Lost Creek, West Virginia Weather
Lost Creek, West Virginia — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Lost Creek, Harrison County.
Full aviation weather for Lost Creek is published on the North Central West Virginia Airport (KCKB) page, 18 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 Lost Creek 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 Lost Creek: Upshur County Regional Airport (KW22) 19 km · Fairmont Municipal Airport Frankman Field (K4G7) 36 km · Elkins-Randolph County Regional Airport (KEKN) 52 km · Braxton County Airport (K48I) 59 km
Conditions reported at KCKB describe the airfield itself. Weather 18 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Lost Creek specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Lost Creek.
About Lost Creek, West Virginia
Lost Creek winds through a landscape of undulating hills, cloaked in the deep greens of Appalachian forests that stretch as far as the eye can see. It lies 38.7 miles south-south-west of Morgantown, WV (from Morgantown, WV: bearing 213°T), and is situated 8.3 miles south of Clarksburg. The terrain here is a tapestry of steep ravines and gentler slopes, where the air carries the scent of damp earth and pine needles, especially after a summer rain. Sunlight, when it breaks through the dense canopy, paints shifting patterns on the forest floor, illuminating the quiet persistence of ferns and wildflowers. The creek itself, a namesake of this place, is a ribbon of clear water, sometimes babbling over smooth stones, other times pooling in deeper, shadowed reaches where the silence is broken only by the rustle of unseen creatures. The character of Lost Creek is that of a place content to exist, a slow breath drawn by the land itself. This corner of Harrison County has a history tied to the land's bounty and the resilience of its people. Coal mining once echoed through these hollows, leaving a subtle imprint on the soil and the memories of older generations, a quiet hum beneath the surface of everyday life. Today, the economy is more varied, with agriculture still playing a role, the fields patchwork quilts against the green hillsides, and small businesses serving the needs of the residents. There’s a sense of continuity here, a connection to the past that feels less like a burden and more like a foundation, a deep root system anchoring the present. The distinctive character of Lost Creek is in its unhurried pace, the way evenings settle with a soft, pervasive quiet, and the enduring strength of its natural beauty.
Live animated radar for Lost Creek 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 | Lost Creek, Harrison County, West Virginia |
| Coordinates | 39.161204°N, 80.352034°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 26385 |
| Area Code | 304 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Lost Creek, West Virginia Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Lost Creek, 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 Lost Creek includes coordinates 39.161204°N, 80.352034°W, situated in Harrison County. ZIP code 26385. 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.
