Welch, WV Weather Forecast
McDowell County, West Virginia
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Welch, 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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Welch, WV at a glance
Welch is home to about 3,414 people in McDowell County, across 6 square miles. It ranks 36th by population of 48 places in West Virginia with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Tazewell, 21 miles away.
- County
- McDowell County
- Population
- 3,414 2023 est.
- Land area
- 6 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 566
- Forecast point
- 37.4281°N, 81.5915°W
How well can the network see Welch?
The nearest Doppler radar is KRLX (Charleston, WV), to the N. Its lowest scan passes about 4,700 ft above Welch. The beam is above the lowest few thousand feet here, so a warning for Welch can come before anything looks dramatic on radar.
The closest weather station is KI16 (Pineville/Kee Fld). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Welch
- Tazewell, VA21 mi
- Bluefield, VA22 mi
- Bluefield, WV24 mi
- Richlands, VA26 mi
- Princeton, WV27 mi
- Beckley, WV33 mi
- Williamson, WV41 mi
- Marion, VA41 mi
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