Montgomery, West Virginia — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Montgomery, Fayette County.
Full aviation weather for Montgomery is published on the Yeager Airport (KCRW) page, 32 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 Montgomery 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 Montgomery: Summersville Airport (KSXL) 40 km · Raleigh County Memorial Airport (KBKW) 47 km · Richwood Municipal Airport (K3I4) 60 km
Conditions reported at KCRW describe the airfield itself. Weather 32 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Montgomery specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Montgomery.
Montgomery lies cradled in a sharp bend of the Kanawha River, where the steep, forested slopes of the Appalachian foothills plunge toward the water's edge. It lies 20.2 miles south-east of Charleston, WV (from Charleston, WV: bearing 125°T), and is situated 5.8 miles east-south-east of Glasgow. The town itself clings to a narrow floodplain, a ribbon of human habitation hemmed in by the formidable green walls of the mountains. Houses, many built with a sturdy practicality, climb the lower inclines, their porches offering glimpses of the river's ceaseless flow and the distant, hazy peaks. Sunlight, when it breaks through the often-clouded sky, possesses a soft, diffused quality, casting a gentle luminescence upon the weathered wood and slate roofs, and the air carries the damp, earthy scent of the surrounding wilderness. The pulse of Montgomery has long been tied to the deep veins of coal that lie beneath its undulating terrain. For generations, the economy here was forged in the mines, a hard-won prosperity that shaped the character of its people and the very layout of the streets. Echoes of that industrial past linger in the quiet hum of the university campus, a beacon of learning that now draws students from across the region, and in the enduring spirit of a community that has weathered boom and bust with a resilient grace. The Kanawha River, a constant companion, once carried the bounty of the earth downstream, and today, it remains a vital artery, its waters reflecting the ever-changing sky above Montgomery.
Live animated radar for Montgomery 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 | Montgomery, Fayette County, West Virginia |
| Coordinates | 38.180383°N, 81.328445°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 25136 |
| Area Code | 304 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Montgomery, 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 Montgomery includes coordinates 38.180383°N, 81.328445°W, situated in Fayette County. ZIP code 25136. 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.