Charleston, WV Weather Forecast
Kanawha County, West Virginia
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Charleston, with free alerts the moment it counts.
The next few hours
Taller, warmer bars mean heavier rain. Dotted means no reading for that hour.
Hour by hour
Sunrise and sunset
Next five days, scored 0 to 100The first day or two use the HRRR and NBM cloud layers. Later days only have total cloud, so treat them as a rough guide.
Know when sunset at this place will be worth a photo
We score every sunrise and sunset here from the cloud, haze and smoke forecast, and let you know when one is likely to light up. Sunrise the evening before, sunset a few hours ahead.
Seven-day outlook
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Charleston, WV at a glance
Charleston is home to about 46,838 people in Kanawha County, across 31 square miles. It is the largest of 48 places in West Virginia with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is South Charleston, 4 miles away.
- County
- Kanawha County
- Population
- 46,838 2023 est.
- Land area
- 31 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 1,492
- Forecast point
- 38.3487°N, 81.6323°W
How well can the network see Charleston?
The nearest Doppler radar is KRLX (Charleston, WV), to the WSW. Its lowest scan passes about 270 ft above Charleston. That is about as close as US radar coverage gets: low-level rotation and gust fronts over Charleston show up clearly. Charleston is closer to its radar than 98% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KCRW (Charleston/Yeager Arpt). Close enough that its readings are the conditions in town.
Forecasts near Charleston
- South Charleston, WV4 mi
- Dunbar, WV6 mi
- St. Albans, WV10 mi
- Nitro, WV10 mi
- Madison, WV22 mi
- Hurricane, WV22 mi
- Milton, WV28 mi
- Ripley, WV33 mi
Elsewhere in West Virginia
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