Matoaka, West Virginia Weather
Matoaka, West Virginia — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Matoaka, Mercer County.
Full aviation weather for Matoaka is published on the Mercer County Airport (KBLF) 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. 4 airfields within reach of Matoaka 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 Matoaka: Raleigh County Memorial Airport (KBKW) 42 km · New River Valley Airport (KPSK) 59 km · Mountain Empire Airport (KMKJ) 59 km
Conditions reported at KBLF describe the airfield itself. Weather 14 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Matoaka specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Matoaka.
About Matoaka, West Virginia
Matoaka rests in a hollow, cradled by the low, rounded shoulders of Appalachia, where the air often carries the damp, earthy scent of pine and decaying leaves. It lies 47.4 miles west-north-west of Blacksburg, VA (from Blacksburg, VA: bearing 286°T), and is situated 8.6 miles west-north-west of Princeton. The landscape here is a study in deep greens and shadowed hollows, with the occasional flash of a sun-drenched ridge. Roads wind like forgotten streams, often disappearing into the dense woodlands that cling to the slopes, their branches laced together overhead to form a verdant, whispering ceiling. The sky, when it breaks through, is a vast canvas of ever-shifting blues and grays, and in the late afternoon, the light softens, painting the western slopes with a warm, honeyed glow that seems to linger, reluctant to surrender to the encroaching dusk. The history of Matoaka is etched into the very contours of the land, a narrative deeply intertwined with the extraction of the earth's dark treasures. For generations, coal mining was the lifeblood of this region, shaping its economy and the hardy character of its people, who understood the demanding labor and the quiet resilience required to thrive in these hills. Evidence of this past can still be found in the scattered remnants of old mine tipples and the weathered faces of buildings that have weathered decades of boom and bust. Today, while the roar of heavy machinery may be less pronounced, a sense of enduring community persists, a quiet strength that resonates in the unhurried pace of daily life, where neighbors still know each other’s names and the changing seasons dictate the rhythm of the days.
Live animated radar for Matoaka 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 | Matoaka, Mercer County, West Virginia |
| Coordinates | 37.420116°N, 81.243155°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 24736 |
| Area Code | 304 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Matoaka, West Virginia Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Matoaka, 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 Matoaka includes coordinates 37.420116°N, 81.243155°W, situated in Mercer County. ZIP code 24736. 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.
