Tunnelton, West Virginia Weather
Tunnelton, West Virginia — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Tunnelton, Preston County.
Full aviation weather for Tunnelton is published on the Morgantown Municipal Airport Walter L. (Bill) Hart Field (KMGW) page, 32 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. 5 airfields within reach of Tunnelton 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 Tunnelton: Fairmont Municipal Airport Frankman Field (K4G7) 36 km · Garrett County Airport (K2G4) 41 km · North Central West Virginia Airport (KCKB) 43 km · Elkins-Randolph County Regional Airport (KEKN) 57 km
Conditions reported at KMGW describe the airfield itself. Weather 32 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Tunnelton specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Tunnelton.
About Tunnelton, West Virginia
Tunnelton lies cradled by the rolling, verdant hills of Preston County, where the air often carries the crisp scent of pine and damp earth after a rain. It lies 19.8 miles south-east of Morgantown, WV (from Morgantown, WV: bearing 146°T), and is situated 6.5 miles south-south-west of Kingwood. The landscape is a study in contrasts: steep, forested slopes give way to broad, open fields where cattle graze lazily, their dark forms stark against the emerald expanse. The Cheat River, a ribbon of slate-grey water, carves its way through the terrain, its banks a tapestry of tangled brush and weathered stone. In the hush of evening, the distant call of a whippoorwill echoes through the valleys, a lonely lament that seems to stitch together the scattered farmsteads and the quiet heart of Tunnelton itself. The history of Tunnelton is inextricably linked to the iron horse, a fact still palpable in the very bones of the place. The famed Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, a titan of American industry, once thundered through here, its presence shaping the fortunes and the very layout of the settlement. The colossal tunnel, for which Tunnelton is named, remains a silent testament to the ambition and engineering prowess of a bygone era, a dark maw that once swallowed trains whole. While the heyday of coal and rail has faded, a quiet resilience persists, the local economy now finding its footing in agriculture and the steady, unhurried rhythm of small-town life, where neighborly waves are still a common currency.
Live animated radar for Tunnelton 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 | Tunnelton, Preston County, West Virginia |
| Coordinates | 39.39176°N, 79.748395°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 26444 |
| Area Code | 304 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Tunnelton, West Virginia Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Tunnelton, 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 Tunnelton includes coordinates 39.391760°N, 79.748395°W, situated in Preston County. ZIP code 26444. 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.
