Sissonville, West Virginia Weather
Sissonville, West Virginia — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Sissonville, Kanawha County.
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About Sissonville, West Virginia
Sissonville unfolds along the winding Kanawha River, a place where the Appalachian foothills begin their dramatic rise, cloaking the landscape in a perpetual, hazy green. It lies 12.3 miles north of Charleston, WV (from Charleston, WV: bearing 0°T), and is situated 9.9 miles north-north-west of Big Chimney. The terrain here is a study in contrasts: broad, fertile bottoms near the river give way abruptly to steep, wooded slopes that channel the sky into narrow, luminous strips at dawn and dusk. Houses, often weathered and sporting porches that seem to breathe with the humidity of summer, cling to these inclines or spread out in more open clusters, their roofs catching the diffused light that filters through the dense canopy of oak and maple. The air itself carries a particular scent, a blend of damp earth, pine needles, and the faint, sweet undertone of honeysuckle that blooms with wild abandon in the warmer months. The story of Sissonville is deeply entwined with the river that defines its geography and, for generations, its livelihood. Coal mining once reverberated through these hills, leaving a legacy of abandoned tipples and a quiet resilience in the people who call this place home. Today, the economy is more varied, with some residents commuting to Charleston, while others find work in local businesses or tend to the small farms that still dot the more accessible valleys. The distinctive character of Sissonville is in its unpretentious beauty, the way the light plays on the water, and the enduring sense of a community that has learned to live in harmony with the imposing, yet generous, natural world that surrounds it.
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| Location | Sissonville, Kanawha County, West Virginia |
| Coordinates | 38.528148°N, 81.63096°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 25320 |
| Area Code | 304 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Sissonville, West Virginia Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Sissonville, 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 Sissonville includes coordinates 38.528148°N, 81.630960°W, situated in Kanawha County. ZIP code 25320. 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.
