Kopperston, West Virginia Weather
Kopperston, West Virginia — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Kopperston, Wyoming County.
Full aviation weather for Kopperston is published on the Raleigh County Memorial Airport (KBKW) page, 39 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 Kopperston 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 Kopperston: Southern West Virginia Regional Airport (KEBD) 49 km · Mercer County Airport (KBLF) 60 km
Conditions reported at KBKW describe the airfield itself. Weather 39 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Kopperston specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Kopperston.
About Kopperston, West Virginia
Kopperston is a place where the Appalachian Mountains wear their emerald crowns with a quiet, enduring dignity. It lies 41.7 miles south of Charleston, WV (from Charleston, WV: bearing 175°T), and is situated 4.9 miles north-east of Oceana. The landscape here is a study in deep greens and shadowed hollows, the terrain a constant, gentle rise and fall that seems to hold its breath. Broad-leafed trees, ancient and stoic, climb the slopes, their branches reaching towards a sky that often hangs low and bruised with the promise of rain. The air itself carries a damp, earthy scent, a cool breath that whispers through the valleys, carrying the faint murmur of unseen creeks. Even on the clearest days, a certain softness pervades the light, as if the sun itself has been filtered through a veil of moss and time, lending a hushed, almost reverent quality to the scene. The history of Kopperston is intrinsically tied to the black veins of coal that lie deep beneath its soil, a legacy that shaped its founding and defined its character for generations. The echoes of pickaxes and the rumble of mine cars, though largely faded, still resonate in the collective memory, a testament to the hard-won livelihoods that once pulsed through this region. The local economy, while diversifying, still bears the imprint of its industrial past, with a resilient spirit of self-reliance evident in the small businesses and the quiet hum of everyday life. There are no grand pronouncements here, no bustling tourist traps; instead, Kopperston offers a profound sense of place, a quiet understanding of the land and the enduring spirit of its people, a character etched not in grand monuments, but in the very fabric of the hills and the unwavering gaze of its residents.
Live animated radar for Kopperston 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 | Kopperston, Wyoming County, West Virginia |
| Coordinates | 37.748444°N, 81.569552°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 24854 |
| Area Code | 304 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Kopperston, West Virginia Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Kopperston, 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 Kopperston includes coordinates 37.748444°N, 81.569552°W, situated in Wyoming County. ZIP code 24854. 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.
