Masontown, West Virginia Weather
Masontown, West Virginia — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Masontown, Preston County.
Full aviation weather for Masontown is published on the Morgantown Municipal Airport Walter L. (Bill) Hart Field (KMGW) page, 14 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. 6 airfields within reach of Masontown 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 Masontown: Fairmont Municipal Airport Frankman Field (K4G7) 34 km · Garrett County Airport (K2G4) 40 km · North Central West Virginia Airport (KCKB) 47 km · Joseph A. Hardy Connellsville Airport (KVVS) 47 km · Greene County Airport (KWAY) 48 km
Conditions reported at KMGW describe the airfield itself. Weather 14 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Masontown specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Masontown.
About Masontown, West Virginia
Masontown rests in a hollow, cradled by the rolling shoulders of Preston County's hills. It lies 10.0 miles east-south-east of Morgantown, WV (from Morgantown, WV: bearing 122°T), and is situated 8.8 miles south-south-east of Cheat Lake. Here, the land folds and creases like well-worn linen, a tapestry of verdant pastures and dense woodlands that climb towards the sky. The air itself seems to hold the scent of damp earth and pine needles, a constant, subtle perfume that clings to everything. Small creeks, mere silver threads when the sun is high, snake through the valleys, their murmur a quiet counterpoint to the rustle of leaves. The light, especially in the late afternoon, spills across the landscape in long, golden shafts, illuminating the dust motes dancing in the air and lending a soft, almost ethereal glow to the weathered barns and sturdy farmhouses that dot the terrain. Even the wind, when it sweeps down from the higher elevations, carries a crispness, a reminder of the wilder spaces that press in from all sides. The history of Masontown is deeply entwined with the earth it occupies, a legacy of coal and timber that once pulsed through its veins. Though the mines that defined so much of its past have largely fallen silent, the echoes of that industrious spirit still linger. The local economy now leans more towards agriculture and the quiet hum of small businesses, with farms still yielding their bounty from the fertile soil. You can see it in the careful rows of corn and the contented grazing of cattle, a testament to generations who understood the land's rhythms. There's a palpable sense of continuity here, a connection to the past that informs the present, and a quiet pride in the resilience of Masontown, a place that has weathered its own storms and continues to find its footing, much like the sturdy oaks that stand sentinel on the surrounding slopes.
Live animated radar for Masontown 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 | Masontown, Preston County, West Virginia |
| Coordinates | 39.552306°N, 79.797836°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 26542 |
| Area Code | 304 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Masontown, West Virginia Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Masontown, 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 Masontown includes coordinates 39.552306°N, 79.797836°W, situated in Preston County. ZIP code 26542. 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.
