in the hushed moments before dawn, carries the damp, earthy scent of the Appalachian foothills, a perfume composed of decaying leaves, pine needles, and the faint, metallic tang of distant rain. Sunlight, when it breaks through the often-present haze, falls in generous, golden shafts, illuminating the dense green of the surrounding forests and the occasional splash of vibrant color from a well-tended garden. The terrain itself is a character, a constant, gentle push and pull of elevation that shapes the town's layout and the way one moves through it, a subtle reminder of the powerful geological forces that have shaped this corner of West Virginia. This land was once a different kind of green, the deep, dark green of virgin timber that fueled early industries. Kingwood, established in the mid-19th century, grew alongside the logging operations and later, the coal mines that burrowed into the earth. The echoes of that past are subtle now, perhaps in the stoic faces of its residents or the weathered barns that dot the landscape, but the economy has long since diversified, finding new life in small businesses and a connection to the land through agriculture. The Cheat River, a powerful artery of the region, flows nearby, its presence felt more as a distant murmur than a constant roar, a testament to the enduring, yet ever-changing, spirit of Kingwood.
Live animated radar for Kingwood 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 | Kingwood, Preston County, West Virginia |
| Coordinates | 39.471756°N, 79.683388°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 26537 |
| Area Code | 304 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Kingwood, West Virginia Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Kingwood, 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 Kingwood includes coordinates 39.471756°N, 79.683388°W, situated in Preston County. ZIP code 26537. 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.
