Star City, West Virginia Weather
Star City, West Virginia — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for Star City, Monongalia County.
Full aviation weather for Star City is published on the Morgantown Municipal Airport Walter L. (Bill) Hart Field (KMGW) page, 6 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 Star City 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 Star City: Fairmont Municipal Airport Frankman Field (K4G7) 28 km · Greene County Airport (KWAY) 30 km · Joseph A. Hardy Connellsville Airport (KVVS) 44 km · North Central West Virginia Airport (KCKB) 45 km · Garrett County Airport (K2G4) 56 km
Conditions reported at KMGW describe the airfield itself. Weather 6 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Star City specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Star City, West Virginia
Star City lies nestled along the banks of the Monongahela River, its landscape a gentle embrace of rolling hills that spill down to the water's edge. It lies 2.6 miles north-west of Morgantown, WV (from Morgantown, WV: bearing 321°T), and is situated 7.1 miles west of Cheat Lake. The air here, especially in the late afternoon, carries a faint, earthy scent, a mingling of damp soil and the distant whisper of pine. Old oak trees, their branches gnarled like the hands of time, stand sentinel along the river levee, their leaves rustling a quiet song as the breeze passes through. The terrain itself, a soft undulation, feels worn smooth by generations of footsteps, a place where the land seems to exhale a deep, contented sigh. The history of Star City is deeply entwined with the industry that once pulsed through this region. Coal mining, a powerful engine of the past, left its indelible mark, its legacy still whispering from the weathered facades of older buildings and the very character of the land. Though the mines have long since fallen silent, the spirit of hard work and resilience remains, a quiet hum beneath the surface of everyday life. Today, Star City benefits from its proximity to a renowned university, its presence infusing the community with a youthful energy that dances alongside the settled quietude of its established residents. The Monongahela River, a constant companion, offers a ribbon of silver through the green, a reminder of the water's enduring power and the life it has always sustained here.
Live animated radar for Star City 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 | Star City, Monongalia County, West Virginia |
| Coordinates | 39.658414°N, 79.986453°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 26505 |
| Area Code | 304 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Star City, West Virginia Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Star City, 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 Star City includes coordinates 39.658414°N, 79.986453°W, situated in Monongalia County. ZIP code 26505. 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.
