Parkersburg, WV Weather Forecast
Wood County, West Virginia
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Parkersburg, 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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Parkersburg, WV at a glance
Parkersburg is home to about 29,025 people in Wood County, across 12 square miles. It ranks 4th by population of 48 places in West Virginia with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Belpre, 3 miles away.
- County
- Wood County
- Population
- 29,025 2023 est.
- Land area
- 12 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 2,464
- Forecast point
- 39.2613°N, 81.5434°W
How well can the network see Parkersburg?
The nearest Doppler radar is KRLX (Charleston, WV), to the S. Its lowest scan passes about 5,300 ft above Parkersburg. The beam is above the lowest few thousand feet here, so a warning for Parkersburg can come before anything looks dramatic on radar.
The closest weather station is KPKB (Parkersburg/Mid Ohio Valley Rgnl). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Parkersburg
- Belpre, OH3 mi
- Vienna, WV4 mi
- Williamstown, WV11 mi
- Marietta, OH12 mi
- Ravenswood, WV24 mi
- Athens, OH30 mi
- Ripley, WV32 mi
- Nelsonville, OH39 mi
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