Ripley, WV Weather Forecast
Jackson County, West Virginia
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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.
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Ripley, WV at a glance
Ripley is home to about 3,043 people in Jackson County, across 3.2 square miles. It ranks 38th by population of 48 places in West Virginia with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Ravenswood, 10 miles away.
- County
- Jackson County
- Population
- 3,043 2023 est.
- Land area
- 3.2 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 944
- Forecast point
- 38.8216°N, 81.7093°W
How well can the network see Ripley?
The nearest Doppler radar is KRLX (Charleston, WV), to the S. Its lowest scan passes about 2,200 ft above Ripley. Close enough to see rotation in the low part of a storm, where tornadoes form. Ripley is closer to its radar than 63% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KCRW (Charleston/Yeager Arpt). Far enough that current conditions for Ripley are a reading from somewhere else.
Forecasts near Ripley
- Ravenswood, WV10 mi
- Point Pleasant, WV23 mi
- Gallipolis, OH26 mi
- Nitro, WV29 mi
- St. Albans, WV31 mi
- Dunbar, WV31 mi
- Parkersburg, WV32 mi
- Hurricane, WV32 mi
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