Smithers, West Virginia Weather
Smithers, West Virginia — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Smithers, Fayette County.
Full aviation weather for Smithers is published on the Yeager Airport (KCRW) page, 33 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. 4 airfields within reach of Smithers 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 Smithers: Summersville Airport (KSXL) 38 km · Raleigh County Memorial Airport (KBKW) 47 km · Richwood Municipal Airport (K3I4) 58 km
Conditions reported at KCRW describe the airfield itself. Weather 33 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Smithers specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Smithers.
About Smithers, West Virginia
Smithers sits where the land begins to rise, a scattering of buildings clinging to the slopes overlooking the Kanawha River. It lies 21.2 miles east-south-east of Charleston, WV (from Charleston, WV: bearing 123°T), and is situated 1.2 miles east of Montgomery. The terrain here is a study in green, a deep, verdant hue that softens the edges of the hills and spills into the hollows. Oak and maple trees, their branches reaching like gnarled fingers, form a dense canopy that filters the sunlight into shifting patterns on the roads and the occasional weathered porch. The air, especially after a rain, carries the damp, earthy scent of the surrounding forest, a constant reminder of the wildness that presses in from all sides. Even on a clear day, a certain quiet hangs over Smithers, a stillness that feels ancient and unbroken. The story of Smithers is tied to the coal that lies beneath this rugged landscape, a history etched into the very bones of the place. For generations, the rhythm of life here pulsed with the demands of the mines, a boom and bust cycle that shaped the fortunes and the faces of its residents. While the industrial giants have largely receded, the echoes of that era remain, a quiet resilience in the people and the sturdy, no-nonsense architecture. The Kanawha River, a broad, brown artery, still flows by, a silent witness to the passing years and a source of a different kind of livelihood now, perhaps for those who find solace in its steady current.
Live animated radar for Smithers 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 | Smithers, Fayette County, West Virginia |
| Coordinates | 38.181217°N, 81.307056°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 25186 |
| Area Code | 304 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Smithers, West Virginia Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Smithers, 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 Smithers includes coordinates 38.181217°N, 81.307056°W, situated in Fayette County. ZIP code 25186. 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.
