Oak Hill, West Virginia Weather
Oak Hill, West Virginia — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Oak Hill, Fayette County.
Full aviation weather for Oak Hill is published on the Raleigh County Memorial Airport (KBKW) page, 21 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 Oak Hill 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 Oak Hill: Summersville Airport (KSXL) 38 km · Richwood Municipal Airport (K3I4) 54 km · Yeager Airport (KCRW) 59 km
Conditions reported at KBKW describe the airfield itself. Weather 21 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Oak Hill specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Oak Hill.
About Oak Hill, West Virginia
Oak Hill unfolds across a landscape shaped by the ancient, stoic presence of Appalachian foothills. It lies 37.0 miles south-east of Charleston, WV (from Charleston, WV: bearing 135°T), and is situated 6.1 miles south-south-west of Fayetteville. Rolling terrain, cloaked in a dense, verdant quilt of deciduous forests, defines its character, the trees reaching skyward in a silent testament to seasons past and present. Streams, like silver threads, meander through the valleys, their cool murmur a constant counterpoint to the rustle of leaves and the occasional call of a distant hawk. The air here carries the crisp, clean scent of pine and damp earth, especially potent after a summer rain, and the quality of light at dusk, a soft, diffused amber, seems to linger, imbuing the hills with a gentle, otherworldly glow. The very contours of Oak Hill speak of resilience, of a land that has weathered storms and embraced the slow, persistent work of nature. The story of Oak Hill is deeply intertwined with the rich veins of coal that lie beneath its surface, a legacy that has shaped its economy and the hardy spirit of its people. For generations, the rhythm of life here pulsed to the demanding work of the mines, a chapter etched into the very fabric of the community. While the landscape retains the raw beauty of its natural state, the echoes of this industrial past are palpable, a quiet reminder of the grit and determination that built and sustained Oak Hill. Today, a more diversified economy is emerging, but the enduring character of the place, forged in the crucible of its history, remains a constant, a deep-rooted strength that defines Oak Hill.
Live animated radar for Oak Hill 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 | Oak Hill, Fayette County, West Virginia |
| Coordinates | 37.972334°N, 81.148714°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 25271, 25879 |
| Area Code | 304 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Oak Hill, West Virginia Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Oak Hill, 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 Oak Hill includes coordinates 37.972334°N, 81.148714°W, situated in Fayette County. ZIP code 25271, 25879. 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.
