Red Jacket, West Virginia Weather
Red Jacket, West Virginia — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Red Jacket, Mingo County.
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About Red Jacket, West Virginia
Red Jacket exhales a breath of coal dust and damp earth, a scent clinging to the steep, forested slopes that hem it in. It lies 55.8 miles south-south-east of Huntington, WV (from Huntington, WV: bearing 163°T), and is situated 7.7 miles east-south-east of Williamson. The Tug Fork of the Big Sandy River, a muddy artery, slides past the edge of Red Jacket, its banks a tangle of wild honeysuckle and tenacious scrub. On either side, hills rise in a series of emerald waves, their peaks often shrouded in a soft, blue haze that softens the sharp edges of the terrain. The sky here feels vast, a canvas for the swift passage of clouds, and when the sun dips low, it bleeds a fiery orange and bruised purple across the western ridge, painting the modest houses and weathered storefronts in a fleeting, dramatic light. The very bones of Red Jacket are forged from the coal that lies deep beneath these hills, a history etched into the landscape and the lives of its people. For generations, the rhythm of this place pulsed to the clang of pickaxes and the rumble of mine cars, a demanding economy that shaped every aspect of its existence. Though the seams have thinned and the most fervent days of extraction have passed, the legacy of that industry lingers, a quiet strength in the enduring spirit of Red Jacket. Old photographs, faded but proud, might still hang in the windows of the few businesses that remain, testaments to a time when the town bustled with miners and their families, a community bound by the shared labor and the rugged beauty of their mountain home.
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| Location | Red Jacket, Mingo County, West Virginia |
| Coordinates | 37.648438°N, 82.140132°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 25692 |
| Area Code | 304 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Red Jacket, West Virginia Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Red Jacket, 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 Red Jacket includes coordinates 37.648438°N, 82.140132°W, situated in Mingo County. ZIP code 25692. 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.
