Pinch, West Virginia Weather
Pinch, West Virginia — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Pinch, Kanawha County.
Full aviation weather for Pinch is published on the Yeager Airport (KCRW) page, 10 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. 3 airfields within reach of Pinch 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 Pinch: Boggs Field (KUSW) 48 km · Summersville Airport (KSXL) 57 km
Conditions reported at KCRW describe the airfield itself. Weather 10 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Pinch specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Pinch.
About Pinch, West Virginia
Pinch lies nestled in a deep fold of Kanawha County, where the steep, wooded slopes of the Appalachian foothills press close to the valley floor. It lies 9.1 miles east-north-east of Charleston, WV (from Charleston, WV: bearing 63°T), and is situated 6.6 miles north-north-east of Coal Fork. The air here carries the damp, earthy scent of decaying leaves and pine needles, a constant reminder of the dense forests that spill down from the ridges, their canopies a rich, variegated green that shifts with the seasons. Little streams, born from springs high on the mountainside, thread their way through the undergrowth, their waters cool and clear, tumbling over moss-covered rocks before joining the larger currents of the Kanawha River. The terrain is a series of sharp rises and sudden drops, the houses of Pinch clinging to the gentler inclines or peeking out from clearings carved into the trees, their windows often catching the late afternoon sun as it begins its slow descent behind the western peaks, painting the sky in hues of amber and rose. This place, Pinch, has long been shaped by the very contours of the land and the bounty it offered. Its history is intertwined with the logging and coal industries that once pulsed through these hollows, the echoes of a more rugged past still discernible in the weathered barns and the quiet resilience of its people. The local economy now leans more towards service and smaller enterprises, but the spirit of self-reliance, honed by generations of living close to the wild, remains. The Kanawha River, a broad, life-giving artery, flows nearby, its presence a constant hum, a source of both livelihood and recreation for those who call Pinch home. While not a place of grand monuments, Pinch possesses a quiet character, a distinct sense of place forged by the demanding beauty of its mountain setting and the enduring spirit of its inhabitants.
Live animated radar for Pinch 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.
Source: NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East · Public domain · Auto-updates on page reload
| Location | Pinch, Kanawha County, West Virginia |
| Coordinates | 38.408709°N, 81.481788°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 25071, 25156 |
| Area Code | 304 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Pinch, West Virginia Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Pinch, 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 Pinch includes coordinates 38.408709°N, 81.481788°W, situated in Kanawha County. ZIP code 25071, 25156. 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.
