Moundsville, West Virginia Weather
Moundsville, West Virginia — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery for Moundsville, Marshall County.
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About Moundsville, West Virginia
Moundsville rests in the embrace of rolling hills, where the Ohio River, a broad, muscular ribbon, carves its persistent path. It lies 10.0 miles south of Wheeling, WV (from Wheeling, WV: bearing 187°T), and is situated 6.6 miles south of Bellaire. The land here is a study in soft, green contours, punctuated by the sturdy brick and clapboard homes that line its streets, their porches often adorned with the quiet dignity of aging rocking chairs. A particular quality of light, a diffused, almost milky luminescence, seems to cling to the air during the late afternoons, softening the edges of the landscape and lending a gentle melancholy to the scene. The sky, when it clears, can stretch with an immense, untroubled blue, a vast canvas against which the distant bluffs, cloaked in a dense, verdant weave of trees, appear as sleeping giants. The history of Moundsville is deeply entwined with the very earth it occupies, particularly the colossal ancient burial mounds that give the place its name, silent testaments to civilizations long past. This heritage, a profound echo of the Archaic and Adena peoples, imbues the region with a palpable sense of deep time. Later, the industrious spirit of coal mining and glass manufacturing shaped the town's economy, leaving behind a legacy of sturdy, hardworking people and the enduring scent of industry that sometimes lingers on the breeze. The West Virginia Penitentiary, a formidable Gothic structure, stands as a stark landmark, a silent witness to a different, more recent chapter of the area's story, its imposing silhouette a constant reminder of the complex tapestry of human experience that has unfolded here.
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| Location | Moundsville, Marshall County, West Virginia |
| Coordinates | 39.920353°N, 80.743141°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 26041 |
| Area Code | 304 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Moundsville, West Virginia Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Moundsville, West Virginia, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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 Moundsville includes coordinates 39.920353°N, 80.743141°W, situated in Marshall County. ZIP code 26041. 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. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.
