Valley Bend, West Virginia Weather
Valley Bend, West Virginia — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Valley Bend, Barbour County.
Full aviation weather for Valley Bend is published on the Elkins-Randolph County Regional Airport (KEKN) page, 22 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 Valley Bend 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 Valley Bend: Upshur County Regional Airport (KW22) 27 km · North Central West Virginia Airport (KCKB) 34 km · Fairmont Municipal Airport Frankman Field (K4G7) 46 km
Conditions reported at KEKN describe the airfield itself. Weather 22 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Valley Bend specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Valley Bend.
About Valley Bend, West Virginia
Valley Bend exhales a quiet breath of Appalachian air, a place where the Cheat River, a serpentine ribbon of pewter and moss, carves its generous path through hills that rise with the patient, ancient strength of sleeping giants. It lies 39.2 miles south of Morgantown, WV (from Morgantown, WV: bearing 181°T), and is situated 7.3 miles south-south-east of Philippi. The landscape here is a study in greens and browns, a rich, layered palette of dense forest, the occasional sun-drenched pasture, and the deep, fertile soil that cradles the valley floor. Sunlight, when it breaks through the often-clouded sky, doesn't so much dapple as it pools, thick and golden, illuminating the textures of bark and the dew-kissed blades of grass with a reverence for the ordinary. The very air seems to hum with the quiet industry of the natural world, a low thrum of unseen life and the constant, murmuring conversation of the river. The history of Valley Bend is as deeply rooted as the oaks that crown its slopes, a story whispered by the wind through the hollows and echoed in the weathered clapboard of its homes. This was a land shaped by the resilience of those who sought sustenance from its earth and its waters, a place where logging once roared through the hills and the scent of pine resin clung to the air. Today, the economy of Valley Bend, while more diversified, still carries the echo of its past, with agriculture and small businesses forming the backbone of daily life. There’s a palpable sense of continuity, a gentle unfolding of days that mirrors the slow, inexorable flow of the Cheat River, a constant presence that has witnessed generations come and go, shaping the character of Valley Bend with its enduring, life-giving embrace.
Live animated radar for Valley Bend 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.
Source: NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East · Public domain · Auto-updates on page reload
| Location | Valley Bend, Barbour County, West Virginia |
| Coordinates | 39.061768°N, 79.971466°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 26250, 26293 |
| Area Code | 304 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Valley Bend, West Virginia Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Valley Bend, 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 Valley Bend includes coordinates 39.061768°N, 79.971466°W, situated in Barbour County. ZIP code 26250, 26293. 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.
