Stanaford, West Virginia Weather
Stanaford, West Virginia — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Stanaford, Raleigh County.
Full aviation weather for Stanaford is published on the Raleigh County Memorial Airport (KBKW) page, 4 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. 3 airfields within reach of Stanaford 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 Stanaford: Summersville Airport (KSXL) 52 km · Mercer County Airport (KBLF) 58 km
Conditions reported at KBKW describe the airfield itself. Weather 4 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Stanaford specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Stanaford.
About Stanaford, West Virginia
Stanaford unfolds across a landscape etched by the slow, persistent work of water and time. It lies 45.2 miles south-east of Charleston, WV (from Charleston, WV: bearing 145°T), and is situated 3.3 miles north-east of Beckley. Rolling hills, cloaked in the deep greens of Appalachian hardwood forests, rise and fall with a quiet dignity, their slopes often steep enough to cradle shadows long after the sun has climbed. The air here carries the scent of damp earth and pine, a clean, cool breath that can quicken the lungs on a brisk morning. Small creeks, like silver threads, weave through the valleys, their murmur a constant, gentle counterpoint to the rustling leaves overhead. The land itself feels ancient, a patient observer to the seasons' turnings, each frost and thaw leaving its subtle mark. The history of Stanaford is deeply entwined with the coal that once pulsed beneath its soil, a legacy that shaped its early economy and the very character of its people. Though the mines have largely fallen silent, the echoes of that industrious past remain, a reminder of the grit and determination that built this corner of Raleigh County. The local economy now leans more toward services and a quiet subsistence, with many residents finding work in neighboring towns or pursuing small-scale agriculture. The distinctive mark of Stanaford is its enduring connection to the land, a place where life moves at a pace dictated not by clocks, but by the changing light and the steady flow of the creeks.
Live animated radar for Stanaford 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 | Stanaford, Raleigh County, West Virginia |
| Coordinates | 37.815948°N, 81.152322°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 25801, 25927 |
| Area Code | 304 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Stanaford, West Virginia Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Stanaford, 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 Stanaford includes coordinates 37.815948°N, 81.152322°W, situated in Raleigh County. ZIP code 25801, 25927. 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.
