Terra Alta, West Virginia Weather
Terra Alta, West Virginia — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for Terra Alta, Preston County.
Full aviation weather for Terra Alta is published on the Garrett County Airport (K2G4) page, 24 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 Terra Alta 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 Terra Alta: Morgantown Municipal Airport Walter L. (Bill) Hart Field (KMGW) 39 km · Fairmont Municipal Airport Frankman Field (K4G7) 53 km · Joseph A. Hardy Connellsville Airport (KVVS) 58 km
Conditions reported at K2G4 describe the airfield itself. Weather 24 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Terra Alta specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Terra Alta, West Virginia
Terra Alta rests upon a high plateau, its landscape a gentle, rolling expanse that breaks into more dramatic dips and rises as the Appalachian foothills begin their slow, deliberate climb. It lies 16.1 miles west-south-west of Garrett, MD (from Garrett, MD: bearing 238°T), and is situated 7.5 miles east-south-east of Kingwood. The air here, even in the height of summer, carries a certain crispness, a reminder of the elevation, and the sky often seems a wider, deeper blue than one might expect. Fields, checkerboarded with the muted greens of pasture and the richer hues of corn and hay, stretch to horizons softened by the haze of distance. Occasional clusters of sturdy, weathered farmhouses punctuate the scene, their silhouettes stark against the changing light, and the winding roads, like threads of grey ribbon, connect them to the modest heart of Terra Alta. In the autumn, the hillsides ignite in a spectacular, fleeting fire of color, a vibrant testament to the region's deciduous forests. The story of Terra Alta is one of resilience and adaptation, deeply tied to the land and its bounty. Early settlers, drawn by the promise of fertile soil and abundant timber, established a community that has always looked to agriculture as its backbone, with dairy farming and the cultivation of crops like corn and hay forming the bedrock of its local economy. A subtle hum of industry can still be felt, a legacy of past ventures that once supported a larger population, though the pace of life in Terra Alta has settled into a more deliberate, unhurried rhythm. The presence of nearby state parks and the winding waterways offer a quiet invitation to explore the natural beauty that has always been Terra Alta's enduring charm, a place where the past is never entirely out of sight, but the present unfolds with a calm, steady grace.
Live animated radar for Terra Alta 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 | Terra Alta, Preston County, West Virginia |
| Coordinates | 39.445649°N, 79.546439°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 26764 |
| Area Code | 304 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Terra Alta, West Virginia Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Terra Alta, 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 Terra Alta includes coordinates 39.445649°N, 79.546439°W, situated in Preston County. ZIP code 26764. 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.
