Ripley, West Virginia Weather
Ripley, West Virginia — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Ripley, Jackson County.
Full aviation weather for Ripley is published on the Jackson County Airport (KI18) page, 16 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. 6 airfields within reach of Ripley 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 Ripley: Boggs Field (KUSW) 31 km · Mason County Airport (K3I2) 35 km · Gallia Meigs Regional Airport (KGAS) 39 km · Yeager Airport (KCRW) 51 km · Ona Airpark (K12V) 60 km
Conditions reported at KI18 describe the airfield itself. Weather 16 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Ripley specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Ripley.
About Ripley, West Virginia
Ripley rests in a wide valley, where the land gently swells and falls, a soft green quilt stitched with the darker threads of woodland. It lies 32.0 miles south-south-west of Parkersburg, WV (from Parkersburg, WV: bearing 195°T), and is situated 9.3 miles south-south-east of Ravenswood. The Ohio River, a broad, slow-moving artery, lies a short distance to the west, its presence a constant, hushed murmur in the air, carrying the scent of damp earth and distant rain. Farm fields, checkerboards of corn and soybean, stretch towards the horizon, broken by the occasional cluster of houses and the skeletal grace of bare-branched trees that stand sentinel against the sky. In the early morning, a fine mist often clings to the low-lying areas, lending a spectral beauty to the awakening landscape, before the sun burns through, warming the rich, dark soil. The history of Ripley is deeply entwined with the fertile ground it occupies and the river that shaped its early days. Founded in the early 19th century, its economy was built on agriculture, with tobacco and livestock being primary concerns, and the river provided a vital conduit for trade, bringing goods and people from afar. Later, timber and coal mining played their part in Ripley's development, leaving behind echoes of a more industrious past in the weathered barns and the occasional rusting piece of machinery. Today, while agriculture remains a significant presence, the town has diversified, with small businesses and services supporting its residents, and a quiet sense of community persists, a reflection of generations who have called this valley home.
Live animated radar for Ripley 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 | Ripley, Jackson County, West Virginia |
| Coordinates | 38.818696°N, 81.710685°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 25271 |
| Area Code | 304 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Ripley, West Virginia Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Ripley, 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 Ripley includes coordinates 38.818696°N, 81.710685°W, situated in Jackson County. ZIP code 25271. 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.
