Rand, West Virginia Weather
Rand, West Virginia — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for Rand, Kanawha County.
Full aviation weather for Rand 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. 2 airfields within reach of Rand 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 Rand: Ona Airpark (K12V) 58 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 Rand specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Rand, West Virginia
Rand rests in a fold of West Virginia's rolling hills, where the Kanawha River carves a steady path. It lies 6.0 miles south-east of Charleston, WV (from Charleston, WV: bearing 141°T), and is situated 9.5 miles south-east of South Charleston. The landscape here is a symphony of green, a dense tapestry of deciduous forest that spills down steep slopes, broken only by the occasional weathered farmhouse or a patch of sun-drenched pasture. Sunlight, when it finds a way through the thick canopy, paints fleeting, golden patterns on the forest floor, and the air often carries the damp, earthy scent of loam and fallen leaves. The terrain is rugged, demanding, and beautiful in its untamed character, a place where the earth seems to heave and breathe with a life of its own. This corner of Kanawha County bears the unmistakable imprint of coal and industry, its history etched into the very contours of the land. For generations, the rhythm of Rand was dictated by the mines, the clang of pickaxes and the rumble of coal trains a constant soundtrack. Though the era of peak extraction has long passed, the legacy remains, visible in the abandoned tipples that stand like skeletal sentinels against the sky and in the stories whispered by the older residents. The Kanawha River, once a vital artery for transporting the region's bounty, still flows, a silent witness to the ebb and flow of fortunes. Today, the economy of Rand is a more varied affair, a blend of small businesses catering to local needs and residents commuting to larger centers, but the spirit of resilience, forged in the crucible of hard times, still imbues the place.
Live animated radar for Rand 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 | Rand, Kanawha County, West Virginia |
| Coordinates | 38.2826°N, 81.562342°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 25306 |
| Area Code | 304 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Rand, West Virginia Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Rand, 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 Rand includes coordinates 38.282600°N, 81.562342°W, situated in Kanawha County. ZIP code 25306. 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.
