Rainelle, West Virginia Weather
Rainelle, West Virginia — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Rainelle, Greenbrier County.
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About Rainelle, West Virginia
Rainelle rests in a hollow, embraced by the slopes of the Allegheny Mountains, where the Greenbrier River's younger cousin, the Meadow River, murmurs its constant, stony song. It lies 53.9 miles east-south-east of Charleston, WV (from Charleston, WV: bearing 119°T), and is situated 4.2 miles west of Rupert. The land here is a study in greens and browns, a rugged, forested terrain that softens as it descends into the valley floor. Sunlight, when it breaks through the often-cloudy skies, paints the steep hillsides with a diffused, golden light, catching the dampness on the leaves and making the air feel thick with the scent of pine and damp earth. The character of Rainelle is as quiet and enduring as the mountains themselves, a place where the wind often seems to carry the scent of woodsmoke and the distant rumble of trucks on the highway, a reminder of the outside world but not its dominant force. The story of Rainelle is deeply entwined with the timber and coal that once flowed from these hills, industries that shaped its founding and its people. The ghosts of logging camps and the echoes of pickaxes are whispered in the rustling leaves, a history that has left its mark on the very bones of the place. Today, the economy shifts, with the Meadow River still offering its cool embrace for fishing and quiet contemplation, and a resilient spirit holding fast to the land. You can still see the sturdy, practical architecture that speaks of a working past, buildings that have weathered seasons and stood their ground. There's a profound sense of continuity here, a feeling that the rhythms of Rainelle are dictated more by the turning of the seasons and the slow, steady flow of the river than by the fleeting trends of the wider world.
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| Location | Rainelle, Greenbrier County, West Virginia |
| Coordinates | 37.968728°N, 80.767034°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 25962 |
| Area Code | 304 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Rainelle, West Virginia Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Rainelle, 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 Rainelle includes coordinates 37.968728°N, 80.767034°W, situated in Greenbrier County. ZIP code 25962. 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.
